wipe
- vt. 擦;消除;涂上
- vi. 擦;打
- n. 擦拭;用力打
词态变化
中文词源
来自PIE*weip,弯,转,摇晃,词源同vibrate,whip。引申词义前后移动,清洗,擦拭。
英英释意
- 1. the act of rubbing or wiping;
- "he gave the hood a quick rub"
英文词源
- wipe (n.)
- 1640s, "act of wiping," from wipe (v.). From 1708 as "something used in wiping" (especially a handkerchief); 1971 as "disposable absorbent tissue."
- wipe (v.)
- Old English wipian "to wipe, cleanse," from Proto-Germanic *wipjan "to move back and forth" (cognates: Danish vippe, Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen, Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble" (source of Latin vibrare "to shake;" see vibrate).
同义词辨析
clean, clear, sweep, dust, mop, wipe, scrub
这些动词均有"使干净"之意。
clean: 是这些动词中最常用的词,指将某物或某处的污物等清除掉,弄干净。
clear: 指清除不要的东西。
sweep: 指用扫帚等进行清扫,也用作比喻。
dust: 指将积落在物体表面的尘土抹去、掸掉或擦去以保干净。
mop: 侧重指用拖把擦洗地板,有时也指擦干净或擦去。
wipe: 多指用布、纸等物把东西擦净,也指擦掉某物。
scrub: 指用硬刷、肥皂或水用力地擦洗某物。
考试真题
- This has wiped 6% off the value of the soft tissue paper market in the UK.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- The recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs.
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- These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks or wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.
2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
词组搭配
wipe someone's eye
(Brit. informal, dated)get the better of someone
(英,非正式,旧)胜过某人
wipe the floor with
(informal)inflict a humiliating defeat on
(非正式)使…遭受耻辱性失败
they wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win.
他们3比0大败我方。
wipe the slate clean
forgive or forget past faults or offences; make a fresh start
原谅过去的错误;忘却以往的冒犯;重新开始
wipe something off
subtract an amount from a value or debt
扣除价值额(或债务额)
the crash wiped 24 per cent off stock prices.
这次崩盘使股价跌了24%。
wipe someone out
kill a large number of people
杀死大批人
the plague had wiped out whole villages.
瘟疫夺去了全村所有人的生命。
(一般作 be wiped out)ruin someone financially
在财务上毁掉某人
(informal)exhaust or intoxicate someone
(非正式)使某人筋疲力尽;使喝醉
wipe something out
eliminate something completely
彻底消灭某物
their life savings were wiped out.
他们一生的积蓄全用光了。
wipe out
To destroy or be destroyed completely.
消灭:彻底摧毁或被彻底破坏
&I{Slang} To murder.
&I{【俚语】} 杀死,谋杀
&I{Sports} To lose one's balance and fall or jump off a surfboard.
&I{【体育运动】} 被浪打翻:失去平衡,然后从冲浪板上翻跌下来或跳下来
实用场景例句
- Please wipe your feet on the mat.
- 请在垫子上蹭一蹭脚。
牛津词典
- He wiped his hands on a clean towel.
- 他用一块干净的手巾擦了擦双手。
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- She was sniffing and wiping her eyes with a tissue.
- 她边抽泣边用手巾纸拭擦眼泪。
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- He wiped his plate clean with a piece of bread.
- 他用一块面包把碟子擦干净。
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- He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
- 他擦去额头上的汗。
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- She wiped off her make-up.
- 她把化的妆擦掉了。
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- Use that cloth to wipe up the mess.
- 用那块布把脏东西擦掉。
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- (figurative)Wipe that stupid smile off your face.
- 别那么傻笑啦。
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- You must have wiped off that programme I recorded.
- 你一定是把我录制的节目给抹掉了。
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- Somebody had wiped all the tapes.
- 有人把所有磁带上录制的内容都抹掉了。
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- I tried to wipe the whole episode from my mind.
- 我设法把这整个经历从心中抹掉。
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- You can never wipe out the past.
- 你永远不能把过去一笔勾销。
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- She took a cloth and wiped down the kitchen table.
- 她拿了一块布把厨房桌面擦得干干净净。
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- Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices today.
- 今天的股票价格下挫造成数十亿英镑的损失。
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- All that travelling has wiped her out.
- 一路舟车辛劳让她疲惫不堪。
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- Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake.
- 地震把整座整座的村庄夷为平地。
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- Last year's profits were virtually wiped out.
- 去年的利润几乎全都赔光了。
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- a campaign to wipe out malaria
- 消灭疟疾的运动
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- Can you give the table a quick wipe?
- 你快点把桌子擦一下行吗?
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- Remember to take nappies and baby wipes .
- 记住带尿布和婴儿的湿纸巾。
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- I'll just wipe the table...
- 我就擦擦桌子。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- When he had finished washing he began to wipe the basin clean...
- 他清洗完后开始把洗脸池擦拭干净。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Gleb wiped the sweat from his face...
- 格莱布擦去脸上的汗水。
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- He shook his head and wiped his tears with a tissue.
- 他摇摇头,用纸巾擦掉眼泪。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...antiseptic wipes.
- 消毒湿巾
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Tony Holmes wiped the smile off the faces of his rivals with a solo 30-second win.
- 托尼·福尔摩斯以30秒的领先优势获得了这一赛段的个人胜利,使对手再也笑不起来。
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