wipe

英 [wa?p] 美[wa?p]

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復(fù)數(shù):?wipes;第三人稱單數(shù):?wipes;過(guò)去式:?wiped;過(guò)去分詞:?wiped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?wiping;

wipe 擦，洗

來(lái)自PIE*weip,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，搖晃，詞源同vibrate,whip。引申詞義前后移動(dòng)，清洗，擦拭。

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).

1. When he had finished washing he began to wipe the basin clean.: 他清洗完后開(kāi)始把洗臉池擦拭干凈。

2. The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.: 這次原油泄漏可能會(huì)使波斯灣的海龜滅絕。

3. Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?: 為什么不洗心革面、從頭來(lái)過(guò)呢？

4. She gave the table a quick wipe and disappeared behind the counter.: 她很快地擦了擦桌子，然后就消失到柜臺(tái)后面去了。

5. Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.: 把這些蘑菇擦干凈，然后用線穿起來(lái)。