| 单词 | mop something/somebody ↔ up |
| 释义 | mop something/somebody ↔ upmop something/somebody ↔ up phrasal verbphr v a) DHCto remove liquid with a mop, a cloth, or something soft, especially in order to clean a surface 〔尤指为清洁某一表面〕擦干，抹去〔液体〕 SYN wipe up Mop the sauce up with your bread. 用面包把酱汁抹干净。 He mopped up the spilt milk. 他擦去洒出来的牛奶。 b) PMAto remove or deal with something which you think is undesirable or dangerous, so that it is no longer a problem 消灭〔讨厌或危险的事物〕；肃清 The usual solution is to send in infantry to mop up any remaining opposition. 通常的解决办法就是派步兵去肃清残余抵抗。 The rebellion has been crushed, but mopping-up operations may take several weeks. 叛军已被粉碎，但肃清行动可能还要几个星期。 Examples from the Corpus mop up• The market will have difficulty in mopping this all up.• With the wringer and mop they make up a mopping system.• For every mopping - up operation that gets into the headlines, how many go unreported?• Some one spills the maple syrup, and tries to mop it up with another table's tablecloth.• Serve on squares of bread, or with bread for mopping it up yourself. → mop something/somebody ↔ up at mop2(2) |
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