Definition of clean in English:

clean

adjective kliːnklin

1Free from dirt, marks, or stains.
清洁的，干净的
the room was spotlessly clean
房间干净得一尘不染。
keep the wound clean
保持伤口清洁。
Example sentencesExamples
- Plastic should be reasonably clean and free of debris, such as twine and netting.
- As an adult she kept her homes immaculately clean, tidying, changing beds and scrubbing surfaces every day.
- The transfer is very clean, but the cinematography is average '70s horror.
- There was dirt under the usually clean fingernails.
- The town centre is so clean, free of traffic, filled with hanging baskets.
- Wrap the burned area with a dry, sterile dressing or a clean cloth.
- And every room was spotlessly clean, without odour or any sort of smell.
- The water ran down her face and left a clean streak through the dirt and grime on her.
- Be sure the bottom of the tub is clean and free of any soap residue.
- Sometimes a brand new blank videotape of high quality will scrub the head chips clean.
- Make certain your barrel is clean and free of oil or dirt.
- Let it sit for 3 minutes and blot with a clean cloth or tissue.
- The stick will come out perfectly clean if the cake is cooked.
- Blot the stain with a clean cloth, and then pour enough club soda on the stain to saturate the fabric.
- The film is surprisingly clean and free of dirt or scratches, and colors are vibrant and rich.
- The source print seems to have been quite clean and free of dirt and damage, resulting in likely the best transfer you'll ever see.
- Everyone was polite to a fault, and the place was spotlessly clean.
- Strain through clean, sterile muslin cloth and then drip through coffee filter paper.
- In this job you can choose which car is brought to your house on a Monday morning, fully insured, brimful with free petrol and spotlessly clean.
- The architecture sometimes feels a bit stark and soulless, but it's clean and dust free.
Synonyms
washed, scrubbed, cleansed, cleaned, polished
spotless, unsoiled, unstained, unspotted, unsullied, unblemished, immaculate, pristine, speckless, dirt-free
hygienic, sanitary, disinfected, sterilized, sterile, aseptic, decontaminated, healthy
pure, white, whiter than white
laundered
informal squeaky clean, as clean as a whistle
1. 1.1 Having been washed since last worn or used.
  洗干净的
  a clean blouse
  一件洗干净的罩衫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When I replace the clean cutlery after washing up, there's always some already there to give me clues about where stuff lives.
  I thought I'd keep it on while I ate thereby saving myself some time before work - time which is usually spent putting on a clean top/blouse.
  They sat on the edge of the low shelf which served as a bench, scrubbed and washed and dressed in clean tunics.
  Fill your sink with suds, mop away then rinse with a clean towel.
  I rinse my hair and grab a clean towel from a nearby towel rack.
  She took out her clean uniform, washed and pressed, and packed it in her grey backpack.
  Drain the parsley, wrap in a clean tea towel and gently squeeze dry.
  When she came over to the bed she saw that her clothes were not only neatly folded, but they were washed and clean as well.
  He never tried to pull her hair or toss her skirt over her head or get dirt on her nice clean clothes.
  Upon being hired, each janitor was given one shirt to wear at work, often a used one, and was responsible for washing and keeping it clean.
  She opened a drawer of the vanity, finding inside clean rags to wash her face with.
  Will kicked off his boots and changed to something clean and washed his face.
  You take the clean clothes, the soft-soled shoes and the paper with the details of the interview.
  But once you emerged from the darkness of the cellar with a tub of clean wash and started hanging on the line, this was for all the world to see.
  The writer was looking refreshed in a clean blouse and slacks.
  Washed and with clean clothes and a hot hotel meal inside me, I felt like a new person.
  The 18th-century mind preferred homely dirt and the occasional clean shirt to the terrors of cold water or the deep ocean.
2. 1.2attributive (of paper) not yet marked by writing or drawing.
  （纸）空白的
  he copied the advert on to a clean sheet of paper
  他把广告复印在一张空白纸上。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Until then, Scandinavian pine forests will continue to supply our demands for clean white office paper.
  I grabbed it and flipped through the pages of poetry and drawings till I found a clean page.
  Shoving books onto the floor, I finally found a clean piece of paper and a sharpened pencil.
  A wastebasket sat next to a stack of clean paper on the floor.
  Then he fumbled for a clean piece of paper and began his record - first a list of species, then a tally of their numbers.
  I shall start over on a clean piece of paper when I have my proper brushes but I enjoyed doing this one immensely.
  Start with a clean piece of paper there.
  It absorbs the color from the inks it blends, but is quickly cleaned with a couple of swipes on clean paper.
  While I was re-writing it onto a clean piece of paper my dad came barging into my room.
  I stared at the notebook that was opened to a clean white sheet of paper on my pillow.
  When a pleasing arrangement is found, the pieces are glued in place onto a clean white paper.
  I took out a clean piece of paper and a black pen.
  When he wiped his hand on a clean piece of paper, the image of Africa that appeared inspired his publisher to turn the hand into a series of lithographs.
  A small printer nearest her computer began to absorb some of the clean white paper.
  I have a clean, beautiful piece of writing paper sitting in front of me and I intend to write only beautiful things about myself on it.
  He packs plants in cardboard boxes lined with clean paper and occasionally uses icepacks.
  The biggest thing that we do differently is that we don't start from a totally clean sheet of paper.
  It has page 108 all to itself, and all that white space around it a terrible waste, in some cultures, of clean white paper.
  Synonyms
  blank, empty, bare, clear, plain, white
  unused, new, pristine, fresh, unmarked, unfilled, untouched
3. 1.3 (of a person) attentive to personal hygiene.
  （人）注意个人卫生的，爱清洁的
  by nature he was clean and neat
  他天生是个爱整洁的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  People are far more likely to pick up happy-looking, clean people than dirty, hidden ones.
  And no matter how sweet and educated and clean and smart she appears, she may be at risk and not know it.
  One of the men, relatively clean and civilized, approached us.
  Our girls are clean and healthy.
  Her view, when he started school a year ago, was that he was small for his age and not very clean.
  By these means, the virtuous mother could mold an unspoiled, respectful, neat, and clean child.
  Henry was fastidiously clean by the standards of the time.
  They are by nature fastidiously clean and typically free from body odour and parasites.
4. 1.4 Free from pollutants or unpleasant substances.
  无污染的；干净的，纯净的
  we will create a cleaner, safer environment
  我们会创造一个更干净，更安全的环境。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A large, yet relatively clean city, it carried a certain benevolence that took it a step above its more unsavory neighbors.
  Here, we have peace and quiet, still nights, and clean air.
  In the marketplace, who would think to ask whether these fish came from a clean or a polluted river like this one?
  Now fish can be found in the relatively clean water.
  Let us wish for a beautiful and clean earth without pollution in the future.
  Helping the weevils was the relatively clean water flowing into the dam.
  It has been observed that during the rainy season, most water sources become polluted and clean water is hard to find.
  A worker who operates in a clean, safe and pollution-free atmosphere will certainly be happy.
  Sandanski has the lowest annual rainfall in Bulgaria and its air is remarkably clean and pollution-free.
  The water is one degree Celsius, but at least the normally polluted lake is clean enough to swim in today.
  This mingling of polluted and clean air is particularly evident from January to April of each year during the winter monsoon.
  As a non-smoker my lungs are used to relatively clean air.
  I hit the earth with a dull thud, and for a while I just lay there, savoring the feel of real, clean dirt.
  It is environment friendly, modular, silent, needs no fuel, there are no emissions or pollution; it is clean.
  Wet ears were washed, first with clean water, then with disinfectant solution.
  If you do get fresh concrete on your skin, wash it off with clean water.
  Despite being labelled as a fast growing city, the average man on the street expects that the city would be clean and free from pollution.
  There is the washdown to do which basically means that every bit of kit has to be washed with clean water to stop the salt eating away at it.
  Adequate quantities of relatively clean water are preferable to small amounts of high quality water.
  Thanks to its quiet roads, clean air and cheap housing, it is now claiming to be the fastest growing town in Europe.
  By contrast, some countries with relatively clean air, such as Scotland and New Zealand, demonstrated high rates of allergic diseases.
  Have bowls of clean snow ready (or use a snowbank close to the house).
  Keep food under hygienic conditions and thoroughly wash uncooked vegetables in clean water.
  Clean air, quiet streets and the rosy climate are good for children.
  Synonyms
  pure, clear, fresh, crisp, refreshing
  unpolluted, uncontaminated, untainted, unmixed, unadulterated
  distilled, purified
5. 1.5 Relating to a diet consisting of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food, typically eaten as small meals throughout the day.
  I'm amazed at how much energy clean eating gives me
  you have to eat clean foods to change your physique
  Example sentencesExamples
  I figure if you can eat two healthy, clean meals a day and not feel guilty about moderately indulging on the third meal, you're doing pretty well.
  I always eat good clean food—lots of chicken and turkey, and sometimes beef.
  My reasons for giving up meat will probably have more to do with wanting to have a healthier, cleaner diet than any moral objection to eating meat.
  The production of natural and organic foods is a virtuous cycle: You have to start off with clean land to grow grain for your clean breakfast cereal, or to feed to your clean chickens.
  I understand the appeal of having lots of convenient spots to duck into for a virtuous lunch or a quick, clean dinner—high on those swell Omega-3 fatty acids and low on the caloric excesses so common to restaurant food.
  With clean eating and hard work in the gym, my physique changed quickly.
  Washboard abs come only with adequate resistance training, a clean diet and plenty of cardio.
  I decided to lose that extra 15–25 pounds by eating a clean diet, doing consistent cardio training, and going heavier with the weights.
  The book introduces an alternative vision of a farm system that preserves the land, protects communities, benefits small farmers, and produces clean food.
  Modern techniques mean we can have nice, fresh, clean food all year round, at cheap prices, from the local supermarket.
6. 1.6 Free from or producing relatively little radioactive contamination.
  不含放射性污染物的；释放少量放射性污染物的
7. 1.7 (of timber) free from knots.
  （木材）无树节的
  the forester and the sawyer reject timber that is not straight and clean
2Morally uncontaminated; pure; innocent.
清白的；纯洁的；天真的；无邪的
clean living
纯洁的生活。
Example sentencesExamples
- But this must be done in sincerity, with the desire to be spiritually clean and pure.
- Absolved of our sins, we are once more made as clean as the day of our baptism.
- Now that I'm clean as a penny whistle, what else would I do for fun?
- I have forgotten what it feels like to feel clean and innocent, and I long to feel it, I long for my salad days, I long for childhood.
- We need to be morally upright, like chaste virgins before God, pure and clean.
- Praise the Lord the sun has come to wash us clean.
- I enjoyed communion, I told him, but I never felt like I was good enough, pure enough, clean enough to have it.
- Thirdly, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses our consciences, so that we come before God in the happy awareness of being truly clean in his sight.
- The people of the island were clothed in plain linen with a few pockets, and white dresses that looked innocent and clean.
- Pain and regret cannot scrub me clean, no matter how much I wish it.
- Our center will provide a way for them to learn the art of clean, wholesome living and social responsibility.
- Other advice: not to quarrel; to live a clean, holy life; to do good; to share with others.
- It is by self discipline and clean moral life that man can unveil the divine qualities in his personality.
- ‘I strongly reject the implicit suggestion that their party is morally clean,’ he said.
- She looked so innocent, so clean that it was impossible to believe this creature evil.
- And people enjoy having that emotion because it's a very clean and pure emotion.
Synonyms
virtuous, good, upright, upstanding
honourable, respectable, reputable, decent, righteous, moral, morally correct, ethical, exemplary, honest, just
innocent, pure, chaste, undefiled, guiltless, blameless, irreproachable, unimpeachable, pure as the driven snow, whiter than white
Christianity immaculate, impeccable
informal squeaky clean
innocent, guiltless, blameless, clear, in the clear, not to blame, guilt-free, crime-free, above suspicion, unimpeachable, irreproachable
informal squeaky clean
1. 2.1 Not sexually offensive or obscene.
  不淫秽的；不猥亵的
  it's all good clean fun
  这是全无色情内容的娱乐。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They always record a clean version or else dub it out in the mix.
  The show promises to transport the audience to an era when humour meant good clean fun.
  It was all good clean fun and a day many of the little people will cherish long after their Santa days.
  Never has such potentially raunchy role-playing seemed like such good clean fun.
  For good clean family fun, you just can't top it.
  It's about time we resurrect the good clean fun in computer games because I am really tired of the blood and gore of 21 st-century games.
  It's good clean fun for the kids and well worth a rental.
2. 2.2 Showing or having no record of offences or crimes.
  无不良记录的；无前科的
  a clean driving licence is essential for the job
  拥有一张无违章记录的驾驶执照对获得这份工作来说很重要。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Critics of the previous system also point out that in terms of escaping prisoners, the state escort service had far from a clean record.
  All successful applicants were police-checked and have a clean record.
  I really need a clean credit record because I will be moving house again shortly.
  The key is to build a backend that is capable of transaction processing as well as maintaining a clean record on necessary compliances.
  They should also have a clean record with regard to offences such as murder, rape, robbery, fraud, arson and kidnapping.
  Legal considerations such as the fact that the culprit has a clean record should not be used as mitigating factors, she contended.
  He also has a full clean driver's licence with no endorsements.
  Only those with clean records must be sponsored by the recruiting agencies.
  In the interview, the guy never even asked to see my driver's license, or if I had a clean record.
  He was known to Dutch police but had a clean record there.
  Despite rumors here and there, she has a clean record.
  For those who still might think I'm a serial killer or guilty of other crimes, here is the proof I have a clean record.
  She noted that the young man was unemployed and had a clean record.
  It takes anywhere from five to 20 months to get a pardon and one must wait three years with a clean record before applying.
  Let's face it, when the first day of camp is drawing near, there can be a tendency to hire anyone with a clean record that seems reasonable.
  With a clean credit record once again, I hope you will be able to arrange a loan.
  He had never had an accident before and had previously had a completely clean driving record.
  But I've heard that I should check my credit report to make sure my record is clean.
  But he said he had taken her age and previous clean record into account and imposed the community sentence.
  Edmonton offers great insurance rates for anyone who's been driving for years, has held insurance for the same amount of time, and has a clean record.
3. 2.3 Played or done according to the rules.
  遵守规则的；按规则进行的
  we are not completely sure that the elections will be clean and fair
  Example sentencesExamples
  True to the formalities of leadership races, all the candidates stated they want a clean fight.
  This game is what cup games are all about: spirit, fight, clean football and a little bit of heroism to round it all off.
  We live in a clinically clean society with rules and regulations.
  The body was set up by large sports centres and is intended to establish horse racing in Israel with an organised set of rules and a clean public image.
  Anyone who wants to enter politics must now show that they are clean and that they have concrete and detailed ideas about improving people's lives.
  This kind of mentality has led many previously clean officials to try their luck before their retirement.
  There are a number of them who are pure and clean, and are keen to keep the pride of being a police officer.
  We mostly adopted trade sales to maximize revenues, and they were generally clean, despite occasional slip ups.
  Both parties walk away with a clean reputation and no animus toward the other.
  Buyers should ensure that the registration and tax papers are in order and the status of ownership is clean.
  On the final whistle, in this tight and physically hard fought, but clean game, both sides had to be content with a share of the points.
  However, he still believes that corruption can be curbed by setting up a clean system and strict rules.
  Put the same young officer in a clean station, and there's a very good chance he'll turn out to be an honest cop.
  I would also like to thank the associations for fighting a clean campaign in this constituency.
  Market economics and the rule of law demand clean government.
  They were clean, capable and were supported by the people.
  From the start, his clean image was substantially soiled because of a real estate speculation case his elder brother was involved in.
  He has a relatively clean image, but there are concerns about his policies toward China and whether he can find enough capable people for his cabinet.
  Notwithstanding the fact that we are still a young democracy, the country can score more marks by politicians running clean campaigns.
  But his wife sent back the fish to avoid rumours, and she wrote advising him to be an honest and clean official.
  Synonyms
  fair, honest, sporting, sportsmanlike, just, upright, law-abiding, chivalrous, honourable, according to the rules, according to Hoyle
  informal on the level
4. 2.4informal predicative Not possessing or containing anything illegal, especially drugs or stolen goods.
  〈非正式〉不私藏（或不包含）违禁品（尤指毒品或赃物）的
  I searched him and his luggage, and he was clean
  我搜查了他和他的行李，他没有携带违禁品。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The tall guy was clean, and they told him to board along with the rest of the passengers and we had a safe enjoyable flight.
5. 2.5informal predicative (of a person) not taking or having taken drugs or alcohol.
  〈非正式〉（人）不吸毒的；不喝酒的；没吸毒的；没喝酒的
  I had been here for only a fortnight and clean for three weeks
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm going to meetings every day and learning that when I'm clean, I'm a winner.
  Once someone seeks help they need constant care until they are clean - and this must come with tolerance.
  I've enjoyed it here and it's chapter one of my clean life.
  In the old days, many people thought, if you can survive five years, you're clean.
  And for the first six months I was clean, but then we kept saying yes to more gigs, I started drinking too much and taking a bit of charlie, to get through it.
  I've been clean for four years because I'm a mother.
  Nearly 78 per cent of the respondents claimed that they were not smokers, not on alcohol or drugs - a clean set.
  Although I have been clean for seven years now, the craving still remains.
  We've got loads of drug counsellors but nobody is getting clean.
  In the future all I hope is that I stay off drugs and keep clean, get my children back, get my own house and a good job.
  Smith said the substance can be used to make drug tests come up clean and that he was taking it to his cousin.
  Say the parents are clean and at least one of them is employed, but the couple still can't find affordable housing.
  He was clean for two years after leaving jail - where he'd spent 12 years and gained a heroin habit.
  I had taken someone for quite a lot of money and these are things I've got to deal with today because I'm clean.
  Later, after his mother was clean, she warned Jim ceaselessly about the dangers of drugs, warnings that he heeded.
  There is a perception among young people that cocaine is a clean safe drug - which it is not.
  This article is to tell clean people that they should avoid involvement with drugs.
  I've made amends to my family; I bring them a lot of joy because I'm clean and I brought them sadness during my using.
  I was clean for eight long years, before falling off last year while in Germany.
  My dad used to do drugs, but he has been clean for four years.
  Synonyms
  sober, teetotal, non-drinking, clear-headed, as sober as a judge
  drug-free, free of drugs, off drugs
  abstinent, self-restrained
  informal dry, on the wagon, straight
6. 2.6 Free from ceremonial defilement, according to Mosaic Law or other religious codes.
  （摩西律法等类似宗教法典规定的）不亵渎宗教仪式的
  Example sentencesExamples
  We need not worry about such things as ceremonial washings and clean and unclean foods.
3Free from irregularities; having a smooth edge or surface.
平整的；边缘（或表面）光洁的
a clean fracture of the leg
断裂处很平整的腿部骨折。
Example sentencesExamples
- There's a fracture on the elbow area, and it appears that it's a clean fracture, so it looks like it will heal.
- In addition, they create a clean edge to a planting scheme and disguise the unsightly lower section of many herbaceous perennials.
- The patented coring tine cuts clean cores at the surface and shatters the soil below.
- Steel forms require more attention to ensure a clean, smooth surface.
- I got started and cut a clean, smooth curve along the front of the desk, surprising my dad, but not I.
- Such a clean penetration could have been caused only by a high speed projectile, such as rifle bullet.
- When positioning the drywall panel, align the top of each panel with the ceiling edge or the angle break to assure a clean edge.
- Scissors should cut smooth and clean, right where you aim them.
- Also, wires, especially for gas metal-arc welding, must have clean, smooth surfaces.
- Some of the breakdown showed very clean fracture surfaces, looking very fresh.
- They have been scoured and polished to such a smooth clean finish that scarcely one fine white thread of ligament remains between the joints.
- The main objective of the wadcutter design is to cut a nice clean hole in a paper target.
- On the left is the smooth, clean surface of the new dam that has turned part of the Colorado River into a lake.
- They also can be washed to ensure that the next slab or tilt panel has a clean edge.
- Once you have the base removed use a smooth bastard file to make the edges nice and clean and free of burrs.
1. 3.1 Having a simple, well-defined, and pleasing shape.
  （外形）简朴、界限分明而优美的
  the clean lines and pared-down planes of modernism
  现代主义明晰的线条以及削薄的平面。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This urban contemporary collection keeps things in perspective with simple forms, clean lines and subtle shapes.
  The design of the paper was clean, if rather text-heavy.
  Shapes are clean and simple, patterns bold and striking and details subtle but sharp.
  There's certainly nothing odd about his simple structure, with its clean lines and elegant agrarian forms.
  The cabin has clean, simple lines and seems very user-friendly.
  The pieces are simple, with clean lines and few projecting gadgets such as drawer handles.
  The only thing that breaks its clean lines is the paper tray, which drops open from the front of the unit.
  She chose few pieces of furniture and selected items that have clean, simple lines, like the house itself.
  The simple white walls and clean lines of the store, he says, have the effect of allowing you to see the products clearly.
  Linen looks best in simple shapes, with clean geometric lines.
  Inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, classic rooms have clean, simple lines and formal symmetry.
  That aesthetic would require clean, simple lines, and no fussiness.
  He likes clean, simple lines but also creates interesting effects by using contrasting timbers such as walnut and maple.
  The opening menu interface is clean with simple, well-delineated choices - go into the robot lab or go into the arena.
  The magnificent master bedroom is elegantly curved in shape, has clean sweeping lines and luxurious en-suite facilities.
  The clean lines and the simple shapes are compelling in their quiet beauty and grace.
  You may roll your eyes at the design of these pages, but at least they're fairly clean.
  They're very thin and delicate, with elegant slender stems and a simple, clean design.
  Scandinavia: the home of everything pure, sleek, clean and earthy.
  The artistic style in some cases overshadows the writings, no matter how clean and legible the writings are.
  Synonyms
  simple, elegant, graceful, uncluttered, trim, shapely, unfussy, uncomplicated
  streamlined, smooth, well defined, definite, clean-cut
  regular, symmetrical
2. 3.2 (of an action) smoothly and skilfully done.
  （行动）干净利落的
  he took a clean catch
  Example sentencesExamples
  And I'm always impressed how they manage to make kissing look so clean and synchronised in the movies.
  The smooth, clean stroke is there, along with her glistening apprehension of sun and weather.
  After a few minutes, she got the gist of it, and was making smooth clean strokes.
  It is important they get a good, clean catch as this may be the difference in taking a shot up or having to pass it.
  A clean catch and drive provided the platform for a march to the line and the winning try.
  Coming in at speed, he couldn't quite make a clean contact and the chance of crowning a superb move with a goal was gone.
  In the musicals, the performances were very clean, and flowed smoothly and the acting was natural and often sparked laughter.
  But he seemed to be taken by surprise and failed to make a clean contact as the other player was able to parry his shot at the expense of a corner.
  His clean movements cut through the waves, barely disturbing the surface; almost as if he were born to water and not the land.
  As far as his routes, he runs clean routes and can catch almost anything.
  Leading up to the 9th frame of their title match, the two left-handers had bowled clean games.
  The windows are attached to the panel using rivets, which makes for a smooth, clean installation.
  It was a clean take-off, and he was airborne five minutes after starting his take-off run.
  Synonyms
  neat, smooth, crisp, straight, accurate, precise, slick
  British inch-perfect
4(of a taste, sound, or smell) giving a clear and distinctive impression to the senses; sharp and fresh.
（滋味）浓烈的，（声音）刺耳的，（气味）强烈的
clean, fresh, natural flavours
浓烈，新鲜，自然的滋味。
Example sentencesExamples
- Her voice is pure, clean, vivid, with the flexibility and colors demanded in Verdi.
- Their sound is clean and high energy and their performance is confident and sharp.
- At its best it produces light to medium-bodied, crisp dry white wines with hints of apples, honey and yeast and a refreshingly pure and clean finish.
- If only it had remixed the monaural soundtrack into something with more depth, but the audio is clean and clear in any case.
- The tamilok, its fans swear, has a fresh clean taste that sends shivers of pleasure down one's alimentary canal.
- The songs are washed in earnest clean rhythm guitar and nice, glimmering production.
- Fresh fish should have firm, springy flesh, a clear color, a moist look, and a clean smell.
- A good lemon tart should be gently set and lightly golden with a fresh, clean, lemony taste, rather than anything overly sour and overly sweet.
- Eating asparagus on the day it is picked is a truly special experience, the fresh clean flavour just sings.
- The guitars plug in and the amps come to life with a clean thread of pure rock.
- The stew was spiked with still-crisp bits of green pepper and onion, and had a clean taste of fresh vegetables.
- The audio is clean and clear, conveying voices and sound effects with equal ease.
- The clean, fresh tastes so lively and vibrant in the starters were nowhere to be had here.
- The taster monitors first whether the wine smells fresh and clean, or whether any off-odours indicate the presence of a wine fault.
- This elegant and lithe New Zealand Riesling is crisp and cool answer, with a wash of clean lime and light nut notes.
- More gravel than flint, it has a clean, lime-tinged wash and a zesty finish.
- Sydney's top ten rate among the best in the world if your tastes are for fresh ingredients, unpretentious culinary achievement and clean tastes.
- She had a clean, pure voice, only filled with oodles of emotion.
- The wash is clean, nicely acidic with a lovely limey mid-palate.
- This simple natural Thai soup offers fresh clean flavours that fuse the taste that is Thai cuisine.

adverb kliːnklin

1So as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter.
干净地；纯洁地
the room had been washed clean
房间已打扫干净。
Example sentencesExamples
- The first task they were given was to scrub clean one of the barracks toilets and the pipe leading out of the wall which was disconnected from the septic tank.
- A good injector sprays fuel out as a mist and the fuel burns rapidly and relatively clean as the droplets are so small that they burn with a puff!
- He'd scrubbed the tires clean before bringing it home so she wouldn't know he hadn't bought it new.
- Once, he pressured someone into scrubbing his boots clean and moaned when he noticed one speck of mud on the bottom.
- I wondered if we could get far enough south for a warm rain to wash me clean.
- Soapy wash bags are also great for scrubbing the kids clean, and softening the skin at the same time.
- It won't scrub your insides clean, but it may help and it feels good.
- My hands are so stained with blood that all the rain in Heaven couldn't wash them clean.
- My associate will make two copies of the judgment available to each side, so that you have one upon which you may annotate and one you may preserve clean.
- Bodybuilding itself could use a strong storm to blow through and wash it clean.
- Before entering the Wellington's special care baby unit they had to scrub their hands clean and cover themselves in protective overalls.
- With one hand, you pour the water and with the other, you wash yourself clean.
- It disgusted me so much to even think about them that I ran to the washroom and washed them clean.
- She stripped down to just a shift, scrubbing clean the clothes that she'd been wearing.
- There is nothing like a morning under the brine to scrub clean a tired and mucky heart and head.
- Beaches are giant blank spaces, washed clean every day, on which all sorts of hopes are projected.
1. 1.1 In a way that involves the consumption of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food.
  plain oatmeal is a staple for anyone who's eating clean
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you're already a dedicated bodybuilder, eating clean is part of your life.
  If you're going to make the effort to eat clean and spend your precious time at the gym, at least train like you mean it.
  Eat clean whenever possible, but don't make too many sacrifices.
  I've always kind of been a jock, but the last year I really got into seriously eating six times a day, eating clean, being regimented with my exercising and my lifting and that kind of stuff.
  Eight to nine months out of the year, he eats clean.
  I try to eat clean during the week.
  Being body-conscious and eating clean can definitely test your willpower, especially at this time of the year.
  You'll need to eat clean throughout the week: no fast food or processed foods and limited dietary fat.
  Gearing up for competition meant eating clean and lean.
  I've always placed a priority on staying in shape, eating clean, lifting weights consistently and doing cardio.
2informal Used to emphasize the completeness of a reported action, condition, or experience.
〈非正式〉彻底地，完全地
he was knocked clean off his feet
他被彻底击倒。
I clean forgot her birthday
我完全忘了她的生日。
Example sentencesExamples
- It knocked the victims clean into the air.
- Shall we leave that until 1 o'clock over lunch or shall we adjourn early and get a clean start at 2 o'clock if this case progresses?
- The ferocious second-half free kick which lifted him clean off his feet was impressive.
- Other storeowners tell us that they're clean out of plywood - no more plywood left on the island to batten down the hatches.
- He opened his mouth while he pulled one of his hands free from its pocket, and flicked his eyes clean across my face.
- He got up, landed some nice shots then finished his foe with a ridiculous counter right hand that knocked him clean out.
- Global warming was right here, right now: and the idle daydream that it would just import Mediterranean sunshine had been washed clean away.
- It knocked the Statue of Liberty clean off its pedestal before soundlessly swallowing her up.
- So that was that - except that in the rush to sort out the mystery, she clean forgot to ask what emergency the fire engine was going to.
- He dropped to the floor and swept his adversary's feet clean away.
- Suddenly, the wind picked up, knocking Jerry clean off his feet.
Synonyms
completely, entirely, totally, fully, wholly, thoroughly, altogether, quite, utterly, absolutely

verb kliːnklin

[with object]

1Make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from.
清洁的，干净的
clean your teeth properly after meals
饭后好好地刷牙。
I cleaned up my room
Example sentencesExamples
- People can't wash themselves or clean their places and this becomes a breeding place of diseases.
- It can be easier to clean their teeth if you cradle your baby's head in your arms in front of you.
- My father has this bright idea that he's gonna clean it by washing it down and scrubbing it and vacuuming.
- Use vodka, gin, or any pure alcohol to erase lipstick stains from your collar, or to clean paint or ink stains from your carpet.
- I will stamp my foot until the city rises into the sky and the dirt and filth is cleaned away.
- You were to dust my bookshelves and wash the windows and clean the carpets twice a week.
- You may be required to clean the property and tidy the garden before leaving.
- When we emerged, I grabbed some leaves off a nearby plant to clean the dirt off my hands.
- She also hopes to ensure that the district council's cleansing and amenities targets the shop area and cleans it of dirt, weeds and loose bricks.
- Spyware protection software helps you to completely clean your computer of invasive threats.
- With a cloth from the windowsill, he began to clean the crumbly dirt from his find.
- She does my laundry, cleans my house, tidies up after me and empties the cat's litter box.
- After refreshing up his information on the case, he had enough time to finish up his other reports and clean his desk.
- Always wash your hands or clean them with a hand-wipe immediately before and after eating a meal.
- Get up, make bed, get dressed, get books ready, brush hair, wash face, clean dorm and head for the dining room for breakfast.
- It also makes it easier to properly clean the barrel from the breech.
- Have a dentist clean your teeth to get rid of tobacco stains and decide to keep them looking like that.
- The first conservation step is to clean the surface of dirt and loose accumulations with water and detergent applied under high pressure.
- In short, show her how to mow the lawn, wash the car and clean the pool, and let her practise these chores until she does it as well as you.
- Gum disease happens when plaque builds up because the teeth are not cleaned properly.
Synonyms
wash, cleanse, wipe, sponge, scrub, mop, rinse, scour, swab, hose down, sluice (down), flush, polish, disinfect
shampoo
floss
literary lave
launder
dry-clean
1. 1.1 Remove the innards of (fish or poultry) prior to cooking.
  烹调前先去除（鱼，家禽）的内脏
  there are a variety of ways to cook the herring, but it must first be gutted and cleaned
  Example sentencesExamples
  Even George, when he had taught her how to clean a fish, hadn't felt the same.
  She said her boys had fishing rods, a net and knives to clean the fish they caught.
  Ten minutes later, they began to gut and clean the fish.
  He then took out his knife and proceeded to clean the fish, and this was a signal for her to go and set up the beds.
  It spends a good portion showing how to clean almost every fish imaginable.
  The answer greatly depends on how often a person cleans fish, how many fish they clean and the species and size of those fish.
  For another, the pier isn't an ideal place to clean fish because it lacks a table, running water and a garbage can.
  Let the fishmonger scale, clean and gut the fish (I leave the head on).
  The day before the demonstration he beheads and cleans the gutted haddock, ties them in pairs and dry salts them for anything from one and a half to five hours, depending on their size and firmness.
  She sat down on the log and she just waited for him to carry on with cleaning the fish.
  Taking out a small knife, she began to clean the fish.
  Occasionally we'd give them to a neighbor, but my mother wouldn't clean fish so it was almost always a waste.
  Three hours later, we'll return to clean fish, fry fish and eat fish.
  Synonyms
  gut, eviscerate, remove the innards of, draw, dress

noun kliːn

An act of cleaning something.
〈主英〉去垢，刷净，打扫
he gave the room a clean
他把房间打扫了一番。
Example sentencesExamples
- Conservative councillors, who have been campaigning for a weekly clean, said they were dismayed by the decision and felt residents had been let down.
- ‘The first thing we are going to do is give the whole place a good clean,’ said the new general manager.
- I spent the morning tidying away the bits and bobs he'd left behind, but I'll do the real clean tomorrow when Oscar and his litter tray have gone, too.
- For the quickest clean in every room of the house, choose from our favorite pairs.
- If the mower is petrol driven, give the external moving parts of the carburettor a good clean with a tiny paintbrush dipped in petrol to ensure ease of movement.
- To allow the work to take place, the service reservoir has been drained down temporarily, and engineers are using this opportunity to give it a routine clean.
- I did a zippy clean of the flat (it's surprising how much dust can settle when you're away for a week) and then they arrived.
Synonyms
wipe, sponge, mop, swab, flush, scrub, hose-down, swill, lather, soap

Phrases

clean someone's clock

1informal Give someone a beating.
〈北美，非正式〉将某人痛打一顿
I assured her that if anything happened I would personally clean the Russian's clock
Example sentencesExamples
- Maybe I should invest in a hemp shirt reading ‘Don't knock my smock, or I'll clean your clock.’
- I want names buster or I am going to come down there and personally clean your clock.
- I tried talking to him, he had nothin’ but mumbles, so I cleaned his clock with a solid left.
- Then, when they meet a skilled person who is really trying to clean their clock, they may be disappointed in what they can actually pull out of their training.
- Speaking of Thanksgiving, some fool in a car almost cleaned my clock on my way in to work this morning!
- The impact knocked me unconscious and from what I've heard, a few more bombs cleaned my clock.
- And I don't think they saw him there, and they cleaned his clock.
1. 1.1Defeat or surpass someone decisively.
  彻底击败某人；完胜某人
  racing in this yacht he cleaned the clocks of the Regatta fleet
  Example sentencesExamples
  Sure we have taken some casualties, but the people we are fighting are criminals, terrorists, and punks and we are cleaning their clock.
  Although Ray played well, he and his partner could not beat a pair of high handicappers who almost cleaned their clock.
  I sorta’ threw the gauntlet down the previous year and made it clear I'd clean Dave 's clock on a stage or two if he had the guts to take me on.
  To me, there is nothing better - and I'm only talking about in athletics now - than absolutely cleaning someone's clock.
  I heard that the new kid who just moved into the old dojo cleaned your clock.
  Every so often, the enemy presents himself and at every instance he does that, we clean his clock.
  Dad turned beet red, the whole café howled with laughter, and I proceeded to clean Dad 's clock for like the ninth straight week.
  As he became a dot on the horizon I reassured myself if I were his age, with his bike, with his quads, his parents and his Spandex I'd clean his clock.
  He cleaned his clock in the French debate.

clean house

1Do housework.
〈北美〉做家务
they cleaned house, washed clothes, and cared for the children
Example sentencesExamples
- What about those few of us who don't find fulfillment in cleaning house?
- Those who observed the tradition prepared for the holiday by cleaning house, buying new clothes and placing a dish of sprouted wheat, rye or lentil seeds in the window to represent new growth after a harsh winter.
- In most families, women care for the children, clean house, do the marketing, cook meals, wash dishes and clothes, and carry wood and water.
- Well, as nature cleans house, as it washes/blows away ‘excess’, or shakes at its core, or erupts the underground gases and lava, mankind must pick up the pieces and move on!
- I was duly dispatched to clean house for bourgeois wives in the suburbs who complained I was too slow, and a choirmaster who asked if I ever considered modelling swimwear.
- Yard work, cleaning house and washing cars are good exercise.
- I'd done pretty well, considering, and I'll get myself off to bed at a sensible hour so as to be up bright and early tomorrow to clean house before the heat turns up once more.
- They earned a few pennies an hour, but that was more than they could make in the fields or cleaning house.
- A man will do almost anything not to cook, wash dishes, or clean house.
- Here's one more well-off woman playing at cleaning house while real women are out there struggling.
1. 1.1Eliminate corruption or inefficiency.
  清除腐败；消灭无能
  the president acted quickly to clean house when the allegations were made
  Example sentencesExamples
  He came to a club torn apart by in-fighting and cleaned house.
  He was determined to become the real head of the Intelligence Community and to clean house at CIA by eliminating deadwood and cutting costs.
  The official party newspaper attributed the success to efforts to rejuvenate and clean house.
  Of course, he is keenly aware that corruption is so ingrained in the fabric of political life that trying to clean house could bring down the house itself, and that a sort of unstated amnesty could prevail.
  Now, most Japanese fund managers have cleaned house.
  You, Sheila, are the perfect person to be the broom that cleans house in our sports establishments.
  He added: ‘The president needs to clean house and wipe away the senior executives of the intelligence agency.’
  It is time to clean house, and in four years time if I am not happy with the way the Conservatives are running the country then I will work for their defeat.
  Unless he cleans house, his will be the Edsel presidency.
  Dozens of advisors to the late leader have been fired in a shakeup to clean house of corrupt administrators.

clean one's plate

Eat up all the food put on one's plate.
吃光盘中食物
Example sentencesExamples
- I leave a lot on the plate because I need not clean my plate.
- I cleaned my plate, to the point of taking a corn tortilla and mopping up the last cheesy queso smear.
- What gain comes from you cleaning your plate?
- She ordered seafood enchiladas and cleaned her plate, an almost unheard of event and one for which I am always thankful.
- I continued to tell her about the new policy they issued and just let the conversation drop at that point by cleaning my plate.
- I pack half the food away right then so that I can clean my plate without stuffing myself-and I have a meal for the next day.
- When I was growing up my parents would not allow me to leave the dinner table without cleaning my plate.
- If you aren't happy with yourself, you'll always be shaken by mom and dad telling you off for not cleaning your plate.
- It wasn't until I'd cleaned my plate that I thought to check if there were any adzuki beans.
- I took a tentative bite and then cleaned my plate.

a clean sheet (or slate)

1An absence of existing restraints or commitments.
no government starts with a clean sheet
Example sentencesExamples
- Another clean sheet and maybe the odds will start tumbling.
- If times stay bad, we think a relatively clean balance sheet could free up cash for better pursuits by management.
- In the circumstances it is not as though the respondents come here with a slate which is exactly clean.
- It is by no means apparent to me how the slate is wiped as clean as the Full Court would seem to suggest it was by the repeal effected by the Repeal Act.
- On the other end of the spectrum, the captain of the Tampa has a completely clean slate.
- How would you, if you could start with a clean piece of paper, structure this thing?
- So we're starting here with a completely clean slate.
1. 1.1(in a football match) prevent the opposing side from scoring.
  Scotland kept a clean sheet against the Welsh
  Example sentencesExamples
  Not for the first time this season, Rhydding were indebted to their back four for yet another clean sheet.
  We have kept four clean sheets in our last five games and need to carry that on.
  During the 1993-94 campaign he equalled the club record of 20 clean sheets.
  Two clean sheets and back-to-back wins for the first time this season are a fair reflection of the difference Short has made to this Rovers side.
  Of the game itself, the manager was delighted with another clean sheet.
  Leeds' other cause for celebration is the fact that this was their seventh clean sheet this season.
  It was also the first home clean sheet since Barnsley on October 2.
  I know as a defender I'm bound to keep banging on about the importance of clean sheets and staying tight at the back - but that's because it is.
  The man nicknamed ‘The Rock’ has been a revelation at the heart of a defence which has kept five clean sheets in the last seven games.
  Hounslow were boosted by the return of Alistair Slay and James Kingston and kept their first clean sheet of the season.

clean up one's act

informal Begin to behave in a better way, especially by giving up alcohol, drugs, or illegal activities.
〈非正式〉开始检点行事（尤指戒烟、戒毒、不犯罪）
he planned to clean up his act, but in a last celebration bought some coke and heroin
Example sentencesExamples
- Now is the time to sift through those cluttered cupboards and clean up your act.
- Now comes the time to get real and clean up my act.

come clean

informal Be completely honest; keep nothing hidden.
〈非正式〉和盘托出；毫无保留；说实话
the Chancellor must come clean about his plans for increasing taxation
首相必须毫无保留地公布其增加赋税的计划。
Example sentencesExamples
- If the department wants transformation targets met, then they must be honest and come clean about this.
- One cannot help but be impressed by this seasoned politician's adeptness at the art of coming clean without coming clean.
- The highways authorities must come clean and tell all road users what is wrong, and what they are doing to put it right.
- Even he finally comes clean with an honest assessment of his shipmates and it's not complimentary.
- She said he refused to come clean to the police, saying it would cost him his job.
- The question is, will it be done responsibly, by coming clean about the hidden liabilities now and taking the necessary, if painful, steps to deal with them?
- They have no interest, my friends, in coming clean and being honest with the American people.
- When is somebody going to come clean and reveal the real hidden agenda?
- And I figured the only way to get him to come clean would be if I came clean first.
- Referring to her police interviews after her arrest, he told the jurors: ‘It is now apparent she was very far from coming clean in those interviews.’
Synonyms
tell the truth, be completely honest, tell all, make a clean breast of it

have clean hands

Be uninvolved and blameless with regard to an immoral act.
（对于不道德行为）清白，无可指责
no one involved in the conflict has clean hands
牵扯进此冲突的无一人是清白的。
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps she had forgotten that if you are going to preach, it is as well to have clean hands.
- If the applicant is seeking an equitable remedy it must come to court with clean hands and reveal the state of its financial house.
- As a society, I would love to think that we are humble, righteous, and that our hands are clean.
- Real institutions, real governments, and real leaders will never have clean hands in a dirty world.
- I don't think many people have clean hands when it comes to bullying, and nor should we pretend to.
- Neither side, however, can claim to have clean hands.
- No region of the world has been spared it and very few people have clean hands.
- We are the only party that can come along and say we have clean hands.
- The truth is that politicians do not have clean hands to deal with it.
- But there are questions about the loyalty and integrity of this intelligence service that, after all, does not have clean hands.

keep one's hands clean

Not involve oneself in an immoral act.
洁身自好；不同流合污；不染指（不道德行为）
Franco kept his own hands clean by using others to impose his will
Example sentencesExamples
- He probably did this all the time, watched innocent people die while keeping his hands clean.
- It combines the childish fascination of gross toys with an adult sensibility that lets sober critics keep their hands clean.
- You can keep your hands clean, or you can keep many more people alive.
- But my cynical side says that the primary advantage governments see to legalizing the sale of needles is that it allows them to keep their hands clean.
- You may throw it yourself or you may arrange for it to be leaked in a manner that will keep your hands clean.
- They believed you could be a key player in international politics yet keep your hands clean.
- But her desire to keep her hands clean of them was also, one suspects, an act of self preservation.
- The philosophy seemed to be that you don't catch grubs by keeping your hands clean.
- This means they can keep their hands clean at all times.
- When the chips were down the game's governing body refused to get involved and preferred to keep their hands clean.

make a clean breast of it

Confess fully one's mistakes or wrongdoings.
全盘招供；全盘承认过错
Example sentencesExamples
- I can think of no reason why you should not make a clean breast of it.
- Why don't they make a clean breast of it and say, ‘Look, ladies and gentlemen, we're really not dealing in news.’
- But we will be demanding they make a clean breast of it as soon as possible.
- I reckon you need to wipe the slate, mate, make a clean breast of it, so to speak.
- If any would care to make a clean breast of it, incidentally, we're willing to listen.
- Tell all, make a clean breast of it, say what it is.
- More than 10 years on, Jersey has finally made a clean breast of it.
- Let's make a clean breast of it so we can start the day anew filled with love.
- He makes a clean breast of it all to David, Helen's young friend from England who comes looking for salvation.
- If he has had an extramarital affair, he ought to make a clean breast of it.
Synonyms
tell the truth, be completely honest, tell all, make a clean breast of it

make a clean job of something

informal Do something thoroughly.
〈非正式〉彻底完成某事
Example sentencesExamples
- The next moment he calmly placed his head on the block, telling the axeman to take good aim and make a clean job of it.
- Here, pros discuss efficient ways to make a clean job of it.
- Normally if its the rubbery tint you should be able to just peel it off without any problems, but if its the papery stuff you are going to have to go at it with a razor blade and some adhesive remover for a while to make a clean job of it.
- So better make a clean job of it, and wipe him out at once!
- It may take some file edits as well to make a clean job of it.
- If you don't know how to make a clean job of it ask a more experienced climber to help you.
- However, the witches were not particularly preoccupied with making a clean job of things.
- Operations this season were to make a clean job of it, and salvage was small.
- In the old days the nobility would tip the headsman to make a clean job of it.
- If you don't facilitate for fence construction during the wall install all bets are off on making a clean job of it after the fact!

make a clean sweep

1Remove all unwanted people or things ready to start afresh.
完全撤换（不需要的人，物），改头换面
in 1917 many Soviet communists wanted to make a clean sweep of the discredited old order
Example sentencesExamples
- Back in the heady dotcom days, it seemed as though online polling was poised to make a clean sweep of market research - revolutionizing the way companies conducted quantitative and qualitative research.
- He made a clean sweep by removing all the interior walls and covering the outer walls and ceiling in white Venetian plaster.
- Not exactly decisive behaviour from the people that are trying to make a clean sweep of things.
- For a man with a broom wanting to make a clean sweep of city hall, one couldn't ask for a better place to start.
- You lot make a clean sweep of the area.
- No Government has so far succeeded in making a clean sweep of maladies affecting our police.
- The broom, for example, appears ready to make a clean sweep.
- To get investors the best prices, it needs to make a clean sweep of barriers that impede trading.
- The 1977 Act did not, however, accomplish a clean sweep of common law conspiracy.
- I have frequently condemned it and wished to make a clean sweep of it.
2Win all of a group of similar or related sporting competitions, events, or matches.
（在同类或相关体育赛事中）囊括各项锦标
Annadale are almost certain of making a clean sweep of the male athletics competitions
Example sentencesExamples
- The Triple Crown also came as part of Wales' victory package amid a clean sweep of honours in European rugby's blue riband event.
- It was Cooke's first appearance at the Sportcity venue since making a clean sweep of the national youth titles over seven years ago.
- Dundalk anglers made a clean sweep of the prizes in the Danes Cast Firshery's New Year's Day Competition.
- Burnley turned back the clock to record a clean sweep of victories for the first time since the beginning of the season.
- Thus he made a clean sweep of all the events he participated in.
- York and District Indoor Bowls Club enjoyed a clean sweep in the Yorkshire League, the Hebden Trophy and the North Eastern League.
- England were dreaming of the Grand Slam today after completing the third leg of a potential Six Nations Championship clean sweep.
- The people of Listowel made a clean sweep at a prize-giving event which recognised their efforts to improve the town's appearance over the past few years.
- Royal College tennis players made a clean sweep at the Inter-School tennis championships by winning all six titles on offer.
- Zambia squash aces dominated the recently-ended East Africa squash safari circuit, by making a clean sweep of all three titles on the Kenya tour.
Synonyms
come first, finish first, be the winner, be victorious, be the victor, carry the day, win the day, carry all before one, defeat the opposition, overcome the opposition, take the crown, take the honours, gain the palm, come out ahead, come out on top, succeed, triumph, prevail, achieve mastery

Phrasal Verbs

clean someone out

Use up or take all someone's money.
〈非正式〉花光某人的钱；榨尽某人的钱
they were cleaned out by the Englishman at the baccarat table
在玩巴卡拉纸牌戏赌博中，他们被那英国人赢去了所有的钱。
Example sentencesExamples
- Music students gearing up to make a bid for pop superstardom suffered a major setback when thieves cleaned them out.
- I think they were cleaned out of balls, gloves and any little trinket that the kids could prise out of them.
- Spend the same amount of time and money at the slots or the tables, and you could be cleaned out.
- They also took some electrical equipment that I'd got for my birthday and cleaned me out of all my gold.
- We cleaned them out at midfield but missed four goal chances.
- I had five dollars in my pocket when I sat down at the table and they cleaned me out.
- It wasn't your fault that your wife left, cleaning you out.
- Although you might question the appeal of visiting a town dedicated to cleaning you out, you shouldn't write off Las Vegas.
- And a lady, originally from Ireland, cleaned me out of tea towels.
- His visit is primarily intended to clean us out of food and drink, but I'm sure he'll find time to fit in a little lazing about between his gluttonous endeavours.
Synonyms
bankrupt, ruin, make insolvent, make penniless, wipe out, impoverish, reduce to destitution, reduce to penury, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, break, cripple

clean something out

Thoroughly clean the inside of something.
my mom says I have to go and clean out the hamster 's cage
Example sentencesExamples
- Marie gently washed the shrapnel wound, cleaning out dried blood.
- The pond was last cleaned out around 25 years ago.
- Still, the last wren around here nested in the dryer vent, which was a mess to clean out.
- I can do projects around the house, like try to refinish my front door, or clean out my gutters.
- Cleaning a cupboard out, I noticed my 40 year old gold wedding ring had turned a very shiny silver colour!
- To make your sandpaper last longer, use an old toothbrush to clean out the clogged sandpaper.
- She also gave us some stuff to clean out her wounds with.
- The Council on Family Health offers some good tips on cleaning out the family medicine chest.
- It took an hour a day to clean them out.

clean up

1Make a substantial gain or profit.
〈非正式〉发大财
Francis put three quid on a horse, figuring it was about time he cleaned up
Example sentencesExamples
- He travels the circuit, pretending to be an ordinary joe, and then cleans up on bets and prizes because he has a great rock-and-roll voice.
- A competent Democrat could clean up with a message to restore government for the people rather than for special interests.
- Disinfectant companies have been cleaning up since the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
1. 1.1Win all the prizes available in a sporting competition.
  赢得（一项或系列体育竞赛或赛事）大满贯
  the Germans cleaned up at Wimbledon
  Example sentencesExamples
  In addition to their 3rd place trophies, this team cleaned up on the technical prizes winning three Near Pins and a Long Drive.
  He cleaned up in the rifle competition by winning five of the six rifle matches in the champion shot competition.
  City Arms added to their division one championship win by cleaning up all the competition trophies on offer.
  Geraldton cleaned up at the recent WA Tidy Towns Competitions, taking out five awards.
  Synonyms
  come first, finish first, be the winner, be victorious, be the victor, carry the day, win the day, carry all before one, defeat the opposition, overcome the opposition, take the crown, take the honours, gain the palm, come out ahead, come out on top, succeed, triumph, prevail, achieve mastery

clean something up

Restore order or morality to.
恢复…的秩序；重建…的道德风尚
the police chief was given the job of cleaning up a notorious district
警察局局长受命恢复这一声名狼藉地区的秩序。
Example sentencesExamples
- The owner of garages plagued by arson attacks and used as a drinking den has been ordered to clean them up or pull them down.
- And the rank and file essentially went to the union and said, look, we've got to clean our act up, and we want to play on a straight playing field.
- Conversations were cleaned up and no one eye-balled the waitresses.
- By 1913 the tango had become a worldwide phenomenon, but had undergone further adaptation in order to clean it up.
- But by the 1990s, its image had been cleaned up as the Victorian buildings were restored and the old warehouse of the Merchant City transformed.
- In recent years, however, these roles have been reversed as crime rates in America have dropped lower and lower, and American cities have been cleaned up and made safer.
- The perverse effect, you have to conclude, is that these well-meaning efforts will only encourage the bookies: if people truly believe the game has been cleaned up there will be still more money to be made.

Derivatives

cleanable

adjective ˈkliːnəb(ə)lˈklinəb(ə)l

Thankfully everything is cleanable and fixable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Also, whenever you are putting a plate heat exchanger in a food or dairy application you are not just worried about heat transfer, you have to design it to be cleanable.
- Sheet vinyl is the most cost-effective, easily cleanable flooring choice, but a tile floor will be more comfortable for the dog in hot weather, even if your house is air-conditioned.
- The wall must be furnished with easily cleanable tile in order to meet government health and safety standards.
- To solve these problems, pump suppliers have been offering cleanable versions of their positive displacement pumps.
- For example, milking parlor design doesn't have to be certified as cleanable.

cleanish

adjective

It was pretty funny to see these folk arrive in what is basically a really messy shell, and watch their reactions to having to find a cleanish place to sleep.
Example sentencesExamples
- Note that when anyone else takes out the bar steward's car, it comes back dry, cleanish and not at all broken.
- A tablecloth with the least stains and some cleanish glasses would all be put in their proper place.
- If it wasn't for us and our pesky obsession with getting places on time, sitting on cleanish seats with access to working toilets, the transport system would run perfectly well.
- She threw on a pair of cleanish jeans.

cleanness

noun ˈkliːnnəsˈklinnəs

When the show looks good, it looks very good, with deep rich colors, clean black lines, and a pleasant clarity and cleanness to the transfer.
Example sentencesExamples
- The impulse to cleanness, freshness, frankness, simplicity, precision, informs both the inward- and the outward-directed music of this time.
- In this massive text dealing with cases of cleanness and purity in food and in domestic relationships, the two key sections deal with religious festivals and detailed procedures of Temple practices.
- It will once again be promoted as a town of natural beauty, cleanness, and calmness.
- The degree of purity and cleanness needed was a great challenge.

Origin

Old English clǣne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German klein 'small'.

To make a clean breast of it is to confess all of your mistakes or wrongdoings. People used to think that the breast, or chest, was where a person's conscience was located.
In the proverb cleanliness is next to godliness, ‘next’ means ‘immediately following’. The saying is quoted by John Wesley in one of his sermons, on the subject of dress: ‘Slovenliness is no part of religion…Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness’ (1791).

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean

Definition of clean in US English:

clean

adjectiveklinklēn

1Free from dirt, marks, or stains.
清洁的，干净的
the room was spotlessly clean
房间干净得一尘不染。
keep the wound clean
保持伤口清洁。
Example sentencesExamples
- The film is surprisingly clean and free of dirt or scratches, and colors are vibrant and rich.
- The source print seems to have been quite clean and free of dirt and damage, resulting in likely the best transfer you'll ever see.
- Blot the stain with a clean cloth, and then pour enough club soda on the stain to saturate the fabric.
- There was dirt under the usually clean fingernails.
- Be sure the bottom of the tub is clean and free of any soap residue.
- In this job you can choose which car is brought to your house on a Monday morning, fully insured, brimful with free petrol and spotlessly clean.
- Strain through clean, sterile muslin cloth and then drip through coffee filter paper.
- And every room was spotlessly clean, without odour or any sort of smell.
- The water ran down her face and left a clean streak through the dirt and grime on her.
- The transfer is very clean, but the cinematography is average '70s horror.
- As an adult she kept her homes immaculately clean, tidying, changing beds and scrubbing surfaces every day.
- Everyone was polite to a fault, and the place was spotlessly clean.
- Let it sit for 3 minutes and blot with a clean cloth or tissue.
- Wrap the burned area with a dry, sterile dressing or a clean cloth.
- The town centre is so clean, free of traffic, filled with hanging baskets.
- The architecture sometimes feels a bit stark and soulless, but it's clean and dust free.
- The stick will come out perfectly clean if the cake is cooked.
- Make certain your barrel is clean and free of oil or dirt.
- Sometimes a brand new blank videotape of high quality will scrub the head chips clean.
- Plastic should be reasonably clean and free of debris, such as twine and netting.
Synonyms
washed, scrubbed, cleansed, cleaned, polished
1. 1.1 Having been washed since last worn or used.
  洗干净的
  a clean blouse
  一件洗干净的罩衫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But once you emerged from the darkness of the cellar with a tub of clean wash and started hanging on the line, this was for all the world to see.
  I thought I'd keep it on while I ate thereby saving myself some time before work - time which is usually spent putting on a clean top/blouse.
  Washed and with clean clothes and a hot hotel meal inside me, I felt like a new person.
  I rinse my hair and grab a clean towel from a nearby towel rack.
  They sat on the edge of the low shelf which served as a bench, scrubbed and washed and dressed in clean tunics.
  Upon being hired, each janitor was given one shirt to wear at work, often a used one, and was responsible for washing and keeping it clean.
  Will kicked off his boots and changed to something clean and washed his face.
  Drain the parsley, wrap in a clean tea towel and gently squeeze dry.
  When I replace the clean cutlery after washing up, there's always some already there to give me clues about where stuff lives.
  The 18th-century mind preferred homely dirt and the occasional clean shirt to the terrors of cold water or the deep ocean.
  Fill your sink with suds, mop away then rinse with a clean towel.
  When she came over to the bed she saw that her clothes were not only neatly folded, but they were washed and clean as well.
  She took out her clean uniform, washed and pressed, and packed it in her grey backpack.
  You take the clean clothes, the soft-soled shoes and the paper with the details of the interview.
  She opened a drawer of the vanity, finding inside clean rags to wash her face with.
  He never tried to pull her hair or toss her skirt over her head or get dirt on her nice clean clothes.
  The writer was looking refreshed in a clean blouse and slacks.
2. 1.2attributive (of paper) not yet marked by writing or drawing.
  （纸）空白的
  he copied the directions onto a clean sheet of paper
  他把广告复印在一张空白纸上。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then he fumbled for a clean piece of paper and began his record - first a list of species, then a tally of their numbers.
  The biggest thing that we do differently is that we don't start from a totally clean sheet of paper.
  I stared at the notebook that was opened to a clean white sheet of paper on my pillow.
  He packs plants in cardboard boxes lined with clean paper and occasionally uses icepacks.
  I grabbed it and flipped through the pages of poetry and drawings till I found a clean page.
  When he wiped his hand on a clean piece of paper, the image of Africa that appeared inspired his publisher to turn the hand into a series of lithographs.
  When a pleasing arrangement is found, the pieces are glued in place onto a clean white paper.
  While I was re-writing it onto a clean piece of paper my dad came barging into my room.
  A wastebasket sat next to a stack of clean paper on the floor.
  A small printer nearest her computer began to absorb some of the clean white paper.
  I have a clean, beautiful piece of writing paper sitting in front of me and I intend to write only beautiful things about myself on it.
  I took out a clean piece of paper and a black pen.
  Shoving books onto the floor, I finally found a clean piece of paper and a sharpened pencil.
  It has page 108 all to itself, and all that white space around it a terrible waste, in some cultures, of clean white paper.
  I shall start over on a clean piece of paper when I have my proper brushes but I enjoyed doing this one immensely.
  Until then, Scandinavian pine forests will continue to supply our demands for clean white office paper.
  It absorbs the color from the inks it blends, but is quickly cleaned with a couple of swipes on clean paper.
  Start with a clean piece of paper there.
  Synonyms
  blank, empty, bare, clear, plain, white
3. 1.3 (of a person) attentive to personal hygiene.
  （人）注意个人卫生的，爱清洁的
  by nature he was clean and neat
  他天生是个爱整洁的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Henry was fastidiously clean by the standards of the time.
  Her view, when he started school a year ago, was that he was small for his age and not very clean.
  People are far more likely to pick up happy-looking, clean people than dirty, hidden ones.
  And no matter how sweet and educated and clean and smart she appears, she may be at risk and not know it.
  One of the men, relatively clean and civilized, approached us.
  Our girls are clean and healthy.
  They are by nature fastidiously clean and typically free from body odour and parasites.
  By these means, the virtuous mother could mold an unspoiled, respectful, neat, and clean child.
4. 1.4 Free from pollutants or unpleasant substances.
  无污染的；干净的，纯净的
  we will create a cleaner, safer environment
  我们会创造一个更干净，更安全的环境。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is the washdown to do which basically means that every bit of kit has to be washed with clean water to stop the salt eating away at it.
  As a non-smoker my lungs are used to relatively clean air.
  A worker who operates in a clean, safe and pollution-free atmosphere will certainly be happy.
  In the marketplace, who would think to ask whether these fish came from a clean or a polluted river like this one?
  Here, we have peace and quiet, still nights, and clean air.
  Clean air, quiet streets and the rosy climate are good for children.
  If you do get fresh concrete on your skin, wash it off with clean water.
  Now fish can be found in the relatively clean water.
  It has been observed that during the rainy season, most water sources become polluted and clean water is hard to find.
  Helping the weevils was the relatively clean water flowing into the dam.
  The water is one degree Celsius, but at least the normally polluted lake is clean enough to swim in today.
  Sandanski has the lowest annual rainfall in Bulgaria and its air is remarkably clean and pollution-free.
  Wet ears were washed, first with clean water, then with disinfectant solution.
  I hit the earth with a dull thud, and for a while I just lay there, savoring the feel of real, clean dirt.
  Despite being labelled as a fast growing city, the average man on the street expects that the city would be clean and free from pollution.
  Keep food under hygienic conditions and thoroughly wash uncooked vegetables in clean water.
  Let us wish for a beautiful and clean earth without pollution in the future.
  It is environment friendly, modular, silent, needs no fuel, there are no emissions or pollution; it is clean.
  By contrast, some countries with relatively clean air, such as Scotland and New Zealand, demonstrated high rates of allergic diseases.
  A large, yet relatively clean city, it carried a certain benevolence that took it a step above its more unsavory neighbors.
  Thanks to its quiet roads, clean air and cheap housing, it is now claiming to be the fastest growing town in Europe.
  This mingling of polluted and clean air is particularly evident from January to April of each year during the winter monsoon.
  Have bowls of clean snow ready (or use a snowbank close to the house).
  Adequate quantities of relatively clean water are preferable to small amounts of high quality water.
  Synonyms
  pure, clear, fresh, crisp, refreshing
5. 1.5 Relating to a diet consisting of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food, typically eaten as small meals throughout the day.
  I'm amazed at how much energy clean eating gives me
  you have to eat clean foods to change your physique
  Example sentencesExamples
  My reasons for giving up meat will probably have more to do with wanting to have a healthier, cleaner diet than any moral objection to eating meat.
  With clean eating and hard work in the gym, my physique changed quickly.
  The production of natural and organic foods is a virtuous cycle: You have to start off with clean land to grow grain for your clean breakfast cereal, or to feed to your clean chickens.
  The book introduces an alternative vision of a farm system that preserves the land, protects communities, benefits small farmers, and produces clean food.
  Washboard abs come only with adequate resistance training, a clean diet and plenty of cardio.
  I understand the appeal of having lots of convenient spots to duck into for a virtuous lunch or a quick, clean dinner—high on those swell Omega-3 fatty acids and low on the caloric excesses so common to restaurant food.
  I figure if you can eat two healthy, clean meals a day and not feel guilty about moderately indulging on the third meal, you're doing pretty well.
  I decided to lose that extra 15–25 pounds by eating a clean diet, doing consistent cardio training, and going heavier with the weights.
  I always eat good clean food—lots of chicken and turkey, and sometimes beef.
  Modern techniques mean we can have nice, fresh, clean food all year round, at cheap prices, from the local supermarket.
6. 1.6 Free from or producing relatively little radioactive contamination.
  不含放射性污染物的；释放少量放射性污染物的
7. 1.7 (of timber) free from knots.
  （木材）无树节的
2Morally uncontaminated; pure; innocent.
清白的；纯洁的；天真的；无邪的
clean living
纯洁的生活。
Example sentencesExamples
- Our center will provide a way for them to learn the art of clean, wholesome living and social responsibility.
- Now that I'm clean as a penny whistle, what else would I do for fun?
- Praise the Lord the sun has come to wash us clean.
- I have forgotten what it feels like to feel clean and innocent, and I long to feel it, I long for my salad days, I long for childhood.
- I enjoyed communion, I told him, but I never felt like I was good enough, pure enough, clean enough to have it.
- She looked so innocent, so clean that it was impossible to believe this creature evil.
- It is by self discipline and clean moral life that man can unveil the divine qualities in his personality.
- Thirdly, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses our consciences, so that we come before God in the happy awareness of being truly clean in his sight.
- The people of the island were clothed in plain linen with a few pockets, and white dresses that looked innocent and clean.
- We need to be morally upright, like chaste virgins before God, pure and clean.
- ‘I strongly reject the implicit suggestion that their party is morally clean,’ he said.
- But this must be done in sincerity, with the desire to be spiritually clean and pure.
- Pain and regret cannot scrub me clean, no matter how much I wish it.
- Other advice: not to quarrel; to live a clean, holy life; to do good; to share with others.
- And people enjoy having that emotion because it's a very clean and pure emotion.
- Absolved of our sins, we are once more made as clean as the day of our baptism.
Synonyms
virtuous, good, upright, upstanding
innocent, guiltless, blameless, clear, in the clear, not to blame, guilt-free, crime-free, above suspicion, unimpeachable, irreproachable
1. 2.1 Not sexually offensive or obscene.
  不淫秽的；不猥亵的
  it's all good clean fun
  这是全无色情内容的娱乐。
  even when clean, his verses are very funny
  即使不说下流话，他的诗歌也非常有意思。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Never has such potentially raunchy role-playing seemed like such good clean fun.
  It's good clean fun for the kids and well worth a rental.
  It's about time we resurrect the good clean fun in computer games because I am really tired of the blood and gore of 21 st-century games.
  The show promises to transport the audience to an era when humour meant good clean fun.
  For good clean family fun, you just can't top it.
  It was all good clean fun and a day many of the little people will cherish long after their Santa days.
  They always record a clean version or else dub it out in the mix.
2. 2.2 Showing or having no record of offenses or crimes.
  无不良记录的；无前科的
  a clean driving license is essential for the job
  拥有一张无违章记录的驾驶执照对获得这份工作来说很重要。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She noted that the young man was unemployed and had a clean record.
  Let's face it, when the first day of camp is drawing near, there can be a tendency to hire anyone with a clean record that seems reasonable.
  Legal considerations such as the fact that the culprit has a clean record should not be used as mitigating factors, she contended.
  I really need a clean credit record because I will be moving house again shortly.
  All successful applicants were police-checked and have a clean record.
  They should also have a clean record with regard to offences such as murder, rape, robbery, fraud, arson and kidnapping.
  Edmonton offers great insurance rates for anyone who's been driving for years, has held insurance for the same amount of time, and has a clean record.
  He was known to Dutch police but had a clean record there.
  But I've heard that I should check my credit report to make sure my record is clean.
  The key is to build a backend that is capable of transaction processing as well as maintaining a clean record on necessary compliances.
  With a clean credit record once again, I hope you will be able to arrange a loan.
  Critics of the previous system also point out that in terms of escaping prisoners, the state escort service had far from a clean record.
  He had never had an accident before and had previously had a completely clean driving record.
  Only those with clean records must be sponsored by the recruiting agencies.
  Despite rumors here and there, she has a clean record.
  In the interview, the guy never even asked to see my driver's license, or if I had a clean record.
  It takes anywhere from five to 20 months to get a pardon and one must wait three years with a clean record before applying.
  But he said he had taken her age and previous clean record into account and imposed the community sentence.
  He also has a full clean driver's licence with no endorsements.
  For those who still might think I'm a serial killer or guilty of other crimes, here is the proof I have a clean record.
3. 2.3 Played or done according to the rules.
  遵守规则的；按规则进行的
  it was a good clean fight
  这是全无色情内容的娱乐。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Notwithstanding the fact that we are still a young democracy, the country can score more marks by politicians running clean campaigns.
  He has a relatively clean image, but there are concerns about his policies toward China and whether he can find enough capable people for his cabinet.
  From the start, his clean image was substantially soiled because of a real estate speculation case his elder brother was involved in.
  We live in a clinically clean society with rules and regulations.
  Buyers should ensure that the registration and tax papers are in order and the status of ownership is clean.
  Market economics and the rule of law demand clean government.
  We mostly adopted trade sales to maximize revenues, and they were generally clean, despite occasional slip ups.
  But his wife sent back the fish to avoid rumours, and she wrote advising him to be an honest and clean official.
  I would also like to thank the associations for fighting a clean campaign in this constituency.
  There are a number of them who are pure and clean, and are keen to keep the pride of being a police officer.
  The body was set up by large sports centres and is intended to establish horse racing in Israel with an organised set of rules and a clean public image.
  However, he still believes that corruption can be curbed by setting up a clean system and strict rules.
  This game is what cup games are all about: spirit, fight, clean football and a little bit of heroism to round it all off.
  They were clean, capable and were supported by the people.
  Anyone who wants to enter politics must now show that they are clean and that they have concrete and detailed ideas about improving people's lives.
  True to the formalities of leadership races, all the candidates stated they want a clean fight.
  On the final whistle, in this tight and physically hard fought, but clean game, both sides had to be content with a share of the points.
  This kind of mentality has led many previously clean officials to try their luck before their retirement.
  Both parties walk away with a clean reputation and no animus toward the other.
  Put the same young officer in a clean station, and there's a very good chance he'll turn out to be an honest cop.
  Synonyms
  fair, honest, sporting, sportsmanlike, just, upright, law-abiding, chivalrous, honourable, according to the rules, according to hoyle
4. 2.4informal predicative Not possessing or containing anything illegal, especially drugs or stolen goods.
  〈非正式〉不私藏（或不包含）违禁品（尤指毒品或赃物）的
  I searched him and his luggage, and he was clean
  我搜查了他和他的行李，他没有携带违禁品。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The tall guy was clean, and they told him to board along with the rest of the passengers and we had a safe enjoyable flight.
5. 2.5informal predicative (of a person) not taking or having taken drugs or alcohol.
  〈非正式〉（人）不吸毒的；不喝酒的；没吸毒的；没喝酒的
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is a perception among young people that cocaine is a clean safe drug - which it is not.
  Smith said the substance can be used to make drug tests come up clean and that he was taking it to his cousin.
  I've enjoyed it here and it's chapter one of my clean life.
  He was clean for two years after leaving jail - where he'd spent 12 years and gained a heroin habit.
  I'm going to meetings every day and learning that when I'm clean, I'm a winner.
  In the old days, many people thought, if you can survive five years, you're clean.
  In the future all I hope is that I stay off drugs and keep clean, get my children back, get my own house and a good job.
  My dad used to do drugs, but he has been clean for four years.
  Once someone seeks help they need constant care until they are clean - and this must come with tolerance.
  I had taken someone for quite a lot of money and these are things I've got to deal with today because I'm clean.
  Although I have been clean for seven years now, the craving still remains.
  I've been clean for four years because I'm a mother.
  Nearly 78 per cent of the respondents claimed that they were not smokers, not on alcohol or drugs - a clean set.
  Later, after his mother was clean, she warned Jim ceaselessly about the dangers of drugs, warnings that he heeded.
  This article is to tell clean people that they should avoid involvement with drugs.
  I was clean for eight long years, before falling off last year while in Germany.
  I've made amends to my family; I bring them a lot of joy because I'm clean and I brought them sadness during my using.
  Say the parents are clean and at least one of them is employed, but the couple still can't find affordable housing.
  We've got loads of drug counsellors but nobody is getting clean.
  And for the first six months I was clean, but then we kept saying yes to more gigs, I started drinking too much and taking a bit of charlie, to get through it.
  Synonyms
  sober, teetotal, non-drinking, clear-headed, as sober as a judge
6. 2.6 Free from ceremonial defilement, according to Mosaic Law and similar religious codes.
  （摩西律法等类似宗教法典规定的）不亵渎宗教仪式的
  Example sentencesExamples
  We need not worry about such things as ceremonial washings and clean and unclean foods.
3Free from irregularities; having a smooth edge or surface.
平整的；边缘（或表面）光洁的
a clean fracture of the leg
断裂处很平整的腿部骨折。
Example sentencesExamples
- Such a clean penetration could have been caused only by a high speed projectile, such as rifle bullet.
- The patented coring tine cuts clean cores at the surface and shatters the soil below.
- The main objective of the wadcutter design is to cut a nice clean hole in a paper target.
- Also, wires, especially for gas metal-arc welding, must have clean, smooth surfaces.
- I got started and cut a clean, smooth curve along the front of the desk, surprising my dad, but not I.
- There's a fracture on the elbow area, and it appears that it's a clean fracture, so it looks like it will heal.
- In addition, they create a clean edge to a planting scheme and disguise the unsightly lower section of many herbaceous perennials.
- Once you have the base removed use a smooth bastard file to make the edges nice and clean and free of burrs.
- Some of the breakdown showed very clean fracture surfaces, looking very fresh.
- On the left is the smooth, clean surface of the new dam that has turned part of the Colorado River into a lake.
- When positioning the drywall panel, align the top of each panel with the ceiling edge or the angle break to assure a clean edge.
- Steel forms require more attention to ensure a clean, smooth surface.
- They have been scoured and polished to such a smooth clean finish that scarcely one fine white thread of ligament remains between the joints.
- Scissors should cut smooth and clean, right where you aim them.
- They also can be washed to ensure that the next slab or tilt panel has a clean edge.
1. 3.1 Having a simple, well-defined, and pleasing shape.
  （外形）简朴、界限分明而优美的
  the clean lines and pared-down planes of modernism
  现代主义明晰的线条以及削薄的平面。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The cabin has clean, simple lines and seems very user-friendly.
  The only thing that breaks its clean lines is the paper tray, which drops open from the front of the unit.
  This urban contemporary collection keeps things in perspective with simple forms, clean lines and subtle shapes.
  The clean lines and the simple shapes are compelling in their quiet beauty and grace.
  Inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, classic rooms have clean, simple lines and formal symmetry.
  Linen looks best in simple shapes, with clean geometric lines.
  She chose few pieces of furniture and selected items that have clean, simple lines, like the house itself.
  Scandinavia: the home of everything pure, sleek, clean and earthy.
  They're very thin and delicate, with elegant slender stems and a simple, clean design.
  You may roll your eyes at the design of these pages, but at least they're fairly clean.
  The opening menu interface is clean with simple, well-delineated choices - go into the robot lab or go into the arena.
  There's certainly nothing odd about his simple structure, with its clean lines and elegant agrarian forms.
  The pieces are simple, with clean lines and few projecting gadgets such as drawer handles.
  The design of the paper was clean, if rather text-heavy.
  The artistic style in some cases overshadows the writings, no matter how clean and legible the writings are.
  That aesthetic would require clean, simple lines, and no fussiness.
  The simple white walls and clean lines of the store, he says, have the effect of allowing you to see the products clearly.
  Shapes are clean and simple, patterns bold and striking and details subtle but sharp.
  The magnificent master bedroom is elegantly curved in shape, has clean sweeping lines and luxurious en-suite facilities.
  He likes clean, simple lines but also creates interesting effects by using contrasting timbers such as walnut and maple.
  Synonyms
  simple, elegant, graceful, uncluttered, trim, shapely, unfussy, uncomplicated
2. 3.2 (of an action) smoothly and skillfully done.
  （行动）干净利落的
  I still hadn't made a clean takeoff
  我仍然未能完成一次干净利落的起飞。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As far as his routes, he runs clean routes and can catch almost anything.
  It is important they get a good, clean catch as this may be the difference in taking a shot up or having to pass it.
  In the musicals, the performances were very clean, and flowed smoothly and the acting was natural and often sparked laughter.
  After a few minutes, she got the gist of it, and was making smooth clean strokes.
  A clean catch and drive provided the platform for a march to the line and the winning try.
  The smooth, clean stroke is there, along with her glistening apprehension of sun and weather.
  His clean movements cut through the waves, barely disturbing the surface; almost as if he were born to water and not the land.
  But he seemed to be taken by surprise and failed to make a clean contact as the other player was able to parry his shot at the expense of a corner.
  And I'm always impressed how they manage to make kissing look so clean and synchronised in the movies.
  The windows are attached to the panel using rivets, which makes for a smooth, clean installation.
  Leading up to the 9th frame of their title match, the two left-handers had bowled clean games.
  It was a clean take-off, and he was airborne five minutes after starting his take-off run.
  Coming in at speed, he couldn't quite make a clean contact and the chance of crowning a superb move with a goal was gone.
  Synonyms
  neat, smooth, crisp, straight, accurate, precise, slick
4(of a taste, sound, or smell) giving a clear and distinctive impression to the senses; sharp and fresh.
（滋味）浓烈的，（声音）刺耳的，（气味）强烈的
clean, fresh, natural flavors
浓烈，新鲜，自然的滋味。
Example sentencesExamples
- More gravel than flint, it has a clean, lime-tinged wash and a zesty finish.
- Eating asparagus on the day it is picked is a truly special experience, the fresh clean flavour just sings.
- Sydney's top ten rate among the best in the world if your tastes are for fresh ingredients, unpretentious culinary achievement and clean tastes.
- At its best it produces light to medium-bodied, crisp dry white wines with hints of apples, honey and yeast and a refreshingly pure and clean finish.
- This simple natural Thai soup offers fresh clean flavours that fuse the taste that is Thai cuisine.
- The tamilok, its fans swear, has a fresh clean taste that sends shivers of pleasure down one's alimentary canal.
- The songs are washed in earnest clean rhythm guitar and nice, glimmering production.
- The audio is clean and clear, conveying voices and sound effects with equal ease.
- A good lemon tart should be gently set and lightly golden with a fresh, clean, lemony taste, rather than anything overly sour and overly sweet.
- The guitars plug in and the amps come to life with a clean thread of pure rock.
- This elegant and lithe New Zealand Riesling is crisp and cool answer, with a wash of clean lime and light nut notes.
- The clean, fresh tastes so lively and vibrant in the starters were nowhere to be had here.
- Their sound is clean and high energy and their performance is confident and sharp.
- She had a clean, pure voice, only filled with oodles of emotion.
- If only it had remixed the monaural soundtrack into something with more depth, but the audio is clean and clear in any case.
- The wash is clean, nicely acidic with a lovely limey mid-palate.
- Fresh fish should have firm, springy flesh, a clear color, a moist look, and a clean smell.
- The stew was spiked with still-crisp bits of green pepper and onion, and had a clean taste of fresh vegetables.
- The taster monitors first whether the wine smells fresh and clean, or whether any off-odours indicate the presence of a wine fault.
- Her voice is pure, clean, vivid, with the flexibility and colors demanded in Verdi.

adverbklinklēn

1So as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter.
干净地；纯洁地
the room had been washed clean
房间已打扫干净。
Example sentencesExamples
- I wondered if we could get far enough south for a warm rain to wash me clean.
- It won't scrub your insides clean, but it may help and it feels good.
- She stripped down to just a shift, scrubbing clean the clothes that she'd been wearing.
- My associate will make two copies of the judgment available to each side, so that you have one upon which you may annotate and one you may preserve clean.
- There is nothing like a morning under the brine to scrub clean a tired and mucky heart and head.
- Beaches are giant blank spaces, washed clean every day, on which all sorts of hopes are projected.
- Once, he pressured someone into scrubbing his boots clean and moaned when he noticed one speck of mud on the bottom.
- He'd scrubbed the tires clean before bringing it home so she wouldn't know he hadn't bought it new.
- The first task they were given was to scrub clean one of the barracks toilets and the pipe leading out of the wall which was disconnected from the septic tank.
- Before entering the Wellington's special care baby unit they had to scrub their hands clean and cover themselves in protective overalls.
- With one hand, you pour the water and with the other, you wash yourself clean.
- Soapy wash bags are also great for scrubbing the kids clean, and softening the skin at the same time.
- Bodybuilding itself could use a strong storm to blow through and wash it clean.
- A good injector sprays fuel out as a mist and the fuel burns rapidly and relatively clean as the droplets are so small that they burn with a puff!
- It disgusted me so much to even think about them that I ran to the washroom and washed them clean.
- My hands are so stained with blood that all the rain in Heaven couldn't wash them clean.
1. 1.1 In a way that involves the consumption of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food.
  plain oatmeal is a staple for anyone who's eating clean
  Example sentencesExamples
  I've always placed a priority on staying in shape, eating clean, lifting weights consistently and doing cardio.
  Eat clean whenever possible, but don't make too many sacrifices.
  If you're going to make the effort to eat clean and spend your precious time at the gym, at least train like you mean it.
  I've always kind of been a jock, but the last year I really got into seriously eating six times a day, eating clean, being regimented with my exercising and my lifting and that kind of stuff.
  Eight to nine months out of the year, he eats clean.
  Gearing up for competition meant eating clean and lean.
  You'll need to eat clean throughout the week: no fast food or processed foods and limited dietary fat.
  If you're already a dedicated bodybuilder, eating clean is part of your life.
  I try to eat clean during the week.
  Being body-conscious and eating clean can definitely test your willpower, especially at this time of the year.
2informal Used to emphasize the completeness of a reported action, condition, or experience.
〈非正式〉彻底地，完全地
he was knocked clean off his feet
他被彻底击倒。
I clean forgot her birthday
我完全忘了她的生日。
Example sentencesExamples
- So that was that - except that in the rush to sort out the mystery, she clean forgot to ask what emergency the fire engine was going to.
- It knocked the Statue of Liberty clean off its pedestal before soundlessly swallowing her up.
- Suddenly, the wind picked up, knocking Jerry clean off his feet.
- It knocked the victims clean into the air.
- Shall we leave that until 1 o'clock over lunch or shall we adjourn early and get a clean start at 2 o'clock if this case progresses?
- He opened his mouth while he pulled one of his hands free from its pocket, and flicked his eyes clean across my face.
- The ferocious second-half free kick which lifted him clean off his feet was impressive.
- Other storeowners tell us that they're clean out of plywood - no more plywood left on the island to batten down the hatches.
- He got up, landed some nice shots then finished his foe with a ridiculous counter right hand that knocked him clean out.
- Global warming was right here, right now: and the idle daydream that it would just import Mediterranean sunshine had been washed clean away.
- He dropped to the floor and swept his adversary's feet clean away.
Synonyms
completely, entirely, totally, fully, wholly, thoroughly, altogether, quite, utterly, absolutely

verbklinklēn

[with object]

1Make (something or someone) free of dirt, marks, or mess, especially by washing, wiping, or brushing.
（尤指通过洗、擦或刷的办法）把…弄干净，为…去除污垢
clean your teeth properly after meals
饭后好好地刷牙。
chair covers should be easy to clean
椅套应该很容易清洗。
we cleaned Uncle Jim up and made him presentable
我们把吉姆叔叔梳洗干净，让他好见人。
no object he always expected other people to clean up after him
他总是指望别人替他收拾残局。
Example sentencesExamples
- Gum disease happens when plaque builds up because the teeth are not cleaned properly.
- I will stamp my foot until the city rises into the sky and the dirt and filth is cleaned away.
- She also hopes to ensure that the district council's cleansing and amenities targets the shop area and cleans it of dirt, weeds and loose bricks.
- Always wash your hands or clean them with a hand-wipe immediately before and after eating a meal.
- She does my laundry, cleans my house, tidies up after me and empties the cat's litter box.
- People can't wash themselves or clean their places and this becomes a breeding place of diseases.
- The first conservation step is to clean the surface of dirt and loose accumulations with water and detergent applied under high pressure.
- You may be required to clean the property and tidy the garden before leaving.
- It also makes it easier to properly clean the barrel from the breech.
- Have a dentist clean your teeth to get rid of tobacco stains and decide to keep them looking like that.
- With a cloth from the windowsill, he began to clean the crumbly dirt from his find.
- Get up, make bed, get dressed, get books ready, brush hair, wash face, clean dorm and head for the dining room for breakfast.
- You were to dust my bookshelves and wash the windows and clean the carpets twice a week.
- After refreshing up his information on the case, he had enough time to finish up his other reports and clean his desk.
- My father has this bright idea that he's gonna clean it by washing it down and scrubbing it and vacuuming.
- Use vodka, gin, or any pure alcohol to erase lipstick stains from your collar, or to clean paint or ink stains from your carpet.
- It can be easier to clean their teeth if you cradle your baby's head in your arms in front of you.
- When we emerged, I grabbed some leaves off a nearby plant to clean the dirt off my hands.
- Spyware protection software helps you to completely clean your computer of invasive threats.
- In short, show her how to mow the lawn, wash the car and clean the pool, and let her practise these chores until she does it as well as you.
Synonyms
wash, cleanse, wipe, sponge, scrub, mop, rinse, scour, swab, hose down, sluice, sluice down, flush, polish, disinfect
launder
1. 1.1 Remove the innards of (fish or poultry) prior to cooking.
  烹调前先去除（鱼，家禽）的内脏
  Example sentencesExamples
  Taking out a small knife, she began to clean the fish.
  Even George, when he had taught her how to clean a fish, hadn't felt the same.
  She sat down on the log and she just waited for him to carry on with cleaning the fish.
  Three hours later, we'll return to clean fish, fry fish and eat fish.
  The day before the demonstration he beheads and cleans the gutted haddock, ties them in pairs and dry salts them for anything from one and a half to five hours, depending on their size and firmness.
  Ten minutes later, they began to gut and clean the fish.
  Let the fishmonger scale, clean and gut the fish (I leave the head on).
  Occasionally we'd give them to a neighbor, but my mother wouldn't clean fish so it was almost always a waste.
  She said her boys had fishing rods, a net and knives to clean the fish they caught.
  It spends a good portion showing how to clean almost every fish imaginable.
  He then took out his knife and proceeded to clean the fish, and this was a signal for her to go and set up the beds.
  For another, the pier isn't an ideal place to clean fish because it lacks a table, running water and a garbage can.
  The answer greatly depends on how often a person cleans fish, how many fish they clean and the species and size of those fish.
  Synonyms
  gut, eviscerate, remove the innards of, draw, dress

Phrases

clean someone's clock

1informal Give someone a beating.
〈北美，非正式〉将某人痛打一顿
he went wild and cleaned everybody's clock down there in the dugout
Example sentencesExamples
- Then, when they meet a skilled person who is really trying to clean their clock, they may be disappointed in what they can actually pull out of their training.
- I tried talking to him, he had nothin’ but mumbles, so I cleaned his clock with a solid left.
- Maybe I should invest in a hemp shirt reading ‘Don't knock my smock, or I'll clean your clock.’
- And I don't think they saw him there, and they cleaned his clock.
- Speaking of Thanksgiving, some fool in a car almost cleaned my clock on my way in to work this morning!
- I want names buster or I am going to come down there and personally clean your clock.
- The impact knocked me unconscious and from what I've heard, a few more bombs cleaned my clock.
1. 1.1Defeat or surpass someone decisively.
  彻底击败某人；完胜某人
  Example sentencesExamples
  As he became a dot on the horizon I reassured myself if I were his age, with his bike, with his quads, his parents and his Spandex I'd clean his clock.
  I heard that the new kid who just moved into the old dojo cleaned your clock.
  Every so often, the enemy presents himself and at every instance he does that, we clean his clock.
  Although Ray played well, he and his partner could not beat a pair of high handicappers who almost cleaned their clock.
  Sure we have taken some casualties, but the people we are fighting are criminals, terrorists, and punks and we are cleaning their clock.
  Dad turned beet red, the whole café howled with laughter, and I proceeded to clean Dad 's clock for like the ninth straight week.
  To me, there is nothing better - and I'm only talking about in athletics now - than absolutely cleaning someone's clock.
  He cleaned his clock in the French debate.
  I sorta’ threw the gauntlet down the previous year and made it clear I'd clean Dave 's clock on a stage or two if he had the guts to take me on.

clean house

1Do housework.
〈北美〉做家务
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd done pretty well, considering, and I'll get myself off to bed at a sensible hour so as to be up bright and early tomorrow to clean house before the heat turns up once more.
- They earned a few pennies an hour, but that was more than they could make in the fields or cleaning house.
- Yard work, cleaning house and washing cars are good exercise.
- In most families, women care for the children, clean house, do the marketing, cook meals, wash dishes and clothes, and carry wood and water.
- A man will do almost anything not to cook, wash dishes, or clean house.
- Well, as nature cleans house, as it washes/blows away ‘excess’, or shakes at its core, or erupts the underground gases and lava, mankind must pick up the pieces and move on!
- What about those few of us who don't find fulfillment in cleaning house?
- Here's one more well-off woman playing at cleaning house while real women are out there struggling.
- Those who observed the tradition prepared for the holiday by cleaning house, buying new clothes and placing a dish of sprouted wheat, rye or lentil seeds in the window to represent new growth after a harsh winter.
- I was duly dispatched to clean house for bourgeois wives in the suburbs who complained I was too slow, and a choirmaster who asked if I ever considered modelling swimwear.
1. 1.1Eliminate corruption or inefficiency.
  清除腐败；消灭无能
  unless our organization cleans house, it will be difficult to raise funds
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is time to clean house, and in four years time if I am not happy with the way the Conservatives are running the country then I will work for their defeat.
  Unless he cleans house, his will be the Edsel presidency.
  He came to a club torn apart by in-fighting and cleaned house.
  Of course, he is keenly aware that corruption is so ingrained in the fabric of political life that trying to clean house could bring down the house itself, and that a sort of unstated amnesty could prevail.
  Now, most Japanese fund managers have cleaned house.
  He was determined to become the real head of the Intelligence Community and to clean house at CIA by eliminating deadwood and cutting costs.
  The official party newspaper attributed the success to efforts to rejuvenate and clean house.
  He added: ‘The president needs to clean house and wipe away the senior executives of the intelligence agency.’
  Dozens of advisors to the late leader have been fired in a shakeup to clean house of corrupt administrators.
  You, Sheila, are the perfect person to be the broom that cleans house in our sports establishments.

clean one's plate

Eat up all the food put on one's plate.
吃光盘中食物
Example sentencesExamples
- If you aren't happy with yourself, you'll always be shaken by mom and dad telling you off for not cleaning your plate.
- I continued to tell her about the new policy they issued and just let the conversation drop at that point by cleaning my plate.
- She ordered seafood enchiladas and cleaned her plate, an almost unheard of event and one for which I am always thankful.
- When I was growing up my parents would not allow me to leave the dinner table without cleaning my plate.
- I pack half the food away right then so that I can clean my plate without stuffing myself-and I have a meal for the next day.
- It wasn't until I'd cleaned my plate that I thought to check if there were any adzuki beans.
- I cleaned my plate, to the point of taking a corn tortilla and mopping up the last cheesy queso smear.
- I leave a lot on the plate because I need not clean my plate.
- I took a tentative bite and then cleaned my plate.
- What gain comes from you cleaning your plate?

clean up one's act

informal Begin to behave in a better way, especially by giving up alcohol, drugs, or illegal activities.
〈非正式〉开始检点行事（尤指戒烟、戒毒、不犯罪）
the casino industry is bent on cleaning up its act
Example sentencesExamples
- Now comes the time to get real and clean up my act.
- Now is the time to sift through those cluttered cupboards and clean up your act.

come clean

informal Be completely honest; keep nothing hidden.
〈非正式〉和盘托出；毫无保留；说实话
the company has refused to come clean about its pollution record
Example sentencesExamples
- Referring to her police interviews after her arrest, he told the jurors: ‘It is now apparent she was very far from coming clean in those interviews.’
- And I figured the only way to get him to come clean would be if I came clean first.
- The question is, will it be done responsibly, by coming clean about the hidden liabilities now and taking the necessary, if painful, steps to deal with them?
- Even he finally comes clean with an honest assessment of his shipmates and it's not complimentary.
- One cannot help but be impressed by this seasoned politician's adeptness at the art of coming clean without coming clean.
- If the department wants transformation targets met, then they must be honest and come clean about this.
- The highways authorities must come clean and tell all road users what is wrong, and what they are doing to put it right.
- She said he refused to come clean to the police, saying it would cost him his job.
- When is somebody going to come clean and reveal the real hidden agenda?
- They have no interest, my friends, in coming clean and being honest with the American people.
Synonyms
tell the truth, be completely honest, tell all, make a clean breast of it

have clean hands

Be uninvolved and blameless with regard to an immoral act.
（对于不道德行为）清白，无可指责
no one involved in the conflict has clean hands
牵扯进此冲突的无一人是清白的。
Example sentencesExamples
- We are the only party that can come along and say we have clean hands.
- The truth is that politicians do not have clean hands to deal with it.
- I don't think many people have clean hands when it comes to bullying, and nor should we pretend to.
- No region of the world has been spared it and very few people have clean hands.
- Neither side, however, can claim to have clean hands.
- Perhaps she had forgotten that if you are going to preach, it is as well to have clean hands.
- Real institutions, real governments, and real leaders will never have clean hands in a dirty world.
- As a society, I would love to think that we are humble, righteous, and that our hands are clean.
- But there are questions about the loyalty and integrity of this intelligence service that, after all, does not have clean hands.
- If the applicant is seeking an equitable remedy it must come to court with clean hands and reveal the state of its financial house.

keep one's hands clean

Not involve oneself in an immoral act.
洁身自好；不同流合污；不染指（不道德行为）
Example sentencesExamples
- But my cynical side says that the primary advantage governments see to legalizing the sale of needles is that it allows them to keep their hands clean.
- But her desire to keep her hands clean of them was also, one suspects, an act of self preservation.
- When the chips were down the game's governing body refused to get involved and preferred to keep their hands clean.
- This means they can keep their hands clean at all times.
- The philosophy seemed to be that you don't catch grubs by keeping your hands clean.
- You can keep your hands clean, or you can keep many more people alive.
- It combines the childish fascination of gross toys with an adult sensibility that lets sober critics keep their hands clean.
- You may throw it yourself or you may arrange for it to be leaked in a manner that will keep your hands clean.
- He probably did this all the time, watched innocent people die while keeping his hands clean.
- They believed you could be a key player in international politics yet keep your hands clean.

make a clean breast of something (or make a clean breast of it)

Confess fully one's mistakes or wrongdoings.
全盘招供；全盘承认过错
Example sentencesExamples
- Tell all, make a clean breast of it, say what it is.
- He makes a clean breast of it all to David, Helen's young friend from England who comes looking for salvation.
- I reckon you need to wipe the slate, mate, make a clean breast of it, so to speak.
- But we will be demanding they make a clean breast of it as soon as possible.
- More than 10 years on, Jersey has finally made a clean breast of it.
- Why don't they make a clean breast of it and say, ‘Look, ladies and gentlemen, we're really not dealing in news.’
- I can think of no reason why you should not make a clean breast of it.
- Let's make a clean breast of it so we can start the day anew filled with love.
- If he has had an extramarital affair, he ought to make a clean breast of it.
- If any would care to make a clean breast of it, incidentally, we're willing to listen.
Synonyms
tell the truth, be completely honest, tell all, make a clean breast of it

make a clean job of something
〈主英〉去垢，刷净，打扫

informal Do something thoroughly.
〈非正式〉彻底完成某事
Example sentencesExamples
- In the old days the nobility would tip the headsman to make a clean job of it.
- So better make a clean job of it, and wipe him out at once!
- If you don't know how to make a clean job of it ask a more experienced climber to help you.
- The next moment he calmly placed his head on the block, telling the axeman to take good aim and make a clean job of it.
- However, the witches were not particularly preoccupied with making a clean job of things.
- If you don't facilitate for fence construction during the wall install all bets are off on making a clean job of it after the fact!
- Operations this season were to make a clean job of it, and salvage was small.
- Here, pros discuss efficient ways to make a clean job of it.
- It may take some file edits as well to make a clean job of it.
- Normally if its the rubbery tint you should be able to just peel it off without any problems, but if its the papery stuff you are going to have to go at it with a razor blade and some adhesive remover for a while to make a clean job of it.

a clean sweep

1The removal of all unwanted people or things in order to start afresh.
完全撤换（不需要的人，物），改头换面
the new leaders wanted to make a clean sweep of the discredited old order
Example sentencesExamples
- No Government has so far succeeded in making a clean sweep of maladies affecting our police.
- Back in the heady dotcom days, it seemed as though online polling was poised to make a clean sweep of market research - revolutionizing the way companies conducted quantitative and qualitative research.
- The 1977 Act did not, however, accomplish a clean sweep of common law conspiracy.
- Not exactly decisive behaviour from the people that are trying to make a clean sweep of things.
- You lot make a clean sweep of the area.
- He made a clean sweep by removing all the interior walls and covering the outer walls and ceiling in white Venetian plaster.
- I have frequently condemned it and wished to make a clean sweep of it.
- The broom, for example, appears ready to make a clean sweep.
- To get investors the best prices, it needs to make a clean sweep of barriers that impede trading.
- For a man with a broom wanting to make a clean sweep of city hall, one couldn't ask for a better place to start.
2The winning of all of a group of similar or related competitions, events, or matches.
（在同类或相关体育赛事中）囊括各项锦标
he was in reach of the nomination after a clean sweep of Tuesday's primaries
Example sentencesExamples
- England were dreaming of the Grand Slam today after completing the third leg of a potential Six Nations Championship clean sweep.
- York and District Indoor Bowls Club enjoyed a clean sweep in the Yorkshire League, the Hebden Trophy and the North Eastern League.
- The people of Listowel made a clean sweep at a prize-giving event which recognised their efforts to improve the town's appearance over the past few years.
- It was Cooke's first appearance at the Sportcity venue since making a clean sweep of the national youth titles over seven years ago.
- The Triple Crown also came as part of Wales' victory package amid a clean sweep of honours in European rugby's blue riband event.
- Burnley turned back the clock to record a clean sweep of victories for the first time since the beginning of the season.
- Zambia squash aces dominated the recently-ended East Africa squash safari circuit, by making a clean sweep of all three titles on the Kenya tour.
- Dundalk anglers made a clean sweep of the prizes in the Danes Cast Firshery's New Year's Day Competition.
- Royal College tennis players made a clean sweep at the Inter-School tennis championships by winning all six titles on offer.
- Thus he made a clean sweep of all the events he participated in.
Synonyms
come first, finish first, be the winner, be victorious, be the victor, carry the day, win the day, carry all before one, defeat the opposition, overcome the opposition, take the crown, take the honours, gain the palm, come out ahead, come out on top, succeed, triumph, prevail, achieve mastery

Phrasal Verbs

clean someone out

Use up or take all someone's money.
〈非正式〉花光某人的钱；榨尽某人的钱
they were cleaned out by the Englishman at the baccarat table
在玩巴卡拉纸牌戏赌博中，他们被那英国人赢去了所有的钱。
Example sentencesExamples
- Although you might question the appeal of visiting a town dedicated to cleaning you out, you shouldn't write off Las Vegas.
- We cleaned them out at midfield but missed four goal chances.
- They also took some electrical equipment that I'd got for my birthday and cleaned me out of all my gold.
- I had five dollars in my pocket when I sat down at the table and they cleaned me out.
- Spend the same amount of time and money at the slots or the tables, and you could be cleaned out.
- It wasn't your fault that your wife left, cleaning you out.
- I think they were cleaned out of balls, gloves and any little trinket that the kids could prise out of them.
- And a lady, originally from Ireland, cleaned me out of tea towels.
- Music students gearing up to make a bid for pop superstardom suffered a major setback when thieves cleaned them out.
- His visit is primarily intended to clean us out of food and drink, but I'm sure he'll find time to fit in a little lazing about between his gluttonous endeavours.
Synonyms
bankrupt, ruin, make insolvent, make penniless, wipe out, impoverish, reduce to destitution, reduce to penury, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, break, cripple

clean up

1Make things or an area clean or neat.
he was in the kitchen, cleaning up
Example sentencesExamples
- After eating, both women and men engaged in the dancing and, before leaving, in the cleaning up of the area the family occupied.
- Crews are doing what they can to try and clean up this area, but floodwaters remain a huge problem.
- Several of the hosts were now cleaning up around the area and folding chairs and tables, to be put away until the next major event.
- I sat and slowly the crowd dissolved and soon there was no one there except the crew that was cleaning up the unloading area.
- Brush and woodlots located near a vineyard can be a continual source of flea beetles and these areas should be cleaned up if possible.
- After her work was finished, she cleaned up the kitchen area and returned to her room.
- On the lower end of the priority list would be identifying high interest areas and cleaning up the safety awards program.
- To some extent, the decline may reflect real progress in areas like cleaning up rivers and streams.
- She then hears them cleaning up their areas and leaving the room.
- Or is he taking on a very big job down there, as the president's viceroy for cleaning up that area?
2Make a substantial gain or profit.
〈非正式〉发大财
Example sentencesExamples
- He travels the circuit, pretending to be an ordinary joe, and then cleans up on bets and prizes because he has a great rock-and-roll voice.
- Disinfectant companies have been cleaning up since the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
- A competent Democrat could clean up with a message to restore government for the people rather than for special interests.
3Win all the prizes available in a sporting competition or series of events.
赢得（一项或系列体育竞赛或赛事）大满贯
the Germans cleaned up at Wimbledon
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition to their 3rd place trophies, this team cleaned up on the technical prizes winning three Near Pins and a Long Drive.
- City Arms added to their division one championship win by cleaning up all the competition trophies on offer.
- He cleaned up in the rifle competition by winning five of the six rifle matches in the champion shot competition.
- Geraldton cleaned up at the recent WA Tidy Towns Competitions, taking out five awards.
Synonyms
come first, finish first, be the winner, be victorious, be the victor, carry the day, win the day, carry all before one, defeat the opposition, overcome the opposition, take the crown, take the honours, gain the palm, come out ahead, come out on top, succeed, triumph, prevail, achieve mastery

clean something up

Restore order or morality to.
恢复…的秩序；重建…的道德风尚
the police chief was given the job of cleaning up a notorious district
警察局局长受命恢复这一声名狼藉地区的秩序。
Example sentencesExamples
- But by the 1990s, its image had been cleaned up as the Victorian buildings were restored and the old warehouse of the Merchant City transformed.
- The perverse effect, you have to conclude, is that these well-meaning efforts will only encourage the bookies: if people truly believe the game has been cleaned up there will be still more money to be made.
- Conversations were cleaned up and no one eye-balled the waitresses.
- By 1913 the tango had become a worldwide phenomenon, but had undergone further adaptation in order to clean it up.
- And the rank and file essentially went to the union and said, look, we've got to clean our act up, and we want to play on a straight playing field.
- In recent years, however, these roles have been reversed as crime rates in America have dropped lower and lower, and American cities have been cleaned up and made safer.
- The owner of garages plagued by arson attacks and used as a drinking den has been ordered to clean them up or pull them down.

Origin

Old English clǣne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German klein ‘small’.

单词	clean
释义	Definition of clean in English: clean adjective kliːnklin 1Free from dirt, marks, or stains. 清洁的，干净的 the room was spotlessly clean 房间干净得一尘不染。 keep the wound clean 保持伤口清洁。 Example sentencesExamples Plastic should be reasonably clean and free of debris, such as twine and netting. As an adult she kept her homes immaculately clean, tidying, changing beds and scrubbing surfaces every day. The transfer is very clean, but the cinematography is average '70s horror. There was dirt under the usually clean fingernails. The town centre is so clean, free of traffic, filled with hanging baskets. Wrap the burned area with a dry, sterile dressing or a clean cloth. And every room was spotlessly clean, without odour or any sort of smell. The water ran down her face and left a clean streak through the dirt and grime on her. Be sure the bottom of the tub is clean and free of any soap residue. Sometimes a brand new blank videotape of high quality will scrub the head chips clean. Make certain your barrel is clean and free of oil or dirt. Let it sit for 3 minutes and blot with a clean cloth or tissue. The stick will come out perfectly clean if the cake is cooked. Blot the stain with a clean cloth, and then pour enough club soda on the stain to saturate the fabric. The film is surprisingly clean and free of dirt or scratches, and colors are vibrant and rich. The source print seems to have been quite clean and free of dirt and damage, resulting in likely the best transfer you'll ever see. Everyone was polite to a fault, and the place was spotlessly clean. Strain through clean, sterile muslin cloth and then drip through coffee filter paper. In this job you can choose which car is brought to your house on a Monday morning, fully insured, brimful with free petrol and spotlessly clean. The architecture sometimes feels a bit stark and soulless, but it's clean and dust free. Synonyms washed, scrubbed, cleansed, cleaned, polished spotless, unsoiled, unstained, unspotted, unsullied, unblemished, immaculate, pristine, speckless, dirt-free hygienic, sanitary, disinfected, sterilized, sterile, aseptic, decontaminated, healthy pure, white, whiter than white laundered informal squeaky clean, as clean as a whistle 1.1 Having been washed since last worn or used. 洗干净的 a clean blouse 一件洗干净的罩衫。 Example sentencesExamples When I replace the clean cutlery after washing up, there's always some already there to give me clues about where stuff lives. I thought I'd keep it on while I ate thereby saving myself some time before work - time which is usually spent putting on a clean top/blouse. They sat on the edge of the low shelf which served as a bench, scrubbed and washed and dressed in clean tunics. Fill your sink with suds, mop away then rinse with a clean towel. I rinse my hair and grab a clean towel from a nearby towel rack. She took out her clean uniform, washed and pressed, and packed it in her grey backpack. Drain the parsley, wrap in a clean tea towel and gently squeeze dry. When she came over to the bed she saw that her clothes were not only neatly folded, but they were washed and clean as well. He never tried to pull her hair or toss her skirt over her head or get dirt on her nice clean clothes. Upon being hired, each janitor was given one shirt to wear at work, often a used one, and was responsible for washing and keeping it clean. She opened a drawer of the vanity, finding inside clean rags to wash her face with. Will kicked off his boots and changed to something clean and washed his face. You take the clean clothes, the soft-soled shoes and the paper with the details of the interview. But once you emerged from the darkness of the cellar with a tub of clean wash and started hanging on the line, this was for all the world to see. The writer was looking refreshed in a clean blouse and slacks. Washed and with clean clothes and a hot hotel meal inside me, I felt like a new person. The 18th-century mind preferred homely dirt and the occasional clean shirt to the terrors of cold water or the deep ocean. 1.2attributive (of paper) not yet marked by writing or drawing. （纸）空白的 he copied the advert on to a clean sheet of paper 他把广告复印在一张空白纸上。 Example sentencesExamples Until then, Scandinavian pine forests will continue to supply our demands for clean white office paper. I grabbed it and flipped through the pages of poetry and drawings till I found a clean page. Shoving books onto the floor, I finally found a clean piece of paper and a sharpened pencil. A wastebasket sat next to a stack of clean paper on the floor. Then he fumbled for a clean piece of paper and began his record - first a list of species, then a tally of their numbers. I shall start over on a clean piece of paper when I have my proper brushes but I enjoyed doing this one immensely. Start with a clean piece of paper there. It absorbs the color from the inks it blends, but is quickly cleaned with a couple of swipes on clean paper. While I was re-writing it onto a clean piece of paper my dad came barging into my room. I stared at the notebook that was opened to a clean white sheet of paper on my pillow. When a pleasing arrangement is found, the pieces are glued in place onto a clean white paper. I took out a clean piece of paper and a black pen. When he wiped his hand on a clean piece of paper, the image of Africa that appeared inspired his publisher to turn the hand into a series of lithographs. A small printer nearest her computer began to absorb some of the clean white paper. I have a clean, beautiful piece of writing paper sitting in front of me and I intend to write only beautiful things about myself on it. He packs plants in cardboard boxes lined with clean paper and occasionally uses icepacks. The biggest thing that we do differently is that we don't start from a totally clean sheet of paper. It has page 108 all to itself, and all that white space around it a terrible waste, in some cultures, of clean white paper. Synonyms blank, empty, bare, clear, plain, white unused, new, pristine, fresh, unmarked, unfilled, untouched 1.3 (of a person) attentive to personal hygiene. （人）注意个人卫生的，爱清洁的 by nature he was clean and neat 他天生是个爱整洁的人。 Example sentencesExamples People are far more likely to pick up happy-looking, clean people than dirty, hidden ones. And no matter how sweet and educated and clean and smart she appears, she may be at risk and not know it. One of the men, relatively clean and civilized, approached us. Our girls are clean and healthy. Her view, when he started school a year ago, was that he was small for his age and not very clean. By these means, the virtuous mother could mold an unspoiled, respectful, neat, and clean child. Henry was fastidiously clean by the standards of the time. They are by nature fastidiously clean and typically free from body odour and parasites. 1.4 Free from pollutants or unpleasant substances. 无污染的；干净的，纯净的 we will create a cleaner, safer environment 我们会创造一个更干净，更安全的环境。 Example sentencesExamples A large, yet relatively clean city, it carried a certain benevolence that took it a step above its more unsavory neighbors. Here, we have peace and quiet, still nights, and clean air. In the marketplace, who would think to ask whether these fish came from a clean or a polluted river like this one? Now fish can be found in the relatively clean water. Let us wish for a beautiful and clean earth without pollution in the future. Helping the weevils was the relatively clean water flowing into the dam. It has been observed that during the rainy season, most water sources become polluted and clean water is hard to find. A worker who operates in a clean, safe and pollution-free atmosphere will certainly be happy. Sandanski has the lowest annual rainfall in Bulgaria and its air is remarkably clean and pollution-free. The water is one degree Celsius, but at least the normally polluted lake is clean enough to swim in today. This mingling of polluted and clean air is particularly evident from January to April of each year during the winter monsoon. As a non-smoker my lungs are used to relatively clean air. I hit the earth with a dull thud, and for a while I just lay there, savoring the feel of real, clean dirt. It is environment friendly, modular, silent, needs no fuel, there are no emissions or pollution; it is clean. Wet ears were washed, first with clean water, then with disinfectant solution. If you do get fresh concrete on your skin, wash it off with clean water. Despite being labelled as a fast growing city, the average man on the street expects that the city would be clean and free from pollution. There is the washdown to do which basically means that every bit of kit has to be washed with clean water to stop the salt eating away at it. Adequate quantities of relatively clean water are preferable to small amounts of high quality water. Thanks to its quiet roads, clean air and cheap housing, it is now claiming to be the fastest growing town in Europe. By contrast, some countries with relatively clean air, such as Scotland and New Zealand, demonstrated high rates of allergic diseases. Have bowls of clean snow ready (or use a snowbank close to the house). Keep food under hygienic conditions and thoroughly wash uncooked vegetables in clean water. Clean air, quiet streets and the rosy climate are good for children. Synonyms pure, clear, fresh, crisp, refreshing unpolluted, uncontaminated, untainted, unmixed, unadulterated distilled, purified 1.5 Relating to a diet consisting of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food, typically eaten as small meals throughout the day. I'm amazed at how much energy clean eating gives me you have to eat clean foods to change your physique Example sentencesExamples I figure if you can eat two healthy, clean meals a day and not feel guilty about moderately indulging on the third meal, you're doing pretty well. I always eat good clean food—lots of chicken and turkey, and sometimes beef. My reasons for giving up meat will probably have more to do with wanting to have a healthier, cleaner diet than any moral objection to eating meat. The production of natural and organic foods is a virtuous cycle: You have to start off with clean land to grow grain for your clean breakfast cereal, or to feed to your clean chickens. I understand the appeal of having lots of convenient spots to duck into for a virtuous lunch or a quick, clean dinner—high on those swell Omega-3 fatty acids and low on the caloric excesses so common to restaurant food. With clean eating and hard work in the gym, my physique changed quickly. Washboard abs come only with adequate resistance training, a clean diet and plenty of cardio. I decided to lose that extra 15–25 pounds by eating a clean diet, doing consistent cardio training, and going heavier with the weights. The book introduces an alternative vision of a farm system that preserves the land, protects communities, benefits small farmers, and produces clean food. Modern techniques mean we can have nice, fresh, clean food all year round, at cheap prices, from the local supermarket. 1.6 Free from or producing relatively little radioactive contamination. 不含放射性污染物的；释放少量放射性污染物的 1.7 (of timber) free from knots. （木材）无树节的 the forester and the sawyer reject timber that is not straight and clean 2Morally uncontaminated; pure; innocent. 清白的；纯洁的；天真的；无邪的 clean living 纯洁的生活。 Example sentencesExamples But this must be done in sincerity, with the desire to be spiritually clean and pure. Absolved of our sins, we are once more made as clean as the day of our baptism. Now that I'm clean as a penny whistle, what else would I do for fun? I have forgotten what it feels like to feel clean and innocent, and I long to feel it, I long for my salad days, I long for childhood. We need to be morally upright, like chaste virgins before God, pure and clean. Praise the Lord the sun has come to wash us clean. I enjoyed communion, I told him, but I never felt like I was good enough, pure enough, clean enough to have it. Thirdly, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses our consciences, so that we come before God in the happy awareness of being truly clean in his sight. The people of the island were clothed in plain linen with a few pockets, and white dresses that looked innocent and clean. Pain and regret cannot scrub me clean, no matter how much I wish it. Our center will provide a way for them to learn the art of clean, wholesome living and social responsibility. Other advice: not to quarrel; to live a clean, holy life; to do good; to share with others. It is by self discipline and clean moral life that man can unveil the divine qualities in his personality. ‘I strongly reject the implicit suggestion that their party is morally clean,’ he said. She looked so innocent, so clean that it was impossible to believe this creature evil. And people enjoy having that emotion because it's a very clean and pure emotion. Synonyms virtuous, good, upright, upstanding honourable, respectable, reputable, decent, righteous, moral, morally correct, ethical, exemplary, honest, just innocent, pure, chaste, undefiled, guiltless, blameless, irreproachable, unimpeachable, pure as the driven snow, whiter than white Christianity immaculate, impeccable informal squeaky clean innocent, guiltless, blameless, clear, in the clear, not to blame, guilt-free, crime-free, above suspicion, unimpeachable, irreproachable informal squeaky clean 2.1 Not sexually offensive or obscene. 不淫秽的；不猥亵的 it's all good clean fun 这是全无色情内容的娱乐。 Example sentencesExamples They always record a clean version or else dub it out in the mix. The show promises to transport the audience to an era when humour meant good clean fun. It was all good clean fun and a day many of the little people will cherish long after their Santa days. Never has such potentially raunchy role-playing seemed like such good clean fun. For good clean family fun, you just can't top it. It's about time we resurrect the good clean fun in computer games because I am really tired of the blood and gore of 21 st-century games. It's good clean fun for the kids and well worth a rental. 2.2 Showing or having no record of offences or crimes. 无不良记录的；无前科的 a clean driving licence is essential for the job 拥有一张无违章记录的驾驶执照对获得这份工作来说很重要。 Example sentencesExamples Critics of the previous system also point out that in terms of escaping prisoners, the state escort service had far from a clean record. All successful applicants were police-checked and have a clean record. I really need a clean credit record because I will be moving house again shortly. The key is to build a backend that is capable of transaction processing as well as maintaining a clean record on necessary compliances. They should also have a clean record with regard to offences such as murder, rape, robbery, fraud, arson and kidnapping. Legal considerations such as the fact that the culprit has a clean record should not be used as mitigating factors, she contended. He also has a full clean driver's licence with no endorsements. Only those with clean records must be sponsored by the recruiting agencies. In the interview, the guy never even asked to see my driver's license, or if I had a clean record. He was known to Dutch police but had a clean record there. Despite rumors here and there, she has a clean record. For those who still might think I'm a serial killer or guilty of other crimes, here is the proof I have a clean record. She noted that the young man was unemployed and had a clean record. It takes anywhere from five to 20 months to get a pardon and one must wait three years with a clean record before applying. Let's face it, when the first day of camp is drawing near, there can be a tendency to hire anyone with a clean record that seems reasonable. With a clean credit record once again, I hope you will be able to arrange a loan. He had never had an accident before and had previously had a completely clean driving record. But I've heard that I should check my credit report to make sure my record is clean. But he said he had taken her age and previous clean record into account and imposed the community sentence. Edmonton offers great insurance rates for anyone who's been driving for years, has held insurance for the same amount of time, and has a clean record. 2.3 Played or done according to the rules. 遵守规则的；按规则进行的 we are not completely sure that the elections will be clean and fair Example sentencesExamples True to the formalities of leadership races, all the candidates stated they want a clean fight. This game is what cup games are all about: spirit, fight, clean football and a little bit of heroism to round it all off. We live in a clinically clean society with rules and regulations. The body was set up by large sports centres and is intended to establish horse racing in Israel with an organised set of rules and a clean public image. Anyone who wants to enter politics must now show that they are clean and that they have concrete and detailed ideas about improving people's lives. This kind of mentality has led many previously clean officials to try their luck before their retirement. There are a number of them who are pure and clean, and are keen to keep the pride of being a police officer. We mostly adopted trade sales to maximize revenues, and they were generally clean, despite occasional slip ups. Both parties walk away with a clean reputation and no animus toward the other. Buyers should ensure that the registration and tax papers are in order and the status of ownership is clean. On the final whistle, in this tight and physically hard fought, but clean game, both sides had to be content with a share of the points. However, he still believes that corruption can be curbed by setting up a clean system and strict rules. Put the same young officer in a clean station, and there's a very good chance he'll turn out to be an honest cop. I would also like to thank the associations for fighting a clean campaign in this constituency. Market economics and the rule of law demand clean government. They were clean, capable and were supported by the people. From the start, his clean image was substantially soiled because of a real estate speculation case his elder brother was involved in. He has a relatively clean image, but there are concerns about his policies toward China and whether he can find enough capable people for his cabinet. Notwithstanding the fact that we are still a young democracy, the country can score more marks by politicians running clean campaigns. But his wife sent back the fish to avoid rumours, and she wrote advising him to be an honest and clean official. Synonyms fair, honest, sporting, sportsmanlike, just, upright, law-abiding, chivalrous, honourable, according to the rules, according to Hoyle informal on the level 2.4informal predicative Not possessing or containing anything illegal, especially drugs or stolen goods. 〈非正式〉不私藏（或不包含）违禁品（尤指毒品或赃物）的 I searched him and his luggage, and he was clean 我搜查了他和他的行李，他没有携带违禁品。 Example sentencesExamples The tall guy was clean, and they told him to board along with the rest of the passengers and we had a safe enjoyable flight. 2.5informal predicative (of a person) not taking or having taken drugs or alcohol. 〈非正式〉（人）不吸毒的；不喝酒的；没吸毒的；没喝酒的 I had been here for only a fortnight and clean for three weeks Example sentencesExamples I'm going to meetings every day and learning that when I'm clean, I'm a winner. Once someone seeks help they need constant care until they are clean - and this must come with tolerance. I've enjoyed it here and it's chapter one of my clean life. In the old days, many people thought, if you can survive five years, you're clean. And for the first six months I was clean, but then we kept saying yes to more gigs, I started drinking too much and taking a bit of charlie, to get through it. I've been clean for four years because I'm a mother. Nearly 78 per cent of the respondents claimed that they were not smokers, not on alcohol or drugs - a clean set. Although I have been clean for seven years now, the craving still remains. We've got loads of drug counsellors but nobody is getting clean. In the future all I hope is that I stay off drugs and keep clean, get my children back, get my own house and a good job. Smith said the substance can be used to make drug tests come up clean and that he was taking it to his cousin. Say the parents are clean and at least one of them is employed, but the couple still can't find affordable housing. He was clean for two years after leaving jail - where he'd spent 12 years and gained a heroin habit. I had taken someone for quite a lot of money and these are things I've got to deal with today because I'm clean. Later, after his mother was clean, she warned Jim ceaselessly about the dangers of drugs, warnings that he heeded. There is a perception among young people that cocaine is a clean safe drug - which it is not. This article is to tell clean people that they should avoid involvement with drugs. I've made amends to my family; I bring them a lot of joy because I'm clean and I brought them sadness during my using. I was clean for eight long years, before falling off last year while in Germany. My dad used to do drugs, but he has been clean for four years. Synonyms sober, teetotal, non-drinking, clear-headed, as sober as a judge drug-free, free of drugs, off drugs abstinent, self-restrained informal dry, on the wagon, straight 2.6 Free from ceremonial defilement, according to Mosaic Law or other religious codes. （摩西律法等类似宗教法典规定的）不亵渎宗教仪式的 Example sentencesExamples We need not worry about such things as ceremonial washings and clean and unclean foods. 3Free from irregularities; having a smooth edge or surface. 平整的；边缘（或表面）光洁的 a clean fracture of the leg 断裂处很平整的腿部骨折。 Example sentencesExamples There's a fracture on the elbow area, and it appears that it's a clean fracture, so it looks like it will heal. In addition, they create a clean edge to a planting scheme and disguise the unsightly lower section of many herbaceous perennials. The patented coring tine cuts clean cores at the surface and shatters the soil below. Steel forms require more attention to ensure a clean, smooth surface. I got started and cut a clean, smooth curve along the front of the desk, surprising my dad, but not I. Such a clean penetration could have been caused only by a high speed projectile, such as rifle bullet. When positioning the drywall panel, align the top of each panel with the ceiling edge or the angle break to assure a clean edge. Scissors should cut smooth and clean, right where you aim them. Also, wires, especially for gas metal-arc welding, must have clean, smooth surfaces. Some of the breakdown showed very clean fracture surfaces, looking very fresh. They have been scoured and polished to such a smooth clean finish that scarcely one fine white thread of ligament remains between the joints. The main objective of the wadcutter design is to cut a nice clean hole in a paper target. On the left is the smooth, clean surface of the new dam that has turned part of the Colorado River into a lake. They also can be washed to ensure that the next slab or tilt panel has a clean edge. Once you have the base removed use a smooth bastard file to make the edges nice and clean and free of burrs. 3.1 Having a simple, well-defined, and pleasing shape. （外形）简朴、界限分明而优美的 the clean lines and pared-down planes of modernism 现代主义明晰的线条以及削薄的平面。 Example sentencesExamples This urban contemporary collection keeps things in perspective with simple forms, clean lines and subtle shapes. The design of the paper was clean, if rather text-heavy. Shapes are clean and simple, patterns bold and striking and details subtle but sharp. There's certainly nothing odd about his simple structure, with its clean lines and elegant agrarian forms. The cabin has clean, simple lines and seems very user-friendly. The pieces are simple, with clean lines and few projecting gadgets such as drawer handles. The only thing that breaks its clean lines is the paper tray, which drops open from the front of the unit. She chose few pieces of furniture and selected items that have clean, simple lines, like the house itself. The simple white walls and clean lines of the store, he says, have the effect of allowing you to see the products clearly. Linen looks best in simple shapes, with clean geometric lines. Inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, classic rooms have clean, simple lines and formal symmetry. That aesthetic would require clean, simple lines, and no fussiness. He likes clean, simple lines but also creates interesting effects by using contrasting timbers such as walnut and maple. The opening menu interface is clean with simple, well-delineated choices - go into the robot lab or go into the arena. The magnificent master bedroom is elegantly curved in shape, has clean sweeping lines and luxurious en-suite facilities. The clean lines and the simple shapes are compelling in their quiet beauty and grace. You may roll your eyes at the design of these pages, but at least they're fairly clean. They're very thin and delicate, with elegant slender stems and a simple, clean design. Scandinavia: the home of everything pure, sleek, clean and earthy. The artistic style in some cases overshadows the writings, no matter how clean and legible the writings are. Synonyms simple, elegant, graceful, uncluttered, trim, shapely, unfussy, uncomplicated streamlined, smooth, well defined, definite, clean-cut regular, symmetrical 3.2 (of an action) smoothly and skilfully done. （行动）干净利落的 he took a clean catch Example sentencesExamples And I'm always impressed how they manage to make kissing look so clean and synchronised in the movies. The smooth, clean stroke is there, along with her glistening apprehension of sun and weather. After a few minutes, she got the gist of it, and was making smooth clean strokes. It is important they get a good, clean catch as this may be the difference in taking a shot up or having to pass it. A clean catch and drive provided the platform for a march to the line and the winning try. Coming in at speed, he couldn't quite make a clean contact and the chance of crowning a superb move with a goal was gone. In the musicals, the performances were very clean, and flowed smoothly and the acting was natural and often sparked laughter. But he seemed to be taken by surprise and failed to make a clean contact as the other player was able to parry his shot at the expense of a corner. His clean movements cut through the waves, barely disturbing the surface; almost as if he were born to water and not the land. As far as his routes, he runs clean routes and can catch almost anything. Leading up to the 9th frame of their title match, the two left-handers had bowled clean games. The windows are attached to the panel using rivets, which makes for a smooth, clean installation. It was a clean take-off, and he was airborne five minutes after starting his take-off run. Synonyms neat, smooth, crisp, straight, accurate, precise, slick British inch-perfect 4(of a taste, sound, or smell) giving a clear and distinctive impression to the senses; sharp and fresh. （滋味）浓烈的，（声音）刺耳的，（气味）强烈的 clean, fresh, natural flavours 浓烈，新鲜，自然的滋味。 Example sentencesExamples Her voice is pure, clean, vivid, with the flexibility and colors demanded in Verdi. Their sound is clean and high energy and their performance is confident and sharp. At its best it produces light to medium-bodied, crisp dry white wines with hints of apples, honey and yeast and a refreshingly pure and clean finish. If only it had remixed the monaural soundtrack into something with more depth, but the audio is clean and clear in any case. The tamilok, its fans swear, has a fresh clean taste that sends shivers of pleasure down one's alimentary canal. The songs are washed in earnest clean rhythm guitar and nice, glimmering production. Fresh fish should have firm, springy flesh, a clear color, a moist look, and a clean smell. A good lemon tart should be gently set and lightly golden with a fresh, clean, lemony taste, rather than anything overly sour and overly sweet. Eating asparagus on the day it is picked is a truly special experience, the fresh clean flavour just sings. The guitars plug in and the amps come to life with a clean thread of pure rock. The stew was spiked with still-crisp bits of green pepper and onion, and had a clean taste of fresh vegetables. The audio is clean and clear, conveying voices and sound effects with equal ease. The clean, fresh tastes so lively and vibrant in the starters were nowhere to be had here. The taster monitors first whether the wine smells fresh and clean, or whether any off-odours indicate the presence of a wine fault. This elegant and lithe New Zealand Riesling is crisp and cool answer, with a wash of clean lime and light nut notes. More gravel than flint, it has a clean, lime-tinged wash and a zesty finish. Sydney's top ten rate among the best in the world if your tastes are for fresh ingredients, unpretentious culinary achievement and clean tastes. She had a clean, pure voice, only filled with oodles of emotion. The wash is clean, nicely acidic with a lovely limey mid-palate. This simple natural Thai soup offers fresh clean flavours that fuse the taste that is Thai cuisine. adverb kliːnklin 1So as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter. 干净地；纯洁地 the room had been washed clean 房间已打扫干净。 Example sentencesExamples The first task they were given was to scrub clean one of the barracks toilets and the pipe leading out of the wall which was disconnected from the septic tank. A good injector sprays fuel out as a mist and the fuel burns rapidly and relatively clean as the droplets are so small that they burn with a puff! He'd scrubbed the tires clean before bringing it home so she wouldn't know he hadn't bought it new. Once, he pressured someone into scrubbing his boots clean and moaned when he noticed one speck of mud on the bottom. I wondered if we could get far enough south for a warm rain to wash me clean. Soapy wash bags are also great for scrubbing the kids clean, and softening the skin at the same time. It won't scrub your insides clean, but it may help and it feels good. My hands are so stained with blood that all the rain in Heaven couldn't wash them clean. My associate will make two copies of the judgment available to each side, so that you have one upon which you may annotate and one you may preserve clean. Bodybuilding itself could use a strong storm to blow through and wash it clean. Before entering the Wellington's special care baby unit they had to scrub their hands clean and cover themselves in protective overalls. With one hand, you pour the water and with the other, you wash yourself clean. It disgusted me so much to even think about them that I ran to the washroom and washed them clean. She stripped down to just a shift, scrubbing clean the clothes that she'd been wearing. There is nothing like a morning under the brine to scrub clean a tired and mucky heart and head. Beaches are giant blank spaces, washed clean every day, on which all sorts of hopes are projected. 1.1 In a way that involves the consumption of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food. plain oatmeal is a staple for anyone who's eating clean Example sentencesExamples If you're already a dedicated bodybuilder, eating clean is part of your life. If you're going to make the effort to eat clean and spend your precious time at the gym, at least train like you mean it. Eat clean whenever possible, but don't make too many sacrifices. I've always kind of been a jock, but the last year I really got into seriously eating six times a day, eating clean, being regimented with my exercising and my lifting and that kind of stuff. Eight to nine months out of the year, he eats clean. I try to eat clean during the week. Being body-conscious and eating clean can definitely test your willpower, especially at this time of the year. You'll need to eat clean throughout the week: no fast food or processed foods and limited dietary fat. Gearing up for competition meant eating clean and lean. I've always placed a priority on staying in shape, eating clean, lifting weights consistently and doing cardio. 2informal Used to emphasize the completeness of a reported action, condition, or experience. 〈非正式〉彻底地，完全地 he was knocked clean off his feet 他被彻底击倒。 I clean forgot her birthday 我完全忘了她的生日。 Example sentencesExamples It knocked the victims clean into the air. Shall we leave that until 1 o'clock over lunch or shall we adjourn early and get a clean start at 2 o'clock if this case progresses? The ferocious second-half free kick which lifted him clean off his feet was impressive. Other storeowners tell us that they're clean out of plywood - no more plywood left on the island to batten down the hatches. He opened his mouth while he pulled one of his hands free from its pocket, and flicked his eyes clean across my face. He got up, landed some nice shots then finished his foe with a ridiculous counter right hand that knocked him clean out. Global warming was right here, right now: and the idle daydream that it would just import Mediterranean sunshine had been washed clean away. It knocked the Statue of Liberty clean off its pedestal before soundlessly swallowing her up. So that was that - except that in the rush to sort out the mystery, she clean forgot to ask what emergency the fire engine was going to. He dropped to the floor and swept his adversary's feet clean away. Suddenly, the wind picked up, knocking Jerry clean off his feet. Synonyms completely, entirely, totally, fully, wholly, thoroughly, altogether, quite, utterly, absolutely verb kliːnklin [with object] 1Make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from. 清洁的，干净的 clean your teeth properly after meals 饭后好好地刷牙。 I cleaned up my room Example sentencesExamples People can't wash themselves or clean their places and this becomes a breeding place of diseases. It can be easier to clean their teeth if you cradle your baby's head in your arms in front of you. My father has this bright idea that he's gonna clean it by washing it down and scrubbing it and vacuuming. Use vodka, gin, or any pure alcohol to erase lipstick stains from your collar, or to clean paint or ink stains from your carpet. I will stamp my foot until the city rises into the sky and the dirt and filth is cleaned away. You were to dust my bookshelves and wash the windows and clean the carpets twice a week. You may be required to clean the property and tidy the garden before leaving. When we emerged, I grabbed some leaves off a nearby plant to clean the dirt off my hands. She also hopes to ensure that the district council's cleansing and amenities targets the shop area and cleans it of dirt, weeds and loose bricks. Spyware protection software helps you to completely clean your computer of invasive threats. With a cloth from the windowsill, he began to clean the crumbly dirt from his find. She does my laundry, cleans my house, tidies up after me and empties the cat's litter box. After refreshing up his information on the case, he had enough time to finish up his other reports and clean his desk. Always wash your hands or clean them with a hand-wipe immediately before and after eating a meal. Get up, make bed, get dressed, get books ready, brush hair, wash face, clean dorm and head for the dining room for breakfast. It also makes it easier to properly clean the barrel from the breech. Have a dentist clean your teeth to get rid of tobacco stains and decide to keep them looking like that. The first conservation step is to clean the surface of dirt and loose accumulations with water and detergent applied under high pressure. In short, show her how to mow the lawn, wash the car and clean the pool, and let her practise these chores until she does it as well as you. Gum disease happens when plaque builds up because the teeth are not cleaned properly. Synonyms wash, cleanse, wipe, sponge, scrub, mop, rinse, scour, swab, hose down, sluice (down), flush, polish, disinfect shampoo floss literary lave launder dry-clean 1.1 Remove the innards of (fish or poultry) prior to cooking. 烹调前先去除（鱼，家禽）的内脏 there are a variety of ways to cook the herring, but it must first be gutted and cleaned Example sentencesExamples Even George, when he had taught her how to clean a fish, hadn't felt the same. She said her boys had fishing rods, a net and knives to clean the fish they caught. Ten minutes later, they began to gut and clean the fish. He then took out his knife and proceeded to clean the fish, and this was a signal for her to go and set up the beds. It spends a good portion showing how to clean almost every fish imaginable. The answer greatly depends on how often a person cleans fish, how many fish they clean and the species and size of those fish. For another, the pier isn't an ideal place to clean fish because it lacks a table, running water and a garbage can. Let the fishmonger scale, clean and gut the fish (I leave the head on). The day before the demonstration he beheads and cleans the gutted haddock, ties them in pairs and dry salts them for anything from one and a half to five hours, depending on their size and firmness. She sat down on the log and she just waited for him to carry on with cleaning the fish. Taking out a small knife, she began to clean the fish. Occasionally we'd give them to a neighbor, but my mother wouldn't clean fish so it was almost always a waste. Three hours later, we'll return to clean fish, fry fish and eat fish. Synonyms gut, eviscerate, remove the innards of, draw, dress noun kliːn An act of cleaning something. 〈主英〉去垢，刷净，打扫 he gave the room a clean 他把房间打扫了一番。 Example sentencesExamples Conservative councillors, who have been campaigning for a weekly clean, said they were dismayed by the decision and felt residents had been let down. ‘The first thing we are going to do is give the whole place a good clean,’ said the new general manager. I spent the morning tidying away the bits and bobs he'd left behind, but I'll do the real clean tomorrow when Oscar and his litter tray have gone, too. For the quickest clean in every room of the house, choose from our favorite pairs. If the mower is petrol driven, give the external moving parts of the carburettor a good clean with a tiny paintbrush dipped in petrol to ensure ease of movement. To allow the work to take place, the service reservoir has been drained down temporarily, and engineers are using this opportunity to give it a routine clean. I did a zippy clean of the flat (it's surprising how much dust can settle when you're away for a week) and then they arrived. Synonyms wipe, sponge, mop, swab, flush, scrub, hose-down, swill, lather, soap Phrases clean someone's clock 1informal Give someone a beating. 〈北美，非正式〉将某人痛打一顿 I assured her that if anything happened I would personally clean the Russian's clock Example sentencesExamples Maybe I should invest in a hemp shirt reading ‘Don't knock my smock, or I'll clean your clock.’ I want names buster or I am going to come down there and personally clean your clock. I tried talking to him, he had nothin’ but mumbles, so I cleaned his clock with a solid left. Then, when they meet a skilled person who is really trying to clean their clock, they may be disappointed in what they can actually pull out of their training. Speaking of Thanksgiving, some fool in a car almost cleaned my clock on my way in to work this morning! The impact knocked me unconscious and from what I've heard, a few more bombs cleaned my clock. And I don't think they saw him there, and they cleaned his clock. 1.1Defeat or surpass someone decisively. 彻底击败某人；完胜某人 racing in this yacht he cleaned the clocks of the Regatta fleet Example sentencesExamples Sure we have taken some casualties, but the people we are fighting are criminals, terrorists, and punks and we are cleaning their clock. Although Ray played well, he and his partner could not beat a pair of high handicappers who almost cleaned their clock. I sorta’ threw the gauntlet down the previous year and made it clear I'd clean Dave 's clock on a stage or two if he had the guts to take me on. To me, there is nothing better - and I'm only talking about in athletics now - than absolutely cleaning someone's clock. I heard that the new kid who just moved into the old dojo cleaned your clock. Every so often, the enemy presents himself and at every instance he does that, we clean his clock. Dad turned beet red, the whole café howled with laughter, and I proceeded to clean Dad 's clock for like the ninth straight week. As he became a dot on the horizon I reassured myself if I were his age, with his bike, with his quads, his parents and his Spandex I'd clean his clock. He cleaned his clock in the French debate. clean house 1Do housework. 〈北美〉做家务 they cleaned house, washed clothes, and cared for the children Example sentencesExamples What about those few of us who don't find fulfillment in cleaning house? Those who observed the tradition prepared for the holiday by cleaning house, buying new clothes and placing a dish of sprouted wheat, rye or lentil seeds in the window to represent new growth after a harsh winter. In most families, women care for the children, clean house, do the marketing, cook meals, wash dishes and clothes, and carry wood and water. Well, as nature cleans house, as it washes/blows away ‘excess’, or shakes at its core, or erupts the underground gases and lava, mankind must pick up the pieces and move on! I was duly dispatched to clean house for bourgeois wives in the suburbs who complained I was too slow, and a choirmaster who asked if I ever considered modelling swimwear. Yard work, cleaning house and washing cars are good exercise. I'd done pretty well, considering, and I'll get myself off to bed at a sensible hour so as to be up bright and early tomorrow to clean house before the heat turns up once more. They earned a few pennies an hour, but that was more than they could make in the fields or cleaning house. A man will do almost anything not to cook, wash dishes, or clean house. Here's one more well-off woman playing at cleaning house while real women are out there struggling. 1.1Eliminate corruption or inefficiency. 清除腐败；消灭无能 the president acted quickly to clean house when the allegations were made Example sentencesExamples He came to a club torn apart by in-fighting and cleaned house. He was determined to become the real head of the Intelligence Community and to clean house at CIA by eliminating deadwood and cutting costs. The official party newspaper attributed the success to efforts to rejuvenate and clean house. Of course, he is keenly aware that corruption is so ingrained in the fabric of political life that trying to clean house could bring down the house itself, and that a sort of unstated amnesty could prevail. Now, most Japanese fund managers have cleaned house. You, Sheila, are the perfect person to be the broom that cleans house in our sports establishments. He added: ‘The president needs to clean house and wipe away the senior executives of the intelligence agency.’ It is time to clean house, and in four years time if I am not happy with the way the Conservatives are running the country then I will work for their defeat. Unless he cleans house, his will be the Edsel presidency. Dozens of advisors to the late leader have been fired in a shakeup to clean house of corrupt administrators. clean one's plate Eat up all the food put on one's plate. 吃光盘中食物 Example sentencesExamples I leave a lot on the plate because I need not clean my plate. I cleaned my plate, to the point of taking a corn tortilla and mopping up the last cheesy queso smear. What gain comes from you cleaning your plate? She ordered seafood enchiladas and cleaned her plate, an almost unheard of event and one for which I am always thankful. I continued to tell her about the new policy they issued and just let the conversation drop at that point by cleaning my plate. I pack half the food away right then so that I can clean my plate without stuffing myself-and I have a meal for the next day. When I was growing up my parents would not allow me to leave the dinner table without cleaning my plate. If you aren't happy with yourself, you'll always be shaken by mom and dad telling you off for not cleaning your plate. It wasn't until I'd cleaned my plate that I thought to check if there were any adzuki beans. I took a tentative bite and then cleaned my plate. a clean sheet (or slate) 1An absence of existing restraints or commitments. no government starts with a clean sheet Example sentencesExamples Another clean sheet and maybe the odds will start tumbling. If times stay bad, we think a relatively clean balance sheet could free up cash for better pursuits by management. In the circumstances it is not as though the respondents come here with a slate which is exactly clean. It is by no means apparent to me how the slate is wiped as clean as the Full Court would seem to suggest it was by the repeal effected by the Repeal Act. On the other end of the spectrum, the captain of the Tampa has a completely clean slate. How would you, if you could start with a clean piece of paper, structure this thing? So we're starting here with a completely clean slate. 1.1(in a football match) prevent the opposing side from scoring. Scotland kept a clean sheet against the Welsh Example sentencesExamples Not for the first time this season, Rhydding were indebted to their back four for yet another clean sheet. We have kept four clean sheets in our last five games and need to carry that on. During the 1993-94 campaign he equalled the club record of 20 clean sheets. Two clean sheets and back-to-back wins for the first time this season are a fair reflection of the difference Short has made to this Rovers side. Of the game itself, the manager was delighted with another clean sheet. Leeds' other cause for celebration is the fact that this was their seventh clean sheet this season. It was also the first home clean sheet since Barnsley on October 2. I know as a defender I'm bound to keep banging on about the importance of clean sheets and staying tight at the back - but that's because it is. The man nicknamed ‘The Rock’ has been a revelation at the heart of a defence which has kept five clean sheets in the last seven games. Hounslow were boosted by the return of Alistair Slay and James Kingston and kept their first clean sheet of the season. clean up one's act informal Begin to behave in a better way, especially by giving up alcohol, drugs, or illegal activities. 〈非正式〉开始检点行事（尤指戒烟、戒毒、不犯罪） he planned to clean up his act, but in a last celebration bought some coke and heroin Example sentencesExamples Now is the time to sift through those cluttered cupboards and clean up your act. Now comes the time to get real and clean up my act. come clean informal Be completely honest; keep nothing hidden. 〈非正式〉和盘托出；毫无保留；说实话 the Chancellor must come clean about his plans for increasing taxation 首相必须毫无保留地公布其增加赋税的计划。 Example sentencesExamples If the department wants transformation targets met, then they must be honest and come clean about this. One cannot help but be impressed by this seasoned politician's adeptness at the art of coming clean without coming clean. The highways authorities must come clean and tell all road users what is wrong, and what they are doing to put it right. Even he finally comes clean with an honest assessment of his shipmates and it's not complimentary. She said he refused to come clean to the police, saying it would cost him his job. The question is, will it be done responsibly, by coming clean about the hidden liabilities now and taking the necessary, if painful, steps to deal with them? They have no interest, my friends, in coming clean and being honest with the American people. When is somebody going to come clean and reveal the real hidden agenda? And I figured the only way to get him to come clean would be if I came clean first. Referring to her police interviews after her arrest, he told the jurors: ‘It is now apparent she was very far from coming clean in those interviews.’ Synonyms tell the truth, be completely honest, tell all, make a clean breast of it have clean hands Be uninvolved and blameless with regard to an immoral act. （对于不道德行为）清白，无可指责 no one involved in the conflict has clean hands 牵扯进此冲突的无一人是清白的。 Example sentencesExamples Perhaps she had forgotten that if you are going to preach, it is as well to have clean hands. If the applicant is seeking an equitable remedy it must come to court with clean hands and reveal the state of its financial house. As a society, I would love to think that we are humble, righteous, and that our hands are clean. Real institutions, real governments, and real leaders will never have clean hands in a dirty world. I don't think many people have clean hands when it comes to bullying, and nor should we pretend to. Neither side, however, can claim to have clean hands. No region of the world has been spared it and very few people have clean hands. We are the only party that can come along and say we have clean hands. The truth is that politicians do not have clean hands to deal with it. But there are questions about the loyalty and integrity of this intelligence service that, after all, does not have clean hands. keep one's hands clean Not involve oneself in an immoral act. 洁身自好；不同流合污；不染指（不道德行为） Franco kept his own hands clean by using others to impose his will Example sentencesExamples He probably did this all the time, watched innocent people die while keeping his hands clean. It combines the childish fascination of gross toys with an adult sensibility that lets sober critics keep their hands clean. You can keep your hands clean, or you can keep many more people alive. But my cynical side says that the primary advantage governments see to legalizing the sale of needles is that it allows them to keep their hands clean. You may throw it yourself or you may arrange for it to be leaked in a manner that will keep your hands clean. They believed you could be a key player in international politics yet keep your hands clean. But her desire to keep her hands clean of them was also, one suspects, an act of self preservation. The philosophy seemed to be that you don't catch grubs by keeping your hands clean. This means they can keep their hands clean at all times. When the chips were down the game's governing body refused to get involved and preferred to keep their hands clean. make a clean breast of it Confess fully one's mistakes or wrongdoings. 全盘招供；全盘承认过错 Example sentencesExamples I can think of no reason why you should not make a clean breast of it. Why don't they make a clean breast of it and say, ‘Look, ladies and gentlemen, we're really not dealing in news.’ But we will be demanding they make a clean breast of it as soon as possible. I reckon you need to wipe the slate, mate, make a clean breast of it, so to speak. If any would care to make a clean breast of it, incidentally, we're willing to listen. Tell all, make a clean breast of it, say what it is. More than 10 years on, Jersey has finally made a clean breast of it. Let's make a clean breast of it so we can start the day anew filled with love. He makes a clean breast of it all to David, Helen's young friend from England who comes looking for salvation. If he has had an extramarital affair, he ought to make a clean breast of it. Synonyms tell the truth, be completely honest, tell all, make a clean breast of it make a clean job of something informal Do something thoroughly. 〈非正式〉彻底完成某事 Example sentencesExamples The next moment he calmly placed his head on the block, telling the axeman to take good aim and make a clean job of it. Here, pros discuss efficient ways to make a clean job of it. Normally if its the rubbery tint you should be able to just peel it off without any problems, but if its the papery stuff you are going to have to go at it with a razor blade and some adhesive remover for a while to make a clean job of it. So better make a clean job of it, and wipe him out at once! It may take some file edits as well to make a clean job of it. If you don't know how to make a clean job of it ask a more experienced climber to help you. However, the witches were not particularly preoccupied with making a clean job of things. Operations this season were to make a clean job of it, and salvage was small. In the old days the nobility would tip the headsman to make a clean job of it. If you don't facilitate for fence construction during the wall install all bets are off on making a clean job of it after the fact! make a clean sweep 1Remove all unwanted people or things ready to start afresh. 完全撤换（不需要的人，物），改头换面 in 1917 many Soviet communists wanted to make a clean sweep of the discredited old order Example sentencesExamples Back in the heady dotcom days, it seemed as though online polling was poised to make a clean sweep of market research - revolutionizing the way companies conducted quantitative and qualitative research. He made a clean sweep by removing all the interior walls and covering the outer walls and ceiling in white Venetian plaster. Not exactly decisive behaviour from the people that are trying to make a clean sweep of things. For a man with a broom wanting to make a clean sweep of city hall, one couldn't ask for a better place to start. You lot make a clean sweep of the area. No Government has so far succeeded in making a clean sweep of maladies affecting our police. The broom, for example, appears ready to make a clean sweep. To get investors the best prices, it needs to make a clean sweep of barriers that impede trading. The 1977 Act did not, however, accomplish a clean sweep of common law conspiracy. I have frequently condemned it and wished to make a clean sweep of it. 2Win all of a group of similar or related sporting competitions, events, or matches. （在同类或相关体育赛事中）囊括各项锦标 Annadale are almost certain of making a clean sweep of the male athletics competitions Example sentencesExamples The Triple Crown also came as part of Wales' victory package amid a clean sweep of honours in European rugby's blue riband event. It was Cooke's first appearance at the Sportcity venue since making a clean sweep of the national youth titles over seven years ago. Dundalk anglers made a clean sweep of the prizes in the Danes Cast Firshery's New Year's Day Competition. Burnley turned back the clock to record a clean sweep of victories for the first time since the beginning of the season. Thus he made a clean sweep of all the events he participated in. York and District Indoor Bowls Club enjoyed a clean sweep in the Yorkshire League, the Hebden Trophy and the North Eastern League. England were dreaming of the Grand Slam today after completing the third leg of a potential Six Nations Championship clean sweep. The people of Listowel made a clean sweep at a prize-giving event which recognised their efforts to improve the town's appearance over the past few years. Royal College tennis players made a clean sweep at the Inter-School tennis championships by winning all six titles on offer. Zambia squash aces dominated the recently-ended East Africa squash safari circuit, by making a clean sweep of all three titles on the Kenya tour. Synonyms come first, finish first, be the winner, be victorious, be the victor, carry the day, win the day, carry all before one, defeat the opposition, overcome the opposition, take the crown, take the honours, gain the palm, come out ahead, come out on top, succeed, triumph, prevail, achieve mastery Phrasal Verbs clean someone out Use up or take all someone's money. 〈非正式〉花光某人的钱；榨尽某人的钱 they were cleaned out by the Englishman at the baccarat table 在玩巴卡拉纸牌戏赌博中，他们被那英国人赢去了所有的钱。 Example sentencesExamples Music students gearing up to make a bid for pop superstardom suffered a major setback when thieves cleaned them out. I think they were cleaned out of balls, gloves and any little trinket that the kids could prise out of them. Spend the same amount of time and money at the slots or the tables, and you could be cleaned out. They also took some electrical equipment that I'd got for my birthday and cleaned me out of all my gold. We cleaned them out at midfield but missed four goal chances. I had five dollars in my pocket when I sat down at the table and they cleaned me out. It wasn't your fault that your wife left, cleaning you out. Although you might question the appeal of visiting a town dedicated to cleaning you out, you shouldn't write off Las Vegas. And a lady, originally from Ireland, cleaned me out of tea towels. His visit is primarily intended to clean us out of food and drink, but I'm sure he'll find time to fit in a little lazing about between his gluttonous endeavours. Synonyms bankrupt, ruin, make insolvent, make penniless, wipe out, impoverish, reduce to destitution, reduce to penury, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, break, cripple clean something out Thoroughly clean the inside of something. my mom says I have to go and clean out the hamster 's cage Example sentencesExamples Marie gently washed the shrapnel wound, cleaning out dried blood. The pond was last cleaned out around 25 years ago. Still, the last wren around here nested in the dryer vent, which was a mess to clean out. I can do projects around the house, like try to refinish my front door, or clean out my gutters. Cleaning a cupboard out, I noticed my 40 year old gold wedding ring had turned a very shiny silver colour! To make your sandpaper last longer, use an old toothbrush to clean out the clogged sandpaper. She also gave us some stuff to clean out her wounds with. The Council on Family Health offers some good tips on cleaning out the family medicine chest. It took an hour a day to clean them out. clean up 1Make a substantial gain or profit. 〈非正式〉发大财 Francis put three quid on a horse, figuring it was about time he cleaned up Example sentencesExamples He travels the circuit, pretending to be an ordinary joe, and then cleans up on bets and prizes because he has a great rock-and-roll voice. A competent Democrat could clean up with a message to restore government for the people rather than for special interests. Disinfectant companies have been cleaning up since the foot-and-mouth outbreak. 1.1Win all the prizes available in a sporting competition. 赢得（一项或系列体育竞赛或赛事）大满贯 the Germans cleaned up at Wimbledon Example sentencesExamples In addition to their 3rd place trophies, this team cleaned up on the technical prizes winning three Near Pins and a Long Drive. He cleaned up in the rifle competition by winning five of the six rifle matches in the champion shot competition. City Arms added to their division one championship win by cleaning up all the competition trophies on offer. Geraldton cleaned up at the recent WA Tidy Towns Competitions, taking out five awards. Synonyms come first, finish first, be the winner, be victorious, be the victor, carry the day, win the day, carry all before one, defeat the opposition, overcome the opposition, take the crown, take the honours, gain the palm, come out ahead, come out on top, succeed, triumph, prevail, achieve mastery clean something up Restore order or morality to. 恢复…的秩序；重建…的道德风尚 the police chief was given the job of cleaning up a notorious district 警察局局长受命恢复这一声名狼藉地区的秩序。 Example sentencesExamples The owner of garages plagued by arson attacks and used as a drinking den has been ordered to clean them up or pull them down. And the rank and file essentially went to the union and said, look, we've got to clean our act up, and we want to play on a straight playing field. Conversations were cleaned up and no one eye-balled the waitresses. By 1913 the tango had become a worldwide phenomenon, but had undergone further adaptation in order to clean it up. But by the 1990s, its image had been cleaned up as the Victorian buildings were restored and the old warehouse of the Merchant City transformed. In recent years, however, these roles have been reversed as crime rates in America have dropped lower and lower, and American cities have been cleaned up and made safer. The perverse effect, you have to conclude, is that these well-meaning efforts will only encourage the bookies: if people truly believe the game has been cleaned up there will be still more money to be made. Derivatives cleanable adjective ˈkliːnəb(ə)lˈklinəb(ə)l Thankfully everything is cleanable and fixable. Example sentencesExamples Also, whenever you are putting a plate heat exchanger in a food or dairy application you are not just worried about heat transfer, you have to design it to be cleanable. Sheet vinyl is the most cost-effective, easily cleanable flooring choice, but a tile floor will be more comfortable for the dog in hot weather, even if your house is air-conditioned. The wall must be furnished with easily cleanable tile in order to meet government health and safety standards. To solve these problems, pump suppliers have been offering cleanable versions of their positive displacement pumps. For example, milking parlor design doesn't have to be certified as cleanable. cleanish adjective It was pretty funny to see these folk arrive in what is basically a really messy shell, and watch their reactions to having to find a cleanish place to sleep. Example sentencesExamples Note that when anyone else takes out the bar steward's car, it comes back dry, cleanish and not at all broken. A tablecloth with the least stains and some cleanish glasses would all be put in their proper place. If it wasn't for us and our pesky obsession with getting places on time, sitting on cleanish seats with access to working toilets, the transport system would run perfectly well. She threw on a pair of cleanish jeans. cleanness noun ˈkliːnnəsˈklinnəs When the show looks good, it looks very good, with deep rich colors, clean black lines, and a pleasant clarity and cleanness to the transfer. Example sentencesExamples The impulse to cleanness, freshness, frankness, simplicity, precision, informs both the inward- and the outward-directed music of this time. In this massive text dealing with cases of cleanness and purity in food and in domestic relationships, the two key sections deal with religious festivals and detailed procedures of Temple practices. It will once again be promoted as a town of natural beauty, cleanness, and calmness. The degree of purity and cleanness needed was a great challenge. Origin Old English clǣne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German klein 'small'. To make a clean breast of it is to confess all of your mistakes or wrongdoings. People used to think that the breast, or chest, was where a person's conscience was located. In the proverb cleanliness is next to godliness, ‘next’ means ‘immediately following’. The saying is quoted by John Wesley in one of his sermons, on the subject of dress: ‘Slovenliness is no part of religion…Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness’ (1791). Rhymes Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean adj.1 phr. phr.v. Definition of clean in US English: clean adjectiveklinklēn 1Free from dirt, marks, or stains. 清洁的，干净的 the room was spotlessly clean 房间干净得一尘不染。 keep the wound clean 保持伤口清洁。 Example sentencesExamples The film is surprisingly clean and free of dirt or scratches, and colors are vibrant and rich. The source print seems to have been quite clean and free of dirt and damage, resulting in likely the best transfer you'll ever see. Blot the stain with a clean cloth, and then pour enough club soda on the stain to saturate the fabric. There was dirt under the usually clean fingernails. Be sure the bottom of the tub is clean and free of any soap residue. In this job you can choose which car is brought to your house on a Monday morning, fully insured, brimful with free petrol and spotlessly clean. Strain through clean, sterile muslin cloth and then drip through coffee filter paper. And every room was spotlessly clean, without odour or any sort of smell. The water ran down her face and left a clean streak through the dirt and grime on her. The transfer is very clean, but the cinematography is average '70s horror. As an adult she kept her homes immaculately clean, tidying, changing beds and scrubbing surfaces every day. Everyone was polite to a fault, and the place was spotlessly clean. Let it sit for 3 minutes and blot with a clean cloth or tissue. Wrap the burned area with a dry, sterile dressing or a clean cloth. The town centre is so clean, free of traffic, filled with hanging baskets. The architecture sometimes feels a bit stark and soulless, but it's clean and dust free. The stick will come out perfectly clean if the cake is cooked. Make certain your barrel is clean and free of oil or dirt. Sometimes a brand new blank videotape of high quality will scrub the head chips clean. Plastic should be reasonably clean and free of debris, such as twine and netting. Synonyms washed, scrubbed, cleansed, cleaned, polished 1.1 Having been washed since last worn or used. 洗干净的 a clean blouse 一件洗干净的罩衫。 Example sentencesExamples But once you emerged from the darkness of the cellar with a tub of clean wash and started hanging on the line, this was for all the world to see. I thought I'd keep it on while I ate thereby saving myself some time before work - time which is usually spent putting on a clean top/blouse. Washed and with clean clothes and a hot hotel meal inside me, I felt like a new person. I rinse my hair and grab a clean towel from a nearby towel rack. They sat on the edge of the low shelf which served as a bench, scrubbed and washed and dressed in clean tunics. Upon being hired, each janitor was given one shirt to wear at work, often a used one, and was responsible for washing and keeping it clean. Will kicked off his boots and changed to something clean and washed his face. Drain the parsley, wrap in a clean tea towel and gently squeeze dry. When I replace the clean cutlery after washing up, there's always some already there to give me clues about where stuff lives. The 18th-century mind preferred homely dirt and the occasional clean shirt to the terrors of cold water or the deep ocean. Fill your sink with suds, mop away then rinse with a clean towel. When she came over to the bed she saw that her clothes were not only neatly folded, but they were washed and clean as well. She took out her clean uniform, washed and pressed, and packed it in her grey backpack. You take the clean clothes, the soft-soled shoes and the paper with the details of the interview. She opened a drawer of the vanity, finding inside clean rags to wash her face with. He never tried to pull her hair or toss her skirt over her head or get dirt on her nice clean clothes. The writer was looking refreshed in a clean blouse and slacks. 1.2attributive (of paper) not yet marked by writing or drawing. （纸）空白的 he copied the directions onto a clean sheet of paper 他把广告复印在一张空白纸上。 Example sentencesExamples Then he fumbled for a clean piece of paper and began his record - first a list of species, then a tally of their numbers. The biggest thing that we do differently is that we don't start from a totally clean sheet of paper. I stared at the notebook that was opened to a clean white sheet of paper on my pillow. He packs plants in cardboard boxes lined with clean paper and occasionally uses icepacks. I grabbed it and flipped through the pages of poetry and drawings till I found a clean page. When he wiped his hand on a clean piece of paper, the image of Africa that appeared inspired his publisher to turn the hand into a series of lithographs. When a pleasing arrangement is found, the pieces are glued in place onto a clean white paper. While I was re-writing it onto a clean piece of paper my dad came barging into my room. A wastebasket sat next to a stack of clean paper on the floor. A small printer nearest her computer began to absorb some of the clean white paper. I have a clean, beautiful piece of writing paper sitting in front of me and I intend to write only beautiful things about myself on it. I took out a clean piece of paper and a black pen. Shoving books onto the floor, I finally found a clean piece of paper and a sharpened pencil. It has page 108 all to itself, and all that white space around it a terrible waste, in some cultures, of clean white paper. I shall start over on a clean piece of paper when I have my proper brushes but I enjoyed doing this one immensely. Until then, Scandinavian pine forests will continue to supply our demands for clean white office paper. It absorbs the color from the inks it blends, but is quickly cleaned with a couple of swipes on clean paper. Start with a clean piece of paper there. Synonyms blank, empty, bare, clear, plain, white 1.3 (of a person) attentive to personal hygiene. （人）注意个人卫生的，爱清洁的 by nature he was clean and neat 他天生是个爱整洁的人。 Example sentencesExamples Henry was fastidiously clean by the standards of the time. Her view, when he started school a year ago, was that he was small for his age and not very clean. People are far more likely to pick up happy-looking, clean people than dirty, hidden ones. And no matter how sweet and educated and clean and smart she appears, she may be at risk and not know it. One of the men, relatively clean and civilized, approached us. Our girls are clean and healthy. They are by nature fastidiously clean and typically free from body odour and parasites. By these means, the virtuous mother could mold an unspoiled, respectful, neat, and clean child. 1.4 Free from pollutants or unpleasant substances. 无污染的；干净的，纯净的 we will create a cleaner, safer environment 我们会创造一个更干净，更安全的环境。 Example sentencesExamples There is the washdown to do which basically means that every bit of kit has to be washed with clean water to stop the salt eating away at it. As a non-smoker my lungs are used to relatively clean air. A worker who operates in a clean, safe and pollution-free atmosphere will certainly be happy. In the marketplace, who would think to ask whether these fish came from a clean or a polluted river like this one? Here, we have peace and quiet, still nights, and clean air. Clean air, quiet streets and the rosy climate are good for children. If you do get fresh concrete on your skin, wash it off with clean water. Now fish can be found in the relatively clean water. It has been observed that during the rainy season, most water sources become polluted and clean water is hard to find. Helping the weevils was the relatively clean water flowing into the dam. The water is one degree Celsius, but at least the normally polluted lake is clean enough to swim in today. Sandanski has the lowest annual rainfall in Bulgaria and its air is remarkably clean and pollution-free. Wet ears were washed, first with clean water, then with disinfectant solution. I hit the earth with a dull thud, and for a while I just lay there, savoring the feel of real, clean dirt. Despite being labelled as a fast growing city, the average man on the street expects that the city would be clean and free from pollution. Keep food under hygienic conditions and thoroughly wash uncooked vegetables in clean water. Let us wish for a beautiful and clean earth without pollution in the future. It is environment friendly, modular, silent, needs no fuel, there are no emissions or pollution; it is clean. By contrast, some countries with relatively clean air, such as Scotland and New Zealand, demonstrated high rates of allergic diseases. A large, yet relatively clean city, it carried a certain benevolence that took it a step above its more unsavory neighbors. Thanks to its quiet roads, clean air and cheap housing, it is now claiming to be the fastest growing town in Europe. This mingling of polluted and clean air is particularly evident from January to April of each year during the winter monsoon. Have bowls of clean snow ready (or use a snowbank close to the house). Adequate quantities of relatively clean water are preferable to small amounts of high quality water. Synonyms pure, clear, fresh, crisp, refreshing 1.5 Relating to a diet consisting of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food, typically eaten as small meals throughout the day. I'm amazed at how much energy clean eating gives me you have to eat clean foods to change your physique Example sentencesExamples My reasons for giving up meat will probably have more to do with wanting to have a healthier, cleaner diet than any moral objection to eating meat. With clean eating and hard work in the gym, my physique changed quickly. The production of natural and organic foods is a virtuous cycle: You have to start off with clean land to grow grain for your clean breakfast cereal, or to feed to your clean chickens. The book introduces an alternative vision of a farm system that preserves the land, protects communities, benefits small farmers, and produces clean food. Washboard abs come only with adequate resistance training, a clean diet and plenty of cardio. I understand the appeal of having lots of convenient spots to duck into for a virtuous lunch or a quick, clean dinner—high on those swell Omega-3 fatty acids and low on the caloric excesses so common to restaurant food. I figure if you can eat two healthy, clean meals a day and not feel guilty about moderately indulging on the third meal, you're doing pretty well. I decided to lose that extra 15–25 pounds by eating a clean diet, doing consistent cardio training, and going heavier with the weights. I always eat good clean food—lots of chicken and turkey, and sometimes beef. Modern techniques mean we can have nice, fresh, clean food all year round, at cheap prices, from the local supermarket. 1.6 Free from or producing relatively little radioactive contamination. 不含放射性污染物的；释放少量放射性污染物的 1.7 (of timber) free from knots. （木材）无树节的 2Morally uncontaminated; pure; innocent. 清白的；纯洁的；天真的；无邪的 clean living 纯洁的生活。 Example sentencesExamples Our center will provide a way for them to learn the art of clean, wholesome living and social responsibility. Now that I'm clean as a penny whistle, what else would I do for fun? Praise the Lord the sun has come to wash us clean. I have forgotten what it feels like to feel clean and innocent, and I long to feel it, I long for my salad days, I long for childhood. I enjoyed communion, I told him, but I never felt like I was good enough, pure enough, clean enough to have it. She looked so innocent, so clean that it was impossible to believe this creature evil. It is by self discipline and clean moral life that man can unveil the divine qualities in his personality. Thirdly, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses our consciences, so that we come before God in the happy awareness of being truly clean in his sight. The people of the island were clothed in plain linen with a few pockets, and white dresses that looked innocent and clean. We need to be morally upright, like chaste virgins before God, pure and clean. ‘I strongly reject the implicit suggestion that their party is morally clean,’ he said. But this must be done in sincerity, with the desire to be spiritually clean and pure. Pain and regret cannot scrub me clean, no matter how much I wish it. Other advice: not to quarrel; to live a clean, holy life; to do good; to share with others. And people enjoy having that emotion because it's a very clean and pure emotion. Absolved of our sins, we are once more made as clean as the day of our baptism. Synonyms virtuous, good, upright, upstanding innocent, guiltless, blameless, clear, in the clear, not to blame, guilt-free, crime-free, above suspicion, unimpeachable, irreproachable 2.1 Not sexually offensive or obscene. 不淫秽的；不猥亵的 it's all good clean fun 这是全无色情内容的娱乐。 even when clean, his verses are very funny 即使不说下流话，他的诗歌也非常有意思。 Example sentencesExamples Never has such potentially raunchy role-playing seemed like such good clean fun. It's good clean fun for the kids and well worth a rental. It's about time we resurrect the good clean fun in computer games because I am really tired of the blood and gore of 21 st-century games. The show promises to transport the audience to an era when humour meant good clean fun. For good clean family fun, you just can't top it. It was all good clean fun and a day many of the little people will cherish long after their Santa days. They always record a clean version or else dub it out in the mix. 2.2 Showing or having no record of offenses or crimes. 无不良记录的；无前科的 a clean driving license is essential for the job 拥有一张无违章记录的驾驶执照对获得这份工作来说很重要。 Example sentencesExamples She noted that the young man was unemployed and had a clean record. Let's face it, when the first day of camp is drawing near, there can be a tendency to hire anyone with a clean record that seems reasonable. Legal considerations such as the fact that the culprit has a clean record should not be used as mitigating factors, she contended. I really need a clean credit record because I will be moving house again shortly. All successful applicants were police-checked and have a clean record. They should also have a clean record with regard to offences such as murder, rape, robbery, fraud, arson and kidnapping. Edmonton offers great insurance rates for anyone who's been driving for years, has held insurance for the same amount of time, and has a clean record. He was known to Dutch police but had a clean record there. But I've heard that I should check my credit report to make sure my record is clean. The key is to build a backend that is capable of transaction processing as well as maintaining a clean record on necessary compliances. With a clean credit record once again, I hope you will be able to arrange a loan. Critics of the previous system also point out that in terms of escaping prisoners, the state escort service had far from a clean record. He had never had an accident before and had previously had a completely clean driving record. Only those with clean records must be sponsored by the recruiting agencies. Despite rumors here and there, she has a clean record. In the interview, the guy never even asked to see my driver's license, or if I had a clean record. It takes anywhere from five to 20 months to get a pardon and one must wait three years with a clean record before applying. But he said he had taken her age and previous clean record into account and imposed the community sentence. He also has a full clean driver's licence with no endorsements. For those who still might think I'm a serial killer or guilty of other crimes, here is the proof I have a clean record. 2.3 Played or done according to the rules. 遵守规则的；按规则进行的 it was a good clean fight 这是全无色情内容的娱乐。 Example sentencesExamples Notwithstanding the fact that we are still a young democracy, the country can score more marks by politicians running clean campaigns. He has a relatively clean image, but there are concerns about his policies toward China and whether he can find enough capable people for his cabinet. From the start, his clean image was substantially soiled because of a real estate speculation case his elder brother was involved in. We live in a clinically clean society with rules and regulations. Buyers should ensure that the registration and tax papers are in order and the status of ownership is clean. Market economics and the rule of law demand clean government. We mostly adopted trade sales to maximize revenues, and they were generally clean, despite occasional slip ups. But his wife sent back the fish to avoid rumours, and she wrote advising him to be an honest and clean official. I would also like to thank the associations for fighting a clean campaign in this constituency. There are a number of them who are pure and clean, and are keen to keep the pride of being a police officer. The body was set up by large sports centres and is intended to establish horse racing in Israel with an organised set of rules and a clean public image. However, he still believes that corruption can be curbed by setting up a clean system and strict rules. This game is what cup games are all about: spirit, fight, clean football and a little bit of heroism to round it all off. They were clean, capable and were supported by the people. Anyone who wants to enter politics must now show that they are clean and that they have concrete and detailed ideas about improving people's lives. True to the formalities of leadership races, all the candidates stated they want a clean fight. On the final whistle, in this tight and physically hard fought, but clean game, both sides had to be content with a share of the points. This kind of mentality has led many previously clean officials to try their luck before their retirement. Both parties walk away with a clean reputation and no animus toward the other. Put the same young officer in a clean station, and there's a very good chance he'll turn out to be an honest cop. Synonyms fair, honest, sporting, sportsmanlike, just, upright, law-abiding, chivalrous, honourable, according to the rules, according to hoyle 2.4informal predicative Not possessing or containing anything illegal, especially drugs or stolen goods. 〈非正式〉不私藏（或不包含）违禁品（尤指毒品或赃物）的 I searched him and his luggage, and he was clean 我搜查了他和他的行李，他没有携带违禁品。 Example sentencesExamples The tall guy was clean, and they told him to board along with the rest of the passengers and we had a safe enjoyable flight. 2.5informal predicative (of a person) not taking or having taken drugs or alcohol. 〈非正式〉（人）不吸毒的；不喝酒的；没吸毒的；没喝酒的 Example sentencesExamples There is a perception among young people that cocaine is a clean safe drug - which it is not. Smith said the substance can be used to make drug tests come up clean and that he was taking it to his cousin. I've enjoyed it here and it's chapter one of my clean life. He was clean for two years after leaving jail - where he'd spent 12 years and gained a heroin habit. I'm going to meetings every day and learning that when I'm clean, I'm a winner. In the old days, many people thought, if you can survive five years, you're clean. In the future all I hope is that I stay off drugs and keep clean, get my children back, get my own house and a good job. My dad used to do drugs, but he has been clean for four years. Once someone seeks help they need constant care until they are clean - and this must come with tolerance. I had taken someone for quite a lot of money and these are things I've got to deal with today because I'm clean. Although I have been clean for seven years now, the craving still remains. I've been clean for four years because I'm a mother. Nearly 78 per cent of the respondents claimed that they were not smokers, not on alcohol or drugs - a clean set. Later, after his mother was clean, she warned Jim ceaselessly about the dangers of drugs, warnings that he heeded. This article is to tell clean people that they should avoid involvement with drugs. I was clean for eight long years, before falling off last year while in Germany. I've made amends to my family; I bring them a lot of joy because I'm clean and I brought them sadness during my using. Say the parents are clean and at least one of them is employed, but the couple still can't find affordable housing. We've got loads of drug counsellors but nobody is getting clean. And for the first six months I was clean, but then we kept saying yes to more gigs, I started drinking too much and taking a bit of charlie, to get through it. Synonyms sober, teetotal, non-drinking, clear-headed, as sober as a judge 2.6 Free from ceremonial defilement, according to Mosaic Law and similar religious codes. （摩西律法等类似宗教法典规定的）不亵渎宗教仪式的 Example sentencesExamples We need not worry about such things as ceremonial washings and clean and unclean foods. 3Free from irregularities; having a smooth edge or surface. 平整的；边缘（或表面）光洁的 a clean fracture of the leg 断裂处很平整的腿部骨折。 Example sentencesExamples Such a clean penetration could have been caused only by a high speed projectile, such as rifle bullet. The patented coring tine cuts clean cores at the surface and shatters the soil below. The main objective of the wadcutter design is to cut a nice clean hole in a paper target. Also, wires, especially for gas metal-arc welding, must have clean, smooth surfaces. I got started and cut a clean, smooth curve along the front of the desk, surprising my dad, but not I. There's a fracture on the elbow area, and it appears that it's a clean fracture, so it looks like it will heal. In addition, they create a clean edge to a planting scheme and disguise the unsightly lower section of many herbaceous perennials. Once you have the base removed use a smooth bastard file to make the edges nice and clean and free of burrs. Some of the breakdown showed very clean fracture surfaces, looking very fresh. On the left is the smooth, clean surface of the new dam that has turned part of the Colorado River into a lake. When positioning the drywall panel, align the top of each panel with the ceiling edge or the angle break to assure a clean edge. Steel forms require more attention to ensure a clean, smooth surface. They have been scoured and polished to such a smooth clean finish that scarcely one fine white thread of ligament remains between the joints. Scissors should cut smooth and clean, right where you aim them. They also can be washed to ensure that the next slab or tilt panel has a clean edge. 3.1 Having a simple, well-defined, and pleasing shape. （外形）简朴、界限分明而优美的 the clean lines and pared-down planes of modernism 现代主义明晰的线条以及削薄的平面。 Example sentencesExamples The cabin has clean, simple lines and seems very user-friendly. The only thing that breaks its clean lines is the paper tray, which drops open from the front of the unit. This urban contemporary collection keeps things in perspective with simple forms, clean lines and subtle shapes. The clean lines and the simple shapes are compelling in their quiet beauty and grace. Inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, classic rooms have clean, simple lines and formal symmetry. Linen looks best in simple shapes, with clean geometric lines. She chose few pieces of furniture and selected items that have clean, simple lines, like the house itself. Scandinavia: the home of everything pure, sleek, clean and earthy. They're very thin and delicate, with elegant slender stems and a simple, clean design. You may roll your eyes at the design of these pages, but at least they're fairly clean. The opening menu interface is clean with simple, well-delineated choices - go into the robot lab or go into the arena. There's certainly nothing odd about his simple structure, with its clean lines and elegant agrarian forms. The pieces are simple, with clean lines and few projecting gadgets such as drawer handles. The design of the paper was clean, if rather text-heavy. The artistic style in some cases overshadows the writings, no matter how clean and legible the writings are. That aesthetic would require clean, simple lines, and no fussiness. The simple white walls and clean lines of the store, he says, have the effect of allowing you to see the products clearly. Shapes are clean and simple, patterns bold and striking and details subtle but sharp. The magnificent master bedroom is elegantly curved in shape, has clean sweeping lines and luxurious en-suite facilities. He likes clean, simple lines but also creates interesting effects by using contrasting timbers such as walnut and maple. Synonyms simple, elegant, graceful, uncluttered, trim, shapely, unfussy, uncomplicated 3.2 (of an action) smoothly and skillfully done. （行动）干净利落的 I still hadn't made a clean takeoff 我仍然未能完成一次干净利落的起飞。 Example sentencesExamples As far as his routes, he runs clean routes and can catch almost anything. It is important they get a good, clean catch as this may be the difference in taking a shot up or having to pass it. In the musicals, the performances were very clean, and flowed smoothly and the acting was natural and often sparked laughter. After a few minutes, she got the gist of it, and was making smooth clean strokes. A clean catch and drive provided the platform for a march to the line and the winning try. The smooth, clean stroke is there, along with her glistening apprehension of sun and weather. His clean movements cut through the waves, barely disturbing the surface; almost as if he were born to water and not the land. But he seemed to be taken by surprise and failed to make a clean contact as the other player was able to parry his shot at the expense of a corner. And I'm always impressed how they manage to make kissing look so clean and synchronised in the movies. The windows are attached to the panel using rivets, which makes for a smooth, clean installation. Leading up to the 9th frame of their title match, the two left-handers had bowled clean games. It was a clean take-off, and he was airborne five minutes after starting his take-off run. Coming in at speed, he couldn't quite make a clean contact and the chance of crowning a superb move with a goal was gone. Synonyms neat, smooth, crisp, straight, accurate, precise, slick 4(of a taste, sound, or smell) giving a clear and distinctive impression to the senses; sharp and fresh. （滋味）浓烈的，（声音）刺耳的，（气味）强烈的 clean, fresh, natural flavors 浓烈，新鲜，自然的滋味。 Example sentencesExamples More gravel than flint, it has a clean, lime-tinged wash and a zesty finish. Eating asparagus on the day it is picked is a truly special experience, the fresh clean flavour just sings. Sydney's top ten rate among the best in the world if your tastes are for fresh ingredients, unpretentious culinary achievement and clean tastes. At its best it produces light to medium-bodied, crisp dry white wines with hints of apples, honey and yeast and a refreshingly pure and clean finish. This simple natural Thai soup offers fresh clean flavours that fuse the taste that is Thai cuisine. The tamilok, its fans swear, has a fresh clean taste that sends shivers of pleasure down one's alimentary canal. The songs are washed in earnest clean rhythm guitar and nice, glimmering production. The audio is clean and clear, conveying voices and sound effects with equal ease. A good lemon tart should be gently set and lightly golden with a fresh, clean, lemony taste, rather than anything overly sour and overly sweet. The guitars plug in and the amps come to life with a clean thread of pure rock. This elegant and lithe New Zealand Riesling is crisp and cool answer, with a wash of clean lime and light nut notes. The clean, fresh tastes so lively and vibrant in the starters were nowhere to be had here. Their sound is clean and high energy and their performance is confident and sharp. She had a clean, pure voice, only filled with oodles of emotion. If only it had remixed the monaural soundtrack into something with more depth, but the audio is clean and clear in any case. The wash is clean, nicely acidic with a lovely limey mid-palate. Fresh fish should have firm, springy flesh, a clear color, a moist look, and a clean smell. The stew was spiked with still-crisp bits of green pepper and onion, and had a clean taste of fresh vegetables. The taster monitors first whether the wine smells fresh and clean, or whether any off-odours indicate the presence of a wine fault. Her voice is pure, clean, vivid, with the flexibility and colors demanded in Verdi. adverbklinklēn 1So as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter. 干净地；纯洁地 the room had been washed clean 房间已打扫干净。 Example sentencesExamples I wondered if we could get far enough south for a warm rain to wash me clean. It won't scrub your insides clean, but it may help and it feels good. She stripped down to just a shift, scrubbing clean the clothes that she'd been wearing. My associate will make two copies of the judgment available to each side, so that you have one upon which you may annotate and one you may preserve clean. There is nothing like a morning under the brine to scrub clean a tired and mucky heart and head. Beaches are giant blank spaces, washed clean every day, on which all sorts of hopes are projected. Once, he pressured someone into scrubbing his boots clean and moaned when he noticed one speck of mud on the bottom. He'd scrubbed the tires clean before bringing it home so she wouldn't know he hadn't bought it new. The first task they were given was to scrub clean one of the barracks toilets and the pipe leading out of the wall which was disconnected from the septic tank. Before entering the Wellington's special care baby unit they had to scrub their hands clean and cover themselves in protective overalls. With one hand, you pour the water and with the other, you wash yourself clean. Soapy wash bags are also great for scrubbing the kids clean, and softening the skin at the same time. Bodybuilding itself could use a strong storm to blow through and wash it clean. A good injector sprays fuel out as a mist and the fuel burns rapidly and relatively clean as the droplets are so small that they burn with a puff! It disgusted me so much to even think about them that I ran to the washroom and washed them clean. My hands are so stained with blood that all the rain in Heaven couldn't wash them clean. 1.1 In a way that involves the consumption of unprocessed, unrefined, and nutrient-rich food. plain oatmeal is a staple for anyone who's eating clean Example sentencesExamples I've always placed a priority on staying in shape, eating clean, lifting weights consistently and doing cardio. Eat clean whenever possible, but don't make too many sacrifices. If you're going to make the effort to eat clean and spend your precious time at the gym, at least train like you mean it. I've always kind of been a jock, but the last year I really got into seriously eating six times a day, eating clean, being regimented with my exercising and my lifting and that kind of stuff. Eight to nine months out of the year, he eats clean. Gearing up for competition meant eating clean and lean. You'll need to eat clean throughout the week: no fast food or processed foods and limited dietary fat. If you're already a dedicated bodybuilder, eating clean is part of your life. I try to eat clean during the week. Being body-conscious and eating clean can definitely test your willpower, especially at this time of the year. 2informal Used to emphasize the completeness of a reported action, condition, or experience. 〈非正式〉彻底地，完全地 he was knocked clean off his feet 他被彻底击倒。 I clean forgot her birthday 我完全忘了她的生日。 Example sentencesExamples So that was that - except that in the rush to sort out the mystery, she clean forgot to ask what emergency the fire engine was going to. It knocked the Statue of Liberty clean off its pedestal before soundlessly swallowing her up. Suddenly, the wind picked up, knocking Jerry clean off his feet. It knocked the victims clean into the air. Shall we leave that until 1 o'clock over lunch or shall we adjourn early and get a clean start at 2 o'clock if this case progresses? He opened his mouth while he pulled one of his hands free from its pocket, and flicked his eyes clean across my face. The ferocious second-half free kick which lifted him clean off his feet was impressive. Other storeowners tell us that they're clean out of plywood - no more plywood left on the island to batten down the hatches. He got up, landed some nice shots then finished his foe with a ridiculous counter right hand that knocked him clean out. Global warming was right here, right now: and the idle daydream that it would just import Mediterranean sunshine had been washed clean away. He dropped to the floor and swept his adversary's feet clean away. Synonyms completely, entirely, totally, fully, wholly, thoroughly, altogether, quite, utterly, absolutely verbklinklēn [with object] 1Make (something or someone) free of dirt, marks, or mess, especially by washing, wiping, or brushing. （尤指通过洗、擦或刷的办法）把…弄干净，为…去除污垢 clean your teeth properly after meals 饭后好好地刷牙。 chair covers should be easy to clean 椅套应该很容易清洗。 we cleaned Uncle Jim up and made him presentable 我们把吉姆叔叔梳洗干净，让他好见人。 no object he always expected other people to clean up after him 他总是指望别人替他收拾残局。 Example sentencesExamples Gum disease happens when plaque builds up because the teeth are not cleaned properly. I will stamp my foot until the city rises into the sky and the dirt and filth is cleaned away. She also hopes to ensure that the district council's cleansing and amenities targets the shop area and cleans it of dirt, weeds and loose bricks. Always wash your hands or clean them with a hand-wipe immediately before and after eating a meal. She does my laundry, cleans my house, tidies up after me and empties the cat's litter box. People can't wash themselves or clean their places and this becomes a breeding place of diseases. The first conservation step is to clean the surface of dirt and loose accumulations with water and detergent applied under high pressure. You may be required to clean the property and tidy the garden before leaving. It also makes it easier to properly clean the barrel from the breech. Have a dentist clean your teeth to get rid of tobacco stains and decide to keep them looking like that. With a cloth from the windowsill, he began to clean the crumbly dirt from his find. Get up, make bed, get dressed, get books ready, brush hair, wash face, clean dorm and head for the dining room for breakfast. You were to dust my bookshelves and wash the windows and clean the carpets twice a week. After refreshing up his information on the case, he had enough time to finish up his other reports and clean his desk. My father has this bright idea that he's gonna clean it by washing it down and scrubbing it and vacuuming. Use vodka, gin, or any pure alcohol to erase lipstick stains from your collar, or to clean paint or ink stains from your carpet. It can be easier to clean their teeth if you cradle your baby's head in your arms in front of you. When we emerged, I grabbed some leaves off a nearby plant to clean the dirt off my hands. Spyware protection software helps you to completely clean your computer of invasive threats. In short, show her how to mow the lawn, wash the car and clean the pool, and let her practise these chores until she does it as well as you. Synonyms wash, cleanse, wipe, sponge, scrub, mop, rinse, scour, swab, hose down, sluice, sluice down, flush, polish, disinfect launder 1.1 Remove the innards of (fish or poultry) prior to cooking. 烹调前先去除（鱼，家禽）的内脏 Example sentencesExamples Taking out a small knife, she began to clean the fish. Even George, when he had taught her how to clean a fish, hadn't felt the same. She sat down on the log and she just waited for him to carry on with cleaning the fish. Three hours later, we'll return to clean fish, fry fish and eat fish. The day before the demonstration he beheads and cleans the gutted haddock, ties them in pairs and dry salts them for anything from one and a half to five hours, depending on their size and firmness. Ten minutes later, they began to gut and clean the fish. Let the fishmonger scale, clean and gut the fish (I leave the head on). Occasionally we'd give them to a neighbor, but my mother wouldn't clean fish so it was almost always a waste. She said her boys had fishing rods, a net and knives to clean the fish they caught. It spends a good portion showing how to clean almost every fish imaginable. He then took out his knife and proceeded to clean the fish, and this was a signal for her to go and set up the beds. For another, the pier isn't an ideal place to clean fish because it lacks a table, running water and a garbage can. The answer greatly depends on how often a person cleans fish, how many fish they clean and the species and size of those fish. Synonyms gut, eviscerate, remove the innards of, draw, dress Phrases clean someone's clock 1informal Give someone a beating. 〈北美，非正式〉将某人痛打一顿 he went wild and cleaned everybody's clock down there in the dugout Example sentencesExamples Then, when they meet a skilled person who is really trying to clean their clock, they may be disappointed in what they can actually pull out of their training. I tried talking to him, he had nothin’ but mumbles, so I cleaned his clock with a solid left. Maybe I should invest in a hemp shirt reading ‘Don't knock my smock, or I'll clean your clock.’ And I don't think they saw him there, and they cleaned his clock. Speaking of Thanksgiving, some fool in a car almost cleaned my clock on my way in to work this morning! I want names buster or I am going to come down there and personally clean your clock. The impact knocked me unconscious and from what I've heard, a few more bombs cleaned my clock. 1.1Defeat or surpass someone decisively. 彻底击败某人；完胜某人 Example sentencesExamples As he became a dot on the horizon I reassured myself if I were his age, with his bike, with his quads, his parents and his Spandex I'd clean his clock. I heard that the new kid who just moved into the old dojo cleaned your clock. Every so often, the enemy presents himself and at every instance he does that, we clean his clock. Although Ray played well, he and his partner could not beat a pair of high handicappers who almost cleaned their clock. Sure we have taken some casualties, but the people we are fighting are criminals, terrorists, and punks and we are cleaning their clock. Dad turned beet red, the whole café howled with laughter, and I proceeded to clean Dad 's clock for like the ninth straight week. To me, there is nothing better - and I'm only talking about in athletics now - than absolutely cleaning someone's clock. He cleaned his clock in the French debate. I sorta’ threw the gauntlet down the previous year and made it clear I'd clean Dave 's clock on a stage or two if he had the guts to take me on. clean house 1Do housework. 〈北美〉做家务 Example sentencesExamples I'd done pretty well, considering, and I'll get myself off to bed at a sensible hour so as to be up bright and early tomorrow to clean house before the heat turns up once more. They earned a few pennies an hour, but that was more than they could make in the fields or cleaning house. Yard work, cleaning house and washing cars are good exercise. In most families, women care for the children, clean house, do the marketing, cook meals, wash dishes and clothes, and carry wood and water. A man will do almost anything not to cook, wash dishes, or clean house. Well, as nature cleans house, as it washes/blows away ‘excess’, or shakes at its core, or erupts the underground gases and lava, mankind must pick up the pieces and move on! What about those few of us who don't find fulfillment in cleaning house? Here's one more well-off woman playing at cleaning house while real women are out there struggling. Those who observed the tradition prepared for the holiday by cleaning house, buying new clothes and placing a dish of sprouted wheat, rye or lentil seeds in the window to represent new growth after a harsh winter. I was duly dispatched to clean house for bourgeois wives in the suburbs who complained I was too slow, and a choirmaster who asked if I ever considered modelling swimwear. 1.1Eliminate corruption or inefficiency. 清除腐败；消灭无能 unless our organization cleans house, it will be difficult to raise funds Example sentencesExamples It is time to clean house, and in four years time if I am not happy with the way the Conservatives are running the country then I will work for their defeat. Unless he cleans house, his will be the Edsel presidency. He came to a club torn apart by in-fighting and cleaned house. Of course, he is keenly aware that corruption is so ingrained in the fabric of political life that trying to clean house could bring down the house itself, and that a sort of unstated amnesty could prevail. Now, most Japanese fund managers have cleaned house. He was determined to become the real head of the Intelligence Community and to clean house at CIA by eliminating deadwood and cutting costs. The official party newspaper attributed the success to efforts to rejuvenate and clean house. He added: ‘The president needs to clean house and wipe away the senior executives of the intelligence agency.’ Dozens of advisors to the late leader have been fired in a shakeup to clean house of corrupt administrators. You, Sheila, are the perfect person to be the broom that cleans house in our sports establishments. clean one's plate Eat up all the food put on one's plate. 吃光盘中食物 Example sentencesExamples If you aren't happy with yourself, you'll always be shaken by mom and dad telling you off for not cleaning your plate. I continued to tell her about the new policy they issued and just let the conversation drop at that point by cleaning my plate. She ordered seafood enchiladas and cleaned her plate, an almost unheard of event and one for which I am always thankful. When I was growing up my parents would not allow me to leave the dinner table without cleaning my plate. I pack half the food away right then so that I can clean my plate without stuffing myself-and I have a meal for the next day. It wasn't until I'd cleaned my plate that I thought to check if there were any adzuki beans. I cleaned my plate, to the point of taking a corn tortilla and mopping up the last cheesy queso smear. I leave a lot on the plate because I need not clean my plate. I took a tentative bite and then cleaned my plate. What gain comes from you cleaning your plate? clean up one's act informal Begin to behave in a better way, especially by giving up alcohol, drugs, or illegal activities. 〈非正式〉开始检点行事（尤指戒烟、戒毒、不犯罪） the casino industry is bent on cleaning up its act Example sentencesExamples Now comes the time to get real and clean up my act. Now is the time to sift through those cluttered cupboards and clean up your act. come clean informal Be completely honest; keep nothing hidden. 〈非正式〉和盘托出；毫无保留；说实话 the company has refused to come clean about its pollution record Example sentencesExamples Referring to her police interviews after her arrest, he told the jurors: ‘It is now apparent she was very far from coming clean in those interviews.’ And I figured the only way to get him to come clean would be if I came clean first. The question is, will it be done responsibly, by coming clean about the hidden liabilities now and taking the necessary, if painful, steps to deal with them? Even he finally comes clean with an honest assessment of his shipmates and it's not complimentary. One cannot help but be impressed by this seasoned politician's adeptness at the art of coming clean without coming clean. If the department wants transformation targets met, then they must be honest and come clean about this. The highways authorities must come clean and tell all road users what is wrong, and what they are doing to put it right. She said he refused to come clean to the police, saying it would cost him his job. When is somebody going to come clean and reveal the real hidden agenda? They have no interest, my friends, in coming clean and being honest with the American people. Synonyms tell the truth, be completely honest, tell all, make a clean breast of it have clean hands Be uninvolved and blameless with regard to an immoral act. （对于不道德行为）清白，无可指责 no one involved in the conflict has clean hands 牵扯进此冲突的无一人是清白的。 Example sentencesExamples We are the only party that can come along and say we have clean hands. The truth is that politicians do not have clean hands to deal with it. I don't think many people have clean hands when it comes to bullying, and nor should we pretend to. No region of the world has been spared it and very few people have clean hands. Neither side, however, can claim to have clean hands. Perhaps she had forgotten that if you are going to preach, it is as well to have clean hands. Real institutions, real governments, and real leaders will never have clean hands in a dirty world. As a society, I would love to think that we are humble, righteous, and that our hands are clean. But there are questions about the loyalty and integrity of this intelligence service that, after all, does not have clean hands. If the applicant is seeking an equitable remedy it must come to court with clean hands and reveal the state of its financial house. keep one's hands clean Not involve oneself in an immoral act. 洁身自好；不同流合污；不染指（不道德行为） Example sentencesExamples But my cynical side says that the primary advantage governments see to legalizing the sale of needles is that it allows them to keep their hands clean. But her desire to keep her hands clean of them was also, one suspects, an act of self preservation. When the chips were down the game's governing body refused to get involved and preferred to keep their hands clean. This means they can keep their hands clean at all times. The philosophy seemed to be that you don't catch grubs by keeping your hands clean. You can keep your hands clean, or you can keep many more people alive. It combines the childish fascination of gross toys with an adult sensibility that lets sober critics keep their hands clean. You may throw it yourself or you may arrange for it to be leaked in a manner that will keep your hands clean. He probably did this all the time, watched innocent people die while keeping his hands clean. They believed you could be a key player in international politics yet keep your hands clean. make a clean breast of something (or make a clean breast of it) Confess fully one's mistakes or wrongdoings. 全盘招供；全盘承认过错 Example sentencesExamples Tell all, make a clean breast of it, say what it is. He makes a clean breast of it all to David, Helen's young friend from England who comes looking for salvation. I reckon you need to wipe the slate, mate, make a clean breast of it, so to speak. But we will be demanding they make a clean breast of it as soon as possible. More than 10 years on, Jersey has finally made a clean breast of it. Why don't they make a clean breast of it and say, ‘Look, ladies and gentlemen, we're really not dealing in news.’ I can think of no reason why you should not make a clean breast of it. Let's make a clean breast of it so we can start the day anew filled with love. If he has had an extramarital affair, he ought to make a clean breast of it. If any would care to make a clean breast of it, incidentally, we're willing to listen. Synonyms tell the truth, be completely honest, tell all, make a clean breast of it make a clean job of something 〈主英〉去垢，刷净，打扫 informal Do something thoroughly. 〈非正式〉彻底完成某事 Example sentencesExamples In the old days the nobility would tip the headsman to make a clean job of it. So better make a clean job of it, and wipe him out at once! If you don't know how to make a clean job of it ask a more experienced climber to help you. The next moment he calmly placed his head on the block, telling the axeman to take good aim and make a clean job of it. However, the witches were not particularly preoccupied with making a clean job of things. If you don't facilitate for fence construction during the wall install all bets are off on making a clean job of it after the fact! Operations this season were to make a clean job of it, and salvage was small. Here, pros discuss efficient ways to make a clean job of it. It may take some file edits as well to make a clean job of it. Normally if its the rubbery tint you should be able to just peel it off without any problems, but if its the papery stuff you are going to have to go at it with a razor blade and some adhesive remover for a while to make a clean job of it. a clean sweep 1The removal of all unwanted people or things in order to start afresh. 完全撤换（不需要的人，物），改头换面 the new leaders wanted to make a clean sweep of the discredited old order Example sentencesExamples No Government has so far succeeded in making a clean sweep of maladies affecting our police. Back in the heady dotcom days, it seemed as though online polling was poised to make a clean sweep of market research - revolutionizing the way companies conducted quantitative and qualitative research. The 1977 Act did not, however, accomplish a clean sweep of common law conspiracy. Not exactly decisive behaviour from the people that are trying to make a clean sweep of things. You lot make a clean sweep of the area. He made a clean sweep by removing all the interior walls and covering the outer walls and ceiling in white Venetian plaster. I have frequently condemned it and wished to make a clean sweep of it. The broom, for example, appears ready to make a clean sweep. To get investors the best prices, it needs to make a clean sweep of barriers that impede trading. For a man with a broom wanting to make a clean sweep of city hall, one couldn't ask for a better place to start. 2The winning of all of a group of similar or related competitions, events, or matches. （在同类或相关体育赛事中）囊括各项锦标 he was in reach of the nomination after a clean sweep of Tuesday's primaries Example sentencesExamples England were dreaming of the Grand Slam today after completing the third leg of a potential Six Nations Championship clean sweep. York and District Indoor Bowls Club enjoyed a clean sweep in the Yorkshire League, the Hebden Trophy and the North Eastern League. The people of Listowel made a clean sweep at a prize-giving event which recognised their efforts to improve the town's appearance over the past few years. It was Cooke's first appearance at the Sportcity venue since making a clean sweep of the national youth titles over seven years ago. The Triple Crown also came as part of Wales' victory package amid a clean sweep of honours in European rugby's blue riband event. Burnley turned back the clock to record a clean sweep of victories for the first time since the beginning of the season. Zambia squash aces dominated the recently-ended East Africa squash safari circuit, by making a clean sweep of all three titles on the Kenya tour. Dundalk anglers made a clean sweep of the prizes in the Danes Cast Firshery's New Year's Day Competition. Royal College tennis players made a clean sweep at the Inter-School tennis championships by winning all six titles on offer. Thus he made a clean sweep of all the events he participated in. Synonyms come first, finish first, be the winner, be victorious, be the victor, carry the day, win the day, carry all before one, defeat the opposition, overcome the opposition, take the crown, take the honours, gain the palm, come out ahead, come out on top, succeed, triumph, prevail, achieve mastery Phrasal Verbs clean someone out Use up or take all someone's money. 〈非正式〉花光某人的钱；榨尽某人的钱 they were cleaned out by the Englishman at the baccarat table 在玩巴卡拉纸牌戏赌博中，他们被那英国人赢去了所有的钱。 Example sentencesExamples Although you might question the appeal of visiting a town dedicated to cleaning you out, you shouldn't write off Las Vegas. We cleaned them out at midfield but missed four goal chances. They also took some electrical equipment that I'd got for my birthday and cleaned me out of all my gold. I had five dollars in my pocket when I sat down at the table and they cleaned me out. Spend the same amount of time and money at the slots or the tables, and you could be cleaned out. It wasn't your fault that your wife left, cleaning you out. I think they were cleaned out of balls, gloves and any little trinket that the kids could prise out of them. And a lady, originally from Ireland, cleaned me out of tea towels. Music students gearing up to make a bid for pop superstardom suffered a major setback when thieves cleaned them out. His visit is primarily intended to clean us out of food and drink, but I'm sure he'll find time to fit in a little lazing about between his gluttonous endeavours. Synonyms bankrupt, ruin, make insolvent, make penniless, wipe out, impoverish, reduce to destitution, reduce to penury, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, break, cripple clean up 1Make things or an area clean or neat. he was in the kitchen, cleaning up Example sentencesExamples After eating, both women and men engaged in the dancing and, before leaving, in the cleaning up of the area the family occupied. Crews are doing what they can to try and clean up this area, but floodwaters remain a huge problem. Several of the hosts were now cleaning up around the area and folding chairs and tables, to be put away until the next major event. I sat and slowly the crowd dissolved and soon there was no one there except the crew that was cleaning up the unloading area. Brush and woodlots located near a vineyard can be a continual source of flea beetles and these areas should be cleaned up if possible. After her work was finished, she cleaned up the kitchen area and returned to her room. On the lower end of the priority list would be identifying high interest areas and cleaning up the safety awards program. To some extent, the decline may reflect real progress in areas like cleaning up rivers and streams. She then hears them cleaning up their areas and leaving the room. Or is he taking on a very big job down there, as the president's viceroy for cleaning up that area? 2Make a substantial gain or profit. 〈非正式〉发大财 Example sentencesExamples He travels the circuit, pretending to be an ordinary joe, and then cleans up on bets and prizes because he has a great rock-and-roll voice. Disinfectant companies have been cleaning up since the foot-and-mouth outbreak. A competent Democrat could clean up with a message to restore government for the people rather than for special interests. 3Win all the prizes available in a sporting competition or series of events. 赢得（一项或系列体育竞赛或赛事）大满贯 the Germans cleaned up at Wimbledon Example sentencesExamples In addition to their 3rd place trophies, this team cleaned up on the technical prizes winning three Near Pins and a Long Drive. City Arms added to their division one championship win by cleaning up all the competition trophies on offer. He cleaned up in the rifle competition by winning five of the six rifle matches in the champion shot competition. Geraldton cleaned up at the recent WA Tidy Towns Competitions, taking out five awards. Synonyms come first, finish first, be the winner, be victorious, be the victor, carry the day, win the day, carry all before one, defeat the opposition, overcome the opposition, take the crown, take the honours, gain the palm, come out ahead, come out on top, succeed, triumph, prevail, achieve mastery clean something up Restore order or morality to. 恢复…的秩序；重建…的道德风尚 the police chief was given the job of cleaning up a notorious district 警察局局长受命恢复这一声名狼藉地区的秩序。 Example sentencesExamples But by the 1990s, its image had been cleaned up as the Victorian buildings were restored and the old warehouse of the Merchant City transformed. The perverse effect, you have to conclude, is that these well-meaning efforts will only encourage the bookies: if people truly believe the game has been cleaned up there will be still more money to be made. Conversations were cleaned up and no one eye-balled the waitresses. By 1913 the tango had become a worldwide phenomenon, but had undergone further adaptation in order to clean it up. And the rank and file essentially went to the union and said, look, we've got to clean our act up, and we want to play on a straight playing field. In recent years, however, these roles have been reversed as crime rates in America have dropped lower and lower, and American cities have been cleaned up and made safer. The owner of garages plagued by arson attacks and used as a drinking den has been ordered to clean them up or pull them down. Origin Old English clǣne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German klein ‘small’. adj.1 phr. phr.v.
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