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wipe (obj)waIpvto slide something, esp. a piece of cloth, over the surface of (something else), in order to remove (dirt, food or liquid)擦，拭，抹Have you got a cloth that I can wipe the floor with? [T]你有没有我可以用来擦地板的布？I'll just get a sponge and wipe the crumbs off the table. [T]我就去弄块海绵来擦掉桌上的碎屑。Don't wipe your nose on your sleeve--that's what your handkerchief's for! [T]不要用你的袖子擦鼻子----你该用手帕！Someone has wiped their dirty hands on my nice clean towel! [T]有人在我漂亮干净的毛巾上擦过他的脏手了！I was just wiping up the soup that you spilt in the kitchen. [M]我刚才正在擦掉你泼翻在厨房里的汤。(Br and Aus) If you wash, I'll wipe (= dry the washed plates, etc. with a cloth). [I]如果你洗盘子的话，我就来擦擦干。(Br and Aus) When you've wiped up (the dishes), don't forget to put them away. [I/T]你揩干（盘子）后，不要忘记把它们放好。If you wipe information, images or sound off a computer, VIDEO or CASSETTE, you remove it.（从计算机，录像带或磁带上）擦去，抹去（信息，图象或声音）Everything was wiped off my diskette when I entered the wrong command! [M]我输入了错误的指令后，软磁盘上的一切都被擦掉了。(infml) To wipe the floor with a person or a team is to defeat them by a very large amount.把某人打得大败"I hear Italy beat France in the semi-finals last night." "Beat them? They wiped the floor with them!"“我听说意大利队在昨晚的半决赛中打败了法国队。”“打败他们？是让他们一败涂地！”There are bombs so powerful that whole nations could be wiped off the map/wiped off the face of the earth (= destroyed totally) by them.现在有如此强大的炸弹，甚至能将整个国家从地球的表面抹掉。To wipe the slate clean is to start a new and better way of behaving, forgetting about any bad experiences in the past.捐弃前嫌，勾销往事（重新开始）A new relationship presents you with the opportunity to wipe the slate clean.一种新的关系为你提供了捐弃前嫌的机会。Tell him you saw Helena at the cinema with another guy--that should wipe the smile off his face (= make him less satisfied with and proud of himself)!告诉他你看到海伦娜与另外一个家伙在电影院里----那样他脸上就不会那样得意了！
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