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wipe/waip/ v. & n.●v. tr. 1 clean or dry the surface of by rubbing with the hands or a cloth etc. (用手或布等)擦净；抹干 2 rub (a cloth) over a surface 用(布)擦 3 spread (a liquid etc.) over a surface by rubbing 把(液体等)搽于…表面 4 (often foll. by 常后跟 away, off, etc.)a clear or remove by wiping 擦净；抹去 wiped the mess off the table 擦去桌子上的脏东西; wipe away your tears 擦掉你的眼泪 b remove or eliminate completely 完全去除；使消失 the village was wiped off the map 那村庄在地图上消失了 5a erase (data, a recording, etc., from a magnetic medium) 抹去(磁带上的数据、录音等) b erase data from (the medium) 从(介质上)抹去数据 6 Austral. & NZ slang reject or dismiss (a person or idea) [澳新] [俚语]开除(某人)；拒绝(某人或某观点) ●n. 1 an act of wiping 擦，抹，揩 give the floor a wipe 擦地板 2 a piece of disposable absorbent cloth, usu. treated with a cleansing agent, for wiping something clean (擦东西用的)毛巾；手帕；抹布 antiseptic wipes 无菌的擦布 □ wipe down clean (esp. a vertical surface) by wiping 把…上下擦干净 □ wipe a person's eye Brit. colloq. get the better of a person [英口]比某人先下手而占上风 □ wipe the floor with colloq. inflict a humiliating defeat on [口]使完全屈服；彻底击败 □ wipe off annul (a debt etc.) 勾销(债务等) □ wipe out 1a destroy, annihilate 彻底摧毁；消灭 the whole population was wiped out 所有的人全被杀死了 b obliterate 抹去 wiped it out of my memory 把它从记忆中抹去 2 slang murder [俚语]谋杀，干掉 3 clean the inside of 擦拭…的内部 4 Brit. avenge (an insult etc.) [英]报…仇，洗雪(耻辱等) □ wipe the slate clean see 见 SLATE □ wipe up 1 Brit. dry (dishes etc.) [英]把(盘子等)擦干 2 take up (a liquid etc.) by wiping 把(打翻的液体等)擦干 □ wipeable adj.[Old English wīpian: cf. Old High German wīfan ‘wind round’, Gothic weipan ‘crown’: related to WHIP] |