wiping
present participle ofwipe
| 单词 | wiping |
| 释义 | wiping present participle ofwipe wipe verb[T] uk/waɪp/us/waɪp/B2 toslidesomething,especiallyapieceofcloth, over thesurfaceof somethingelse, inordertoremovedirt,food, orliquid: Do you have somepapertowelsthat I can wipe thefloorwith? I'll just get aspongeand wipe thecrumbsoff thetable. Don't wipeyournoseonyoursleeve! Someone has wipedtheirdirtyhandsonmynicecleantowel! to clean something
Cleaning generally
Idiomswipesomethingoff the map wipe the floor withsomeone wipe the slate clean wipe the smile offsomeone'sface Phrasal verbswipesomethingdown wipesomethingoffsomething wipesomethingout wipe out wipesomethingup Examplesofwipingwiping In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They dressed and undressed themselves and used human toilets,wipingthemselves, flushing, even asking to go potty during lessons and naptimes. From theCambridge English Corpus All the project's interviewers observed much tending of people as children:wipinghands, fixing bibs, and putting food directly into their mouths. From theCambridge English Corpus As thewipingis not necessary, there is no danger to fragment the solar cells or the cover-glasses. From theCambridge English Corpus How far back must one go inwipingclean the historical slate of injustices? From theCambridge English Corpus Instead ofwipingthe melted chocolate off his hands and shrugging off the incident, he asked for popcorn. From theCambridge English Corpus However,wipingof surfaces without disinfectant and using the same rag elsewhere could actually help to spread the pathogen. From theCambridge English Corpus The slide was drained and excess moisture was carefully removed bywipingaround the specimen with a tissue and allowing it to air dry. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite this poor training, by late 1993 the army had almost succeeded inwipingout the rebel forces. From theCambridge English Corpus Regurgitated seeds are typically deliberately wiped against a branch, and billwipingbehaviour is commonly observed in frugivorous birds. From theCambridge English Corpus Explanation is exclusive description -wipingout whatever is not relevant for the main line of the narrative. From theCambridge English Corpus Wipingthe slate clean: a lexical semantic exploration. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, thewipingoperation must be conducted manually, which also brings along the danger of the solar cells fragmenting. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, thewipingoperation is imperative in the manual operation. From theCambridge English Corpus Alcoholwipingmay supplement these procedures for reactive components such as pyrotechnics. From theCambridge English Corpus Third, not all employees used gloves correctly, and some were observedwipingtheir hands on heavily soiled uniforms. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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