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- a scraping implement with a rubber-edged blade set on a handle, typically used for cleaning windows(用于清洁窗户的)橡皮刮; 涂刷器。
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- a similar small instrument or roller used especially in photography for squeezing water out of prints(尤指印相片时用来挤压相纸水分的)橡皮辊。
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- usu. as modifier informal a person who cleans the windscreen of a car stopped in traffic and then demands payment from the driver〈非正式〉抢擦暂停汽车挡风玻璃索取报酬的人:
squeegee merchants at every road junction.
每一个道路交叉口上靠抢擦汽车挡风玻璃谋生的人。
(squeegees, squeegeed, squeegeeing)with obj.
- clean or scrape (something) with a squeegee用橡皮刮清洁:
squeegee the shower doors while the surfaces are still wet.
淋浴门表面还未干时就用橡皮刮去刮。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from archaic squeege 'to press', strengthened form of SQUEEZE.