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单词 swab
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swab

/swɒb/
1
an absorbent pad or piece of material used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds, applying medication, or taking specimens
拭子; 药签。
1.1
a specimen of a secretion taken with a swab for examination
用拭子取下的分泌物试验标本:

he had taken throat swabs.

他已取了喉液的化验标本。

2
a mop or other absorbent device for cleaning or mopping up a floor or other surface
拖把。
3
archaic a term of abuse or contempt for a person
〈古〉[用于骂人或表示轻蔑]饭桶。
3.1
US another term for SWABBIE.
〈美〉同SWABBIE.
(swabbed, swabbing)with obj.
1
clean (a wound or surface) with a swab
用药签清洁(伤口); 用拖把清洁(表面):

swabbing down the decks

把甲板拖干净

swab a patch of skin with alcohol.

用药签蘸酒精清洁一块皮肤。

1.1
with adverbial absorb or clear (moisture) with a swab
用药签吸掉:

the blood was swabbed away.

血被药签吸干了。

词源
mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'mop for cleaning the decks'): back-formation from swabber 'sailor detailed to swab decks', from early modern Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning 'splash' or 'sway'.
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