cleaner
/ˈkliːnə(r)/noun
1- a person or thing that cleans something, in particular使东西变干净的人(或物), 尤指:
1.1
- a person employed to clean the interior of a building大楼清洁工:
she's one of the office cleaners.
她是办公室清洁工之一。
1.2
the cleaners
a shop where clothes and fabrics are dry-cleaned干洗店:my suit's at the cleaners.
我的套装在干洗店。
1.3
- a device for cleaning, such as a vacuum cleaner清洁器(如吸尘器)。
1.4
- a chemical substance used for cleaning去污剂, 除垢剂:
an oven cleaner.
烤箱除垢剂。
短语
take someone to the cleaners
1
- informal take all someone's money or possessions in a dishonest or unfair way〈非正式〉骗走某人所有的钱; 掠去某人所有的财产。
1.1
- inflict a crushing defeat on someone大败某人:
his team were taken to the cleaners by the Australians in the first Test.
在第一轮测试中, 他的队伍大败于澳大利亚队。