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- vt. 擦;消除
- n. 擦拭
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1. Please wipe your feet on the mat.
请在垫子上蹭一蹭脚。
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2. He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
他擦去额头上的汗。
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3. Wipe that stupid smile off your face.
别那么傻笑啦。
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4. She wiped off her make-up.
她把化的妆擦掉了。
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5. Somebody had wiped all the tapes.
有人把所有磁带上录制的内容都抹掉了。
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6. You can never wipe out the past.
你永远不能把过去一笔勾销。
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7. Can you give the table a quick wipe?
你把桌子快速擦一下行吗?
- wipe (n.) 1640s, "act of wiping," from wipe (v.). From 1708 as "something used in wiping" (especially a handkerchief); 1971 as "disposable absorbent tissue."
- wipe (v.) Old English wipian "to wipe, cleanse," from Proto-Germanic *wipjan "to move back and forth" (source also of Danish vippe, Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen, Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE root *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble."
wipe / waɪp ; NAmE waɪp / verb , noun wipe wipes wiped wiping verb 1 to rub sth against a surface, in order to remove dirt or liquid from it; to rub a surface with a cloth, etc. in order to clean it 擦;拭;抹;揩;蹭 wipesth (on sth) ◆ Please wipe your feet on the mat. 请在垫子上蹭一蹭脚。 ◆ He wiped his hands on a clean towel. 他用一块干净的手巾擦了擦双手。 wipesth with sth ◆ She was sniffing and wiping her eyes with a tissue. 她边抽泣边用手巾纸拭擦眼泪。 wipesth + adj. ◆ He wiped his plate clean with a piece of bread. 他用一块面包把碟子擦干净。 2 to remove dirt, liquid, etc. from sth by using a cloth, your hand, etc. (用布、手等)擦干净,抹掉 wipesth (from/off sth) ◆ He wiped the sweat from his forehead. 他擦去额头上的汗。 ◆ ( figurative) Wipe that stupid smile off your face. 别那么傻笑啦。 wipesth away/off/up ◆ She wiped off her make-up. 她把化的妆擦掉了。 ◆ Use that cloth to wipe up the mess. 用那块布把脏东西擦掉。 3 to remove information, sound, images, etc. from a computer, tape or video 消除,抹去(计算机、磁带或录像带上的信息等) SYN erase wipesth off (sth) ◆ You must have wiped off that programme I recorded. 你一定是把我录制的节目给抹掉了。 wipesth ◆ Somebody had wiped all the tapes. 有人把所有磁带上录制的内容都抹掉了。 4 to deliberately forget an experience because it was unpleasant or embarrassing 抹去(旧事) SYN erase wipesth from sth ◆ I tried to wipe the whole episode from my mind. 我设法把这整个经历从心中抹掉。 wipesth out ◆ You can never wipe out the past. 你永远不能把过去一笔勾销。 IDIOMS wipe sb/sth off the ˌface of the ˈearth | wipe sth off the ˈmap to destroy or remove sb/sth completely 使…从地球上消失;彻底消除 wipe the slate ˈclean to agree to forget about past mistakes or arguments and start again with a relationship 把以往过错一笔勾销;一消前愆;捐弃前嫌 ☞more at floor n. PHRASAL VERBS ˌwipe sth↔ˈdown to clean a surface completely, using a wet cloth (用湿布)彻底揩擦干净 ◆ She took a cloth and wiped down the kitchen table. 她拿了一块布把厨房桌面擦得干干净净。 wipe sth off sth to remove sth from sth 从…除掉(或抹掉) ◆ Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices today. 今天的股票价格下挫造成数十亿英镑的损失。 ˌwipe ˈout ( informal) to fall over, especially when you are doing a sport such as skiingor surfing (尤指做滑雪或冲浪等体育运动时)跌倒,翻跌下来 ˌwipe sb↔ˈout ( informal) to make sb extremely tired 使疲惫不堪 ◆ All that travelling has wiped her out. 一路舟车辛劳让她疲惫不堪。 ☞see also wiped out ˌwipe sb/sth↔ˈout [often passive ] to destroy or remove sb/sth completely 彻底消灭;全部摧毁 ◆ Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake. 地震把整座整座的村庄夷为平地。 ◆ Last year's profits were virtually wiped out. 去年的利润几乎全都赔光了。 ◆ a campaign to wipe out malaria 消灭疟疾的运动 ☞related noun wipeout noun 1 an act of cleaning sth using a cloth 擦;揩;拭 ◆ Can you give the table a quick wipe? 你把桌子快速擦一下行吗? 2 a special piece of thin cloth or soft paper that has been treated with a liquid and that you use to clean away dirt and bacteria (湿)抹布,纸巾 ◆ Remember to take nappies and baby wipes. 记住带尿布和婴儿的湿纸巾。 wipe / waɪp ; NAmE waɪp /
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