wipe
英 [wa?p]
美[wa?p]
- vt. 擦；消除；涂上
- vi. 擦；打
- n. 擦拭；用力打
CET4CET6TEM4考研中频词核心词汇
词态变化
复数:?wipes;第三人称单数:?wipes;过去式:?wiped;过去分词:?wiped;现在分词:?wiping;
中文词源
wipe 擦，洗
来自PIE*weip,弯，转，摇晃，词源同vibrate,whip。引申词义前后移动，清洗，擦拭。
英文词源
- 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" (cognates: Danish vippe, Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen, Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble" (source of Latin vibrare "to shake;" see vibrate).
双语例句
- 1. When he had finished washing he began to wipe the basin clean.
- 他清洗完后开始把洗脸池擦拭干净。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.
- 这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?
- 为什么不洗心革面、从头来过呢？
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She gave the table a quick wipe and disappeared behind the counter.
- 她很快地擦了擦桌子，然后就消失到柜台后面去了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.
- 把这些蘑菇擦干净，然后用线穿起来。
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