wipe

英 [waɪp] 美[waɪp]

vt. 擦；消除；涂上
vi. 擦；打
n. 擦拭；用力打

近义词 obliterate exterminate stroke rub erase destroy

CET6 考研 TEM4 CET4 核心词汇中频词

英英释义

1. the act of rubbing or wiping;: "he gave the hood a quick rub"

同义词辨析

clean, clear, sweep, dust, mop, wipe, scrub

这些动词均有"使干净"之意。

clean：是这些动词中最常用的词，指将某物或某处的污物等清除掉，弄干净。

clear：指清除不要的东西。

sweep：指用扫帚等进行清扫，也用作比喻。

dust：指将积落在物体表面的尘土抹去、掸掉或擦去以保干净。

mop：侧重指用拖把擦洗地板，有时也指擦干净或擦去。

wipe：多指用布、纸等物把东西擦净，也指擦掉某物。

scrub：指用硬刷、肥皂或水用力地擦洗某物。

词组搭配

wipe someone's eye

(Brit. informal, dated)get the better of someone

(英，非正式，旧)胜过某人

考试真题

This has wiped 6% off the value of the soft tissue paper market in the UK.

The recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs.

These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks or wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.

实用场景例句

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。

She was sniffing and wiping her eyes with a tissue.: 她边抽泣边用手巾纸拭擦眼泪。

He wiped his plate clean with a piece of bread.: 他用一块面包把碟子擦干净。

He wiped the sweat from his forehead.: 他擦去额头上的汗。

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。

(figurative)Wipe that stupid smile off your face.: 别那么傻笑啦。

You must have wiped off that programme I recorded.: 你一定是把我录制的节目给抹掉了。

Somebody had wiped all the tapes.: 有人把所有磁带上录制的内容都抹掉了。

I tried to wipe the whole episode from my mind.: 我设法把这整个经历从心中抹掉。

You can never wipe out the past.: 你永远不能把过去一笔勾销。

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。

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。

All that travelling has wiped her out.: 一路舟车辛劳让她疲惫不堪。

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

Can you give the table a quick wipe?: 你快点把桌子擦一下行吗？

Remember to take nappies and baby wipes .: 记住带尿布和婴儿的湿纸巾。

I'll just wipe the table...: 我就擦擦桌子。

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。

Gleb wiped the sweat from his face...: 格莱布擦去脸上的汗水。

He shook his head and wiped his tears with a tissue.: 他摇摇头，用纸巾擦掉眼泪。

...antiseptic wipes.: 消毒湿巾

Tony Holmes wiped the smile off the faces of his rivals with a solo 30-second win.: 托尼·福尔摩斯以30秒的领先优势获得了这一赛段的个人胜利，使对手再也笑不起来。

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。

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。

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。

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？

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。

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。

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).

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;