wipe

英[waɪp] 美[waɪp]

反义词

复数: wipes;第三人称单数: wipes;过去式: wiped;过去分词: wiped;现在分词: wiping;

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。

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).

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。

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。