| 词汇 | mop |
| 释义 | mop noun[ C ] uk /mɒp/ us /mɑːp/ a stick with soft material attached to one end, especially used for washing floors: 拖把;洗碗刷 a floor mop地板拖把 a dish mop洗碗刷 NuStock/E+/GettyImages Equipment used for cleaning bath towel besom broom broomstick carpet sweeper fogger garbage stick HEPA filter Hoover household goods paper towel pressure washer rag scrubbing brush squeegee towelette vacuum cleaner waste picker wet wipe wire brush mop verb[ T ] uk /mɒp/ us /mɑːp/-pp- to use a mop to wash something: 用拖把拖洗 He mopped the bathroom floor.他拖了浴室地板。 to clean something cleanDid you clean the kitchen? washYou need to wash your hands before supper. clean upClean up this mess! clean outI spent the weekend cleaning out the kitchen cabinets. wipeShe wiped the mirrors until they shone. wipe downWe wipe down the tables after every customer leaves. to use a cloth to remove sweat from the face: 擦去（脸上的）汗水 He kept pausing to mop his brow.他不断停下来擦去额头的汗水。 Cleaning & tidying places & things adjust airing bed bioremediation clean something out dust dusting freshen (someone/something) up going-over Hoover muck sandblast smarten (someone/something) up spiff someone/something up spit spit and polishidiom spring-clean spruce tidy valet You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cleaning generally Phrasal verbmop something up mop | American Dictionarymop noun[ C ] us/mɑp/ a stick having at one end a mass of thick, cloth strings or a sponge (= soft substance) that you slide along a floor to spread or absorb a liquid in cleaning the floor A mop of hair is a lot of hair in a thick mass: The child’s face was framed by a mop of brown curls. mop verb[ I/T ] us/mɑp/-pp- If you mop the sweat (= liquid produced because you are hot) from your face, you use your hand or a piece of cloth to remove it. Phrasal verbmop up (something) Examples of mopmop Buildings were vacuumed and mopped and air filters changed. The most important action may be the ability of the constituents, possibly working synergistically, to mop up free radicals. A few ' mopping up ' comments may be permitted. It may in some combinations add a sense of completion: buy up, grind up, clean up, tie up, wrap up, mop up. Five activities were addressed : cooking, mopping the floor, doing laundry, shopping for food, and banking or posting a letter. For example, cat can be converted to mat by substituting the first sound of mop. Those of us who have organized similar (if very much more modest) ventures can only mop our brows in amazement. In the picture condition, children were shown pictures of the two words cat and mop to reduce the need to hold them in working memory while they heard the problem. The real requirement is to mop up the unused capacity in hundreds of existing factories up and down the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one can say that they are luxuries or that their purchase is an illegitimate use of purchasing power which calls for mopping up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only do these corridors of concrete mop up the older terraced property; they take delightful specimens of semi-detached houses in their train as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If she gets up in the morning and starts to clean the house she pays it on the mop, brooms and brushes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of this danse macabre will mop up a goodly portion of the money bled from charitable institutions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are spending less of our national resources on housing now because there was a housing boom then to try to mop up unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This imposition of tax on brushes and mops is a new addition to that collective punishment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of mop These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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