| 词汇 | spring-clean |
| 释义 | spring-clean verb uk /ˌsprɪŋˈkliːn/ us /ˌsprɪŋˈkliːn/ [ T or I ] to clean all of a place, especially your house, very well, including parts you do not often clean: 彻底打扫（尤指房屋） Mrs Bridges seemed to have spring-cleaned the whole house. I've been spring-cleaning all day. [ T ] to organize something, getting rid of the things you do not need: The most sensible thing to do is to spring-clean the household finances. The company offers a one-stop software tool for spring-cleaning the home computer. While spring-cleaning my study last week, I found a newspaper dated April 25th 1999. When we're on holiday my mother moves in, spring-cleans the house and gets the carpets cleaned. Next time you spring-clean, take anything someone else might find desirable to a charity shop. Cleaning & tidying places & things adjust airing bed bioremediation clean something out dust dusting freshen (someone/something) up going-over Hoover muck re-rack sandblast smarten (someone/something) up spiff someone/something up spit spit and polishidiom spruce tidy valet You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Classifying and creating order Removing and getting rid of things Related wordspring-cleaning spring-clean noun[ S ] UKuk /ˌsprɪŋˈkliːn/ us /ˌsprɪŋˈkliːn/ an occasion when you clean all of a place, especially your house, very well, including parts you do not often clean: I gave the kitchen a spring-clean at the weekend. I think it's time for a spring-clean. an occasion when you organize something, getting rid of the things you do not need: Does your portfolio need a spring-clean? We have decided that there should be a spring-clean of the TV forecasting team. The next task is to give the house a thorough spring-clean. I gave the attic a good spring-clean last week. An office spring-clean invariably produces a huge pile of outdated electrical equipment. Cleaning & tidying places & things adjust airing bed bioremediation clean something out dust dusting freshen (someone/something) up going-over Hoover muck re-rack sandblast smarten (someone/something) up spiff someone/something up spit spit and polishidiom spruce tidy valet You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Classifying and creating order Removing and getting rid of things Examples of spring-cleanspring-clean I am delighted to report that local schools responded magnificently to national spring-clean week, which proved extremely effective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have undertaken the consideration of many important subjects for law reform and in addition they are subjecting the statute book to a major revision and spring-clean. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the tidiest house needs a spring-clean. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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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