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wipe 音標拼音: [w'ɑɪp] n. 擦拭,用力打
vt. 擦,揩,消除,涂上,拭去 vi. 打 擦拭,用力打擦,揩,消除,塗上,拭去打 wipe 擦; 消除 wipe n 1: the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub" [synonym: {rub}, {wipe}] v 1: rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth" [synonym: {wipe}, {pass over}] Wipe \Wipe\, n. 1. Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean. [1913 Webster] 2. A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. [Low] [1913 Webster] 3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 4. A handkerchief. [Thieves' Cant or Slang] [1913 Webster] 5. Stain; brand. [Obs.] "Slavish wipe." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Wipe \Wipe\, n. [Cf. Sw. vipa, Dan. vibe, the lapwing.] (Zool.) The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Wipe \Wipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wiped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiping}.] [OE. vipen, AS. w[imac]pian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one's self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.] [1913 Webster] 1. To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. [1913 Webster] Let me wipe thy face. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. --2 Kings xxi. 13. [1913 Webster] 2. To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively. "To wipe out our ingratitude." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods. --Robynson (More's Utopia) [1913 Webster] {To wipe a joint} (Plumbing), to make a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing. {To wipe the nose of}, to cheat. [Old Slang] [1913 Webster] 96 Moby Thesaurus words for "wipe": air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blackout, bleach, blocking, blot, bowdlerize, brush, burn, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, conk, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, delouse, dematerialization, departure, depurate, desiccate, deterge, disappearance, disappearing, dispersion, dissipation, dissolution, dissolving, drain, dry, dry-clean, dust, dust off, eclipse, elimination, erasure, evanescence, evaporate, evaporation, expurgate, exsiccate, extinction, fadeaway, fadeout, fading, fire, freshen, going, hit, insolate, kerchief, kiln, knock, lick, lustrate, melting, mummify, occultation, parch, passing, purge, purify, rap, reform, rub, scavenge, scorch, sear, shrivel, smoke, soak up, sponge, spruce, steam-clean, sun, sun-dry, swab, swat, sweep out, sweeten, swipe, tidy, torrefy, towel, vanishing, vanishing point, weazen, whiten, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up, wither, wizen |
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