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Definition of wipe in English: wipeverb wʌɪpwaɪp [with object]1Clean or dry (something) by rubbing with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand. 擦净；抹干；擦，抹，拭 Paulie wiped his face with a handkerchief 鲍利用手帕擦了擦脸。 he wiped down the kitchen wall 他把厨房里的墙壁上上下下擦了个干净。 Example sentencesExamples - Wring the cloth almost dry and wipe the furniture section by section, drying with a clean dry cloth as you go so that no section stays wet.
- She gave him a bowl of water with which to rinse out his mouth, then fetched a cloth and wiped his face for him.
- After inspecting the rifle, the inside of the upper receiver, bolt, and bolt carrier were wiped down with a rag and lubricated.
- I picked the cloth up and wiped my face as clean as I could, I gave my hands a quick wipe and put the cloth back on the table.
- When cooked remove basins and strip lining papers away and wipe the basins clean.
- Karl took the iron skillet back off the coals, used a pawful of paper towels to wipe it clean, and set it off to the side to cool.
- First, he would first grab a paper towel and start wiping them down with it.
- After that he took out a white cloth he wiped his face with it.
- Taking a paper towel, I wiped the water from my face and stared again into the depths of the mirror once more.
- Apologies were made, clothes were wiped down and ‘have some of my drink’ offerings were made all over the place.
- Brown then grabbed the cloth and wiped his own forehead with it.
- Using a clean cloth, wipe the warm base with extra effort until no more pine tar shows on the cloth.
- I grabbed a cloth and began wiping every single table.
- Using a clean, wet cloth, wipe the lip of each jar, add a lid and ring and hand tighten.
- Take a paper towel and wipe the lemon scent around the sink.
- Lidiah replied holding up her dagger to the sun rays before bringing it back down to a piece of cloth to wipe it gently.
- Flushing the toilet and reaching up for a paper towel, she wiped her mouth and closed her eyes, rubbing her temples.
- She wiped every part with paper tissues and then placed it in the sunlight.
- She put the cloth down and wiped her hands on her crisp white apron.
- Remsi, who was dying a piece of cloth red, wiped his hands clean, though they remained stained, stood up, and held his hand out.
Synonyms rub, clean, mop, sponge, swab dry, polish Scottish & Northern English dight - 1.1with adverbial Remove (dirt or moisture) from something by wiping.
她擦去了一滴泪水。 Example sentencesExamples - She felt something damp on her head, wiping away the dirt and the blood.
- Taking his right glove off he placed a finger on her cheek and wiped away the dirt that was there.
- The bowl is so well preserved, they were able to wipe off the dirt without risk of damage.
- I figured that at least the next time I had to clean the tack it would not take so long because there would not be nearly as much dirt and grime to wipe off.
- We didn't stop giggling and laughing all night and by the time we left, Debbie's jaw was aching her make-up had gone from wiping away the tears of laughter!
- Let stand overnight, then wipe loosened dirt with paper towels or newspapers.
- Balen picks up the stone and wipes the sand and dirt from it.
- She stood to her feet and wiped as much dirt from her hands as possible.
- He sniffed, wiping the dirt and tears off his face, though also smearing.
- With the back of her hand she wiped away the moisture from her eyes, mentally kicking herself for getting so emotional over it.
- Her gran and dad stood in the background, wiping away tears.
- When you see the movie you'll notice we didn't even bother to wipe off the bird dirt from the wind shield.
- She removed her glasses and wiped away the tears around her eyes.
- He produced a handkerchief from somewhere and gently wiped the dirt, tears, and blood from my face.
- I swipe at my upper lip, wiping away the moisture there.
- She put her hand onto his face, wiping away the moisture that suddenly appeared there.
- He wiped the caked red dirt from his eyes, and was able to clarify that he wasn't just seeing what he wanted to see.
- She wiped mud, dirt and tears off her face and snatched the paper.
- He climbed to his feet, wiping off the dirt that was on his face.
- I wiped off the dirt and brushed the leaves from my hair.
Synonyms rub off, clean off, sponge off, polish off remove, get rid of, dispose of, take off, erase, efface clean up, clear up, mop up, sponge up remove, get rid of - 1.2 Clean (something) by rubbing it against a surface.
把（某物）擦干净 the man wiped his hands on his hips 这位男子在裤子后面蹭了蹭，把手擦干净。 Example sentencesExamples - After each pass of the scraper, wipe the surface clean - it'll achieve a smoother application.
- If you vacuum your pleated shades be sure to wipe the bristles of the brush frequently.
- Jim tossed the pits into the brush and wiped his hands on his pants.
- Giles removed his glasses and wiped them with his handkerchief.
- I brushed it aside and wiped my hands on my jeans before unloading my stuff from my bag.
- He brushed the dust from his blue waistcoat and wiped his aviator sunglasses on the hem of his shirt.
- Two hours and fifteen minutes into the game, upon the expiration of his seventh turn, Ted removed his glasses to wipe them slowly with the worn cotton of his flannel shirt.
- Daria grimaced and removed it, wiping it on her jeans.
- 1.3with adverbial Spread (a liquid) over a surface by rubbing.
涂抹（液体） gently wipe the lotion over the eyelids 轻柔地把药液抹在眼睑上。 Example sentencesExamples - The highest counts of bacteria were found in the wet areas around sinks and on the cloths routinely used for wiping and drying kitchen surfaces and appliances.
- Get the habit of spraying all surfaces with bleach water (cap to quart), and wipe with bleach water rag.
- A weekly wiping with a little liquid ammonia on a soft cloth will help keep unlacquered brass shiny.
- If you are unsure which type paint you have, wash wall, let dry and wipe with rubbing alcohol on a paper towel.
- Used instruments should be wiped throughout the surgical procedure with sponges moistened with sterile water.
- Spray a bit on a shop cloth, then use that to wipe down any metal surfaces in need of ‘rust preventing.’
- If it does not try Denatured Alcohol - wiped over surface with cloth, it works on some adhesives that naptha misses.
- External lipid barriers spread by wiping provide a logical means of waterproofing when the skin doesn't do the job on its own.
- After cleaning the plate, colored ink is rubbed into the grooves and then carefully wiped off the flat surface of the plate.
Synonyms pat, press, touch, blot, mop, swab, smudge
2with adverbial Remove or eliminate (something) completely. 〈喻〉彻底去除（或消灭）（某物） their life savings were wiped out 他们一生的积蓄全没了。 things have happened to wipe the smile off Kate's face 有些事情发生了，凯特脸上笑容顿失。 Example sentencesExamples - He would see himself mouth angry words back at the idling grinning shopkeepers, that would wipe away for ever the pasty smile off their faces.
- Suddenly the Gats treaty is not about trade at all, but a sly means to wipe away restrictions on business and industry, foreign and local.
- Hopefully this change will not wipe away traces of the past, however horrific, before you have a chance to go there.
- The history of the world will wipe away my traces with the same gentle smile that Mummy had on her face as she washed away my paintings.
- On a personal note, Kleenex is indebted to him for all the tissues that girls have used to wipe away tears and heartbreak.
- So the mingling dinosaurs spread diseases and wiped each other out.
- Anything left standing will be wiped off the map by the resulting tsunami.
- ‘This is not an argument for wiping badgers off the face of the earth,’ he writes.
- The budget deficit the Legislature ignored was wiped away with a stroke of my pen.
- Freeserve's share price was in free-fall this morning wiping 20 per cent off the value of Britain's biggest ISP.
- I still have lots and was pleased to discover that a five year rest was sufficient to wipe away burnout.
Synonyms obliterate, expunge, erase, blot out, remove, remove all traces of, blank out - 2.1 Erase (data) from a tape, computer, etc.
a virus that can wipe information from computer hard disks the tapes have been wiped Example sentencesExamples - A good rule of thumb is, never encrypt when you can wipe.
- With this method you wipe not only your files, but your registry and swap file too.
- Computers containing sensitive information are supposed to be wiped free of data before being sold on.
- Forbes reports that some encrypted data has subsequently been wiped from the machine.
- Then you put the CD into the computer you want to wipe and reboot.
- Unfortunately, all such information had been wiped from the computer.
- Deleted files will be wiped from the disk as thoroughly as they can to reduce the possibility of recovery.
- I'll be providing a few homebrew tools for secure data wiping below, but I really can't recommend them on any other filesystem.
- However, wiping a computer's primary hard disk means it will no longer start as normal.
- The code can easily be adapted to do anything from collecting security passwords to wiping a computer's hard drive within seven seconds of activation.
- Remember those programs I described that wipe clean your computer to keep others from knowing where and when you surfed?
- Thousands of e-mail users have wiped a legitimate Windows file from their computers in the past week following an elaborate hoax virus alert.
- It'll wipe off all the information that you have on your computer.
- The virus wiped the source code from his laptop.
- I back up, wipe, format and restore my own system at least three times a week using Mondo's latest release.
- The very Trojan planted to launch the attack or download the incriminating files may be designed to self destruct and wipe itself from the hard drive.
- After hearing nothing for a week she contacted the authority - who said the tapes had been wiped because it had not been notified within three days.
- It can take care of all the logistics headaches associated with disposing old PCs, including collection and data wiping to military standards.
- All he had done was to change the ownership of computers without wiping the hard disks.
- The scientists' obsessive activity has wiped the tape - or at least wiped away the thing last recorded onto it.
- 2.2Australian, NZ informal Reject or dismiss (a person or idea)
〈澳/新西兰，非正式〉拒绝（某人，观点）；解雇（某人）；不理会（某观点） you can wipe that idea, if that's what you're thinking 你可以拒绝那个意见，如果你想那样的话。
3Pass (a swipe card) over an electronic reader. 刷（卡） a customer wipes the card across the reader and enters his/her identification number Example sentencesExamples - There was a strange lack of activity at the Astoria when Astor looked in at the end of the afternoon after wiping a swipe card through a reader to gain access to the lobby.
noun wʌɪpwaɪp 1An act of wiping. 擦，揩，抹 Bert was giving the machine a final wipe over with an oily rag Example sentencesExamples - My palms are soaked with sweat, I give them a quick wipe on my skirt before I place my hand in his.
- Giving it a quick wipe with a towel, he dabs some ‘chunnam’ (slaked lime) on the leaf.
- She gave the coffee table a final wipe and gathered her things.
- I do give the floor a wipe with a sponge from time to time, but mainly I've just taken to wearing shoes in the kitchen.
- I also use a quick wipe of the Floral Skin Toner when my skin feels grubby.
- A quick wipe over with some baby wipes and the scratches didn't look so bad anymore, and Yuri fixed the plastic back on so it's not as bad as it could've been.
- A full wipe on your machine solves the problem and gets you a cheap mammoth camera card.
- Rinse off then give a final wipe over with a weak solution of vinegar and water to produce a sparkling surface free of streaks.
Synonyms rub, clean, mop, sponge, swab, polish 2A disposable cloth treated with a cleansing agent, for wiping things clean. 抹布 Example sentencesExamples - I go back into the bathroom to wash my face and see that the daughter, who insisted on helping me clean the tub and the floor, threw some of the used baby wipes in the toilet.
- Experts say regular use of anti-bacterial wipes and specialist IT contractors can help restrict keyboard infection rates.
- We had to resort to using baby wipes to freshen up.
- The manufacturers believe toilet-goers find a damp wipe used in conjunction with normal dry paper leaves them feeling fresher and cleaner.
- The really fun part is the panic as the date gets closer and you start trying to second guess your packing decisions… do I take the extra baby wipes?
- Now, a box of 384 premade wipes costs around $10.
- The scary bit - his doctor has suggested that he takes his own cup and cutlery in as well as cleaning materials and also to keep a large box of antiseptic wipes by his bed and insist that anyone coming to examine him cleans their hands.
- We soldiers can only get so many packages filled with snacks, baby wipes, magazines, and other nonessential items.
- Sales of soap products have gone up from £76m in 1981 to £173m 20 years later while sales of baby wipes have nearly tripled in the last 15 years.
- He added that popular cleaning products, such as wipes and anti-bacterial gels, were acceptable as second choices if soap and water were not available.
- She said staff used antiseptic wipes for some equipment.
- Clorox, maker of bleach and other household products, has designed Armor All Car Wash Wipes in packages containing a few wipes to be sold at the chain for a buck.
- Although bleary-eyed, I manage to triumphantly wave a giant packet of wet wipes at them, explaining that I think they will find these very useful.
- I haven't had a single attack since I began using baby wipes instead of toilet paper.
- A Ziplock bag with a few baby wipes left in the car is great for wiping hands before drive-through meals, as well as being good emergency stain removers.
- That being said, consider where these wipes are meant to be used, and realise that they are formulated with harsh detergents that may irritate the delicate skin of your face, especially the fragile skin around your eyes.
- I keep a box of final wipes in my desk at work and grab one or two when ever I go to the bathroom.
- Palmer has even called in sponsorship from an insect - repellent manufacturer, providing wipes to keep Glasgow's bloodsuckers at bay.
- Jackie Rose never planned to buy the toilet wipes.
- Neurotics, hand-washers, and obsessive counters - lend me your wet wipes!
3A cinematographic effect in which an existing picture seems to be wiped out by a new one as the boundary between them moves across the screen. 划变 Example sentencesExamples - Nothing boosts the production value of your video quite like adding transistions and wipes between every clip.
- This includes the cross dissolve and a selection of the wipe and iris transitions.
- Split screen, weird wipes, floating frames and fades - they guy does everything possible to replicate the look of a comic page, shy of actually shooting one on an animation stand.
- Or there would be a lot of screen wipes of carriages going by at sort of strategic moments.
- In the Tricked Out Version you get fancy fades and wipes that honestly end up being more annoying than cool.
- Through a series of wipes, the screen splits into as many as eight images simultaneously fighting for the viewer's attention.
- He even uses wipes during a crucial dramatic sequence.
- The use of wipes and dissolves speeds up the sequencing of events, showing us that, while the devil may be in the details, those specific elements are going to be assumed here.
- A variety of video effects, such as wipes and dissolves, can help generate a feeling of suspense.
- But there's nothing like corny video star wipes and bad sound effects carefully preserved for decades to come on DVD to horrify future generations.
- The film itself is a mix of bad video, better filmed bits, excellent animation, and a bunch of old school transitional wipes.
- Processor speed and power will significantly affect the time taken to render special effects, such as dissolves, wipes etc, in video editing packages.
- I produced all the in-box demos for the products and a graphical user interface to make it easy for users to produce fades, wipes and all the fancy stuff that had never been seen on a computer before.
- There is laptop trickery (bad wipes and awkward cuts) throughout the concert.
- Uniquely, almost every edit in the film is a straight cut - there are almost no wipes, dissolves, pans, or other techniques used.
- Overall, everything moves at a good pace, and the various wipes and instant replays don't detract the least from the action.
- An optical wipe introduces the second section, also accompanied by drums but this time at a beating-heart tempo.
- He sets up multi-frame shots, emulating the look of a comic book, with a plethora of flashy screen wipes and dissolves.
Phrasesdated, informal Get the better of someone. 〈英，非正式，旧〉胜过某人 Example sentencesExamples - I was used to farmers, I always found them easy to deal with, they were down to earth, whereas I felt in the city there were a lot of smart people, who'd wipe your eye very quickly.
informal Inflict a humiliating defeat on. 〈非正式〉使遭受耻辱性失败 they wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win 他们3比0大败我方。 Example sentencesExamples - There are some top class players out there who haven't even qualified and would wipe the floor with me every day of the week.
- Shot on a puny budget on the mean streets of Shepherds Bush, it wiped the floor with most British films when it was released in 2000.
- Judging by the way they are wiping the floor with good opposition these days, it's hard to argue that Leigh won't achieve their ambition.
- She totally wiped the floor with him, and it was a delight to hear all the other passengers laughing and cheering.
- Bermuda and the Cayman Islands are wiping the floor with the Bahamas and cleaning up in the financial services sector.
- Built as a summer palace in the ninth century, it predates the Alhambra of Granada - and wipes the floor with it, in my opinion.
- I was looking forward to wiping the floor with him, plus relieving him of the five pounds that we had bet on the contest.
- Fired up with enthusiasm, Lisa and I made it out of bed by 11: 45 am yesterday morning and headed to the outskirts of Ipswich, where we wiped the floor with the rest of my family at ten pin bowling.
- Basketball players from one North Yorkshire school have been wiping the floor with the opposition after completing an unbeaten run of two years.
- It wiped the floor with almost any other action scene I've ever watched.
- And Mulligan had gotten humiliated enough times when Victor wiped the floor with him to know that that look in someone's eyes meant trouble.
- They got the goal, they got the momentum and then in the second half of extra-time they just wiped the floor with us.
- Unfortunately my nephew noticed I was better than before and just raised his game a notch and still wiped the floor with me.
- Not bad in a nation which is currently so powerful on the cricketing front that their talent-studded A team would be confident of wiping the floor with most of the other full test sides.
- But hey, he wiped the floor with that 19th placed horse, and let's face it, the race was probably fixed anyway.
- On other European occasions, we came back and wiped the floor with our opponents.
- But I'm encouraged by the fact nobody's wiped the floor with us, not even Chelsea.
- We wanted to wipe the floor with them, but they wouldn't let us.
- And with 1500 entries and only 6 winners, I undoubtedly wiped the floor with 1493 of them, and finished 7th.
- The 18-year-old came last in the swimming event and gym test but showed his class by wiping the floor with his rivals in an 800 metres cross country race.
Synonyms defeat, beat, best, get the better of, gain the advantage over, prevail over, triumph over, gain a victory over, trounce, rout, thrash, drub, vanquish, conquer, master, overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overthrow, crush, subdue, subjugate
Forget past disagreements or faults and make a fresh start. 原谅过去的错误；忘却以往的冒犯；重新开始 an amnesty for political offenders which would wipe the slate clean and bury the past Example sentencesExamples - To let things go, to wipe the slate clean, to forgive, to forget.
- Off to the big city to seek her fortune; to escape her past, her burnt bridges; to wipe the slate clean.
- The reason new year is such a good thing is that it resets the counter, wipes the slate clean and gives you a chance to try again at the things you failed to do last year.
- He wrote: ‘Let bygones be bygones, wipe the slate clean and work toward peace.’
- Well, we at the Olympics have decided to forget all that, wipe the slate clean and put them to an impartial test.
- It is this ability to wipe the slate clean, to forget history and all its barriers and prejudices, which is behind the attraction of new towns.
- However, due to a recovery plan now in force, they hope to have wiped the slate clean by March, 2005.
- Serialism was vital in the way it wiped the slate clean, invoking a new year zero where everything would be up for grabs.
- I wanted to start afresh, to wipe the slate clean and forget about the endless mother-daughter feud, and finally let go of Ellum.
- But until you can get credit again, you cannot prove you have wiped the slate clean.
- To be fair he had one good idea which became law - wiping the slate clean for people with very minor non-violent offences who had not re-offended for at least ten years.
- A glorious, annually renewed opportunity to use as you please: you can wipe the slate clean, right past wrongs, reinvent yourself entirely!
- With each new year comes a fresh start, a chance to wipe the slate clean, to make way for a happier, healthier, better you.
- Reminiscent of classic thrillers, the movie's real core is the dangerous allure of wiping the slate clean and starting your life all over again.
- Can we please just wipe the slate clean and get a new government?
- So, he'd moved him and his sister to Atlanta, in the hopes that he could start fresh, wipe the slate clean.
- We're the new owners with new ideas and we're making a fresh start and we're going to wipe the slate clean.
- But to abandon subjects does not just wipe the slate clean with the possibility of alternative lifestyles, pursuits and pleasures lining up to divert us.
- We attempted to wipe the slate clean, and start afresh.
- We are going to wipe the slate clean and go back to the drawing board.
Phrasal VerbsSubtract an amount from a value or debt. 扣除价值额（或债务额） the crash wiped 24 per cent off stock prices 这次崩盘使股价跌了24%。 Example sentencesExamples - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20 percent in one day, wiping out close to $1 trillion in wealth.
- Scotland's homes are facing a staggering repair bill of £6.5bn in a crisis that is threatening to wipe a substantial amount off the value of the property market.
- Stock markets dropped to their lowest levels for five years, wiping billions off Britain's pensions.
- In recent years, falling stock markets have wiped out a large chunk of many companies' reserves.
- The Iseq index has lost over 10 per cent in the last three months alone, wiping millions off the value of shares and potentially eroding the value of pension and insurance endowment policies linked to the stock market.
- A profits warning wiped a fifth off the value of the company in one day's trading.
- The decision to continue operating meant IFI continued to accumulate major losses and wiped millions off funds available for pension and redundancy packages.
- But these gains have been more than wiped out by the fall in markets throughout February.
- Troubled Manchester holiday firm MyTravel plunged deep into crisis today as millions of pounds were wiped off its value.
- Five profit warnings have wiped billions off the market value of Morrison.
- The impact of the global downturn in the construction sector has wiped billions off the value of stocks in the sector.
- Billions of euros were wiped off the value of shares worldwide yesterday after the extent of losses at WorldCom sent markets into freefall.
- Literally trillions of dollars have been wiped off the value of savings and retirement plans across America and Europe.
- Millions of pounds were wiped off the value of the company as the share price plunged by 45p to 185p in the first half hour of trading after the surprise announcement to the Stock Exchange.
- Fears of a slump in internet advertising and a realisation that the PC market can't keep growing at its usual 15-20 per cent a year, has wiped millions off the value of even big tech companies like Cisco and Intel.
- Billions of pounds were wiped off the value of Britain's biggest banks while their European equivalents fell on average by 8%.
- Since our launch in November 1999, billions of pounds have been wiped off the value of our competitors, and many established names in telecoms have collapsed.
- As previously reported, Marconi investors and shareholders today have had their first opportunity to quiz the board on its handling of the profits warning which wiped billions off the value of shares.
1Be capsized by a wave while surfing. 〈非正式〉（冲浪时）被浪打翻 Example sentencesExamples - Some say Mortimer wipes out on more waves than he makes.
- Ever wonder what a surfer sees before he wipes out under a building-high wave?
- 1.1North American Fall over or off a vehicle.
〈北美〉（从车辆上）跌下
1Kill a large number of people. 杀死大批人 the plague had wiped out whole villages 瘟疫夺去了一个个村庄所有人的生命。 Example sentencesExamples - We don't relish the thought of destroying innocents, wiping out cultures.
- If we don't co-operate with them, they kill us, wipe us out of existence.
- Then we will be able to massacre them, and wipe them out while they are at their weakest.
Synonyms destroy, annihilate, eradicate, eliminate, extirpate 2Ruin someone financially. 在财务上毁掉某人 Example sentencesExamples - By the time the company filed for bankruptcy, she was wiped out, losing more than $65,000 from her 401, another $80,000 in stock options, and more than $65,000 in severance pay to which she was entitled.
- Reports that Laura has wiped Bruno out financially are, says Warren, nonsense. ‘He's got plenty of money left, whatever people wrote about his divorce settlement.
- One of these lawsuits finally wiped him out financially.
- If American Golf declared bankruptcy, he could be wiped out financially.
- After the ‘tech bubble‘burst, they were wiped out; her subsequent prayers for financial sustenance were loud and clear.
3Be exhausted or intoxicated. 〈非正式〉使某人筋疲力尽；使喝醉 I'm so wiped out I'm ready to keel over
Derivativesadjective In his school, from year 1 to year 6, the pupils are given wipeable white boards so they can experiment with writing more freely than they would with pen and paper. Example sentencesExamples - Matt is useful for disguising uneven surfaces, but marks easily and is not washable (unless it is one of the new ‘wipeable ‘matt emulsions now available).’
- That led to spill-proof material on the seats and a wipeable flat floor.
- The first thing to do is to make sure that everything you buy - fabrics, carpets, paint, wallpaper - is either wipeable, washable or Scotch-guarded.
OriginOld English wīpian, of Germanic origin; related to whip. Rhymesgripe, hype, mistype, pipe, ripe, sipe, skype, slype, snipe, stripe, swipe, tripe, type Definition of wipe in US English: wipeverbwaɪpwīp [with object]1Clean or dry (something) by rubbing its surface with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand. 擦净；抹干；擦，抹，拭 Paul wiped his face with a handkerchief 鲍利用手帕擦了擦脸。 he wiped down the kitchen wall 他把厨房里的墙壁上上下下擦了个干净。 Example sentencesExamples - Wring the cloth almost dry and wipe the furniture section by section, drying with a clean dry cloth as you go so that no section stays wet.
- Apologies were made, clothes were wiped down and ‘have some of my drink’ offerings were made all over the place.
- Karl took the iron skillet back off the coals, used a pawful of paper towels to wipe it clean, and set it off to the side to cool.
- Using a clean cloth, wipe the warm base with extra effort until no more pine tar shows on the cloth.
- Using a clean, wet cloth, wipe the lip of each jar, add a lid and ring and hand tighten.
- After inspecting the rifle, the inside of the upper receiver, bolt, and bolt carrier were wiped down with a rag and lubricated.
- I picked the cloth up and wiped my face as clean as I could, I gave my hands a quick wipe and put the cloth back on the table.
- First, he would first grab a paper towel and start wiping them down with it.
- Brown then grabbed the cloth and wiped his own forehead with it.
- When cooked remove basins and strip lining papers away and wipe the basins clean.
- Lidiah replied holding up her dagger to the sun rays before bringing it back down to a piece of cloth to wipe it gently.
- Taking a paper towel, I wiped the water from my face and stared again into the depths of the mirror once more.
- She gave him a bowl of water with which to rinse out his mouth, then fetched a cloth and wiped his face for him.
- Remsi, who was dying a piece of cloth red, wiped his hands clean, though they remained stained, stood up, and held his hand out.
- She put the cloth down and wiped her hands on her crisp white apron.
- After that he took out a white cloth he wiped his face with it.
- Take a paper towel and wipe the lemon scent around the sink.
- She wiped every part with paper tissues and then placed it in the sunlight.
- I grabbed a cloth and began wiping every single table.
- Flushing the toilet and reaching up for a paper towel, she wiped her mouth and closed her eyes, rubbing her temples.
Synonyms rub, clean, mop, sponge, swab - 1.1 Remove (dirt or moisture) from something by rubbing its surface with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand.
擦净；抹干；擦，抹，拭 她擦去了一滴泪水。 Example sentencesExamples - I figured that at least the next time I had to clean the tack it would not take so long because there would not be nearly as much dirt and grime to wipe off.
- With the back of her hand she wiped away the moisture from her eyes, mentally kicking herself for getting so emotional over it.
- Her gran and dad stood in the background, wiping away tears.
- She felt something damp on her head, wiping away the dirt and the blood.
- Taking his right glove off he placed a finger on her cheek and wiped away the dirt that was there.
- He climbed to his feet, wiping off the dirt that was on his face.
- She stood to her feet and wiped as much dirt from her hands as possible.
- She put her hand onto his face, wiping away the moisture that suddenly appeared there.
- I swipe at my upper lip, wiping away the moisture there.
- When you see the movie you'll notice we didn't even bother to wipe off the bird dirt from the wind shield.
- She removed her glasses and wiped away the tears around her eyes.
- I wiped off the dirt and brushed the leaves from my hair.
- Balen picks up the stone and wipes the sand and dirt from it.
- We didn't stop giggling and laughing all night and by the time we left, Debbie's jaw was aching her make-up had gone from wiping away the tears of laughter!
- Let stand overnight, then wipe loosened dirt with paper towels or newspapers.
- He produced a handkerchief from somewhere and gently wiped the dirt, tears, and blood from my face.
- He sniffed, wiping the dirt and tears off his face, though also smearing.
- She wiped mud, dirt and tears off her face and snatched the paper.
- The bowl is so well preserved, they were able to wipe off the dirt without risk of damage.
- He wiped the caked red dirt from his eyes, and was able to clarify that he wasn't just seeing what he wanted to see.
Synonyms rub off, clean off, sponge off, polish off clean up, clear up, mop up, sponge up - 1.2 Clean (something) by rubbing it against a surface.
把（某物）擦干净 the man wiped his hands on his hips 这位男子在裤子后面蹭了蹭，把手擦干净。 Example sentencesExamples - Two hours and fifteen minutes into the game, upon the expiration of his seventh turn, Ted removed his glasses to wipe them slowly with the worn cotton of his flannel shirt.
- If you vacuum your pleated shades be sure to wipe the bristles of the brush frequently.
- Giles removed his glasses and wiped them with his handkerchief.
- After each pass of the scraper, wipe the surface clean - it'll achieve a smoother application.
- Daria grimaced and removed it, wiping it on her jeans.
- He brushed the dust from his blue waistcoat and wiped his aviator sunglasses on the hem of his shirt.
- Jim tossed the pits into the brush and wiped his hands on his pants.
- I brushed it aside and wiped my hands on my jeans before unloading my stuff from my bag.
- 1.3 Spread (a liquid) over a surface by rubbing.
涂抹（液体） gently wipe the lotion over the eyelids 轻柔地把药液抹在眼睑上。 Example sentencesExamples - If it does not try Denatured Alcohol - wiped over surface with cloth, it works on some adhesives that naptha misses.
- The highest counts of bacteria were found in the wet areas around sinks and on the cloths routinely used for wiping and drying kitchen surfaces and appliances.
- Used instruments should be wiped throughout the surgical procedure with sponges moistened with sterile water.
- If you are unsure which type paint you have, wash wall, let dry and wipe with rubbing alcohol on a paper towel.
- A weekly wiping with a little liquid ammonia on a soft cloth will help keep unlacquered brass shiny.
- Get the habit of spraying all surfaces with bleach water (cap to quart), and wipe with bleach water rag.
- After cleaning the plate, colored ink is rubbed into the grooves and then carefully wiped off the flat surface of the plate.
- Spray a bit on a shop cloth, then use that to wipe down any metal surfaces in need of ‘rust preventing.’
- External lipid barriers spread by wiping provide a logical means of waterproofing when the skin doesn't do the job on its own.
Synonyms pat, press, touch, blot, mop, swab, smudge
2Remove or eliminate (something) completely. 〈喻〉彻底去除（或消灭）（某物） things have happened to wipe the smile off Kate's face 有些事情发生了，凯特脸上笑容顿失。 Example sentencesExamples - On a personal note, Kleenex is indebted to him for all the tissues that girls have used to wipe away tears and heartbreak.
- The budget deficit the Legislature ignored was wiped away with a stroke of my pen.
- ‘This is not an argument for wiping badgers off the face of the earth,’ he writes.
- So the mingling dinosaurs spread diseases and wiped each other out.
- He would see himself mouth angry words back at the idling grinning shopkeepers, that would wipe away for ever the pasty smile off their faces.
- The history of the world will wipe away my traces with the same gentle smile that Mummy had on her face as she washed away my paintings.
- Hopefully this change will not wipe away traces of the past, however horrific, before you have a chance to go there.
- Suddenly the Gats treaty is not about trade at all, but a sly means to wipe away restrictions on business and industry, foreign and local.
- Anything left standing will be wiped off the map by the resulting tsunami.
- I still have lots and was pleased to discover that a five year rest was sufficient to wipe away burnout.
- Freeserve's share price was in free-fall this morning wiping 20 per cent off the value of Britain's biggest ISP.
Synonyms obliterate, expunge, erase, blot out, remove, remove all traces of, blank out - 2.1 Erase (data) from a magnetic medium.
（从磁媒介上）擦去（数据） Example sentencesExamples - With this method you wipe not only your files, but your registry and swap file too.
- However, wiping a computer's primary hard disk means it will no longer start as normal.
- Deleted files will be wiped from the disk as thoroughly as they can to reduce the possibility of recovery.
- I'll be providing a few homebrew tools for secure data wiping below, but I really can't recommend them on any other filesystem.
- It'll wipe off all the information that you have on your computer.
- After hearing nothing for a week she contacted the authority - who said the tapes had been wiped because it had not been notified within three days.
- The very Trojan planted to launch the attack or download the incriminating files may be designed to self destruct and wipe itself from the hard drive.
- The code can easily be adapted to do anything from collecting security passwords to wiping a computer's hard drive within seven seconds of activation.
- The virus wiped the source code from his laptop.
- Then you put the CD into the computer you want to wipe and reboot.
- A good rule of thumb is, never encrypt when you can wipe.
- All he had done was to change the ownership of computers without wiping the hard disks.
- The scientists' obsessive activity has wiped the tape - or at least wiped away the thing last recorded onto it.
- Computers containing sensitive information are supposed to be wiped free of data before being sold on.
- Unfortunately, all such information had been wiped from the computer.
- It can take care of all the logistics headaches associated with disposing old PCs, including collection and data wiping to military standards.
- Thousands of e-mail users have wiped a legitimate Windows file from their computers in the past week following an elaborate hoax virus alert.
- Forbes reports that some encrypted data has subsequently been wiped from the machine.
- Remember those programs I described that wipe clean your computer to keep others from knowing where and when you surfed?
- I back up, wipe, format and restore my own system at least three times a week using Mondo's latest release.
nounwaɪpwīp 1An act of wiping. 擦，揩，抹 Example sentencesExamples - I do give the floor a wipe with a sponge from time to time, but mainly I've just taken to wearing shoes in the kitchen.
- I also use a quick wipe of the Floral Skin Toner when my skin feels grubby.
- A quick wipe over with some baby wipes and the scratches didn't look so bad anymore, and Yuri fixed the plastic back on so it's not as bad as it could've been.
- She gave the coffee table a final wipe and gathered her things.
- My palms are soaked with sweat, I give them a quick wipe on my skirt before I place my hand in his.
- Giving it a quick wipe with a towel, he dabs some ‘chunnam’ (slaked lime) on the leaf.
- A full wipe on your machine solves the problem and gets you a cheap mammoth camera card.
- Rinse off then give a final wipe over with a weak solution of vinegar and water to produce a sparkling surface free of streaks.
Synonyms rub, clean, mop, sponge, swab, polish 2A disposable cloth treated with a cleansing agent, for wiping things clean. 抹布 Example sentencesExamples - I haven't had a single attack since I began using baby wipes instead of toilet paper.
- Although bleary-eyed, I manage to triumphantly wave a giant packet of wet wipes at them, explaining that I think they will find these very useful.
- I go back into the bathroom to wash my face and see that the daughter, who insisted on helping me clean the tub and the floor, threw some of the used baby wipes in the toilet.
- Clorox, maker of bleach and other household products, has designed Armor All Car Wash Wipes in packages containing a few wipes to be sold at the chain for a buck.
- Neurotics, hand-washers, and obsessive counters - lend me your wet wipes!
- That being said, consider where these wipes are meant to be used, and realise that they are formulated with harsh detergents that may irritate the delicate skin of your face, especially the fragile skin around your eyes.
- Sales of soap products have gone up from £76m in 1981 to £173m 20 years later while sales of baby wipes have nearly tripled in the last 15 years.
- The really fun part is the panic as the date gets closer and you start trying to second guess your packing decisions… do I take the extra baby wipes?
- Jackie Rose never planned to buy the toilet wipes.
- We soldiers can only get so many packages filled with snacks, baby wipes, magazines, and other nonessential items.
- We had to resort to using baby wipes to freshen up.
- I keep a box of final wipes in my desk at work and grab one or two when ever I go to the bathroom.
- Experts say regular use of anti-bacterial wipes and specialist IT contractors can help restrict keyboard infection rates.
- The scary bit - his doctor has suggested that he takes his own cup and cutlery in as well as cleaning materials and also to keep a large box of antiseptic wipes by his bed and insist that anyone coming to examine him cleans their hands.
- The manufacturers believe toilet-goers find a damp wipe used in conjunction with normal dry paper leaves them feeling fresher and cleaner.
- Palmer has even called in sponsorship from an insect - repellent manufacturer, providing wipes to keep Glasgow's bloodsuckers at bay.
- He added that popular cleaning products, such as wipes and anti-bacterial gels, were acceptable as second choices if soap and water were not available.
- A Ziplock bag with a few baby wipes left in the car is great for wiping hands before drive-through meals, as well as being good emergency stain removers.
- Now, a box of 384 premade wipes costs around $10.
- She said staff used antiseptic wipes for some equipment.
3A cinematographic effect in which an existing picture seems to be wiped out by a new one as the boundary between them moves across the screen. 划变 Example sentencesExamples - Nothing boosts the production value of your video quite like adding transistions and wipes between every clip.
- But there's nothing like corny video star wipes and bad sound effects carefully preserved for decades to come on DVD to horrify future generations.
- Processor speed and power will significantly affect the time taken to render special effects, such as dissolves, wipes etc, in video editing packages.
- In the Tricked Out Version you get fancy fades and wipes that honestly end up being more annoying than cool.
- There is laptop trickery (bad wipes and awkward cuts) throughout the concert.
- A variety of video effects, such as wipes and dissolves, can help generate a feeling of suspense.
- Split screen, weird wipes, floating frames and fades - they guy does everything possible to replicate the look of a comic page, shy of actually shooting one on an animation stand.
- Or there would be a lot of screen wipes of carriages going by at sort of strategic moments.
- This includes the cross dissolve and a selection of the wipe and iris transitions.
- The film itself is a mix of bad video, better filmed bits, excellent animation, and a bunch of old school transitional wipes.
- Through a series of wipes, the screen splits into as many as eight images simultaneously fighting for the viewer's attention.
- The use of wipes and dissolves speeds up the sequencing of events, showing us that, while the devil may be in the details, those specific elements are going to be assumed here.
- I produced all the in-box demos for the products and a graphical user interface to make it easy for users to produce fades, wipes and all the fancy stuff that had never been seen on a computer before.
- He even uses wipes during a crucial dramatic sequence.
- He sets up multi-frame shots, emulating the look of a comic book, with a plethora of flashy screen wipes and dissolves.
- An optical wipe introduces the second section, also accompanied by drums but this time at a beating-heart tempo.
- Uniquely, almost every edit in the film is a straight cut - there are almost no wipes, dissolves, pans, or other techniques used.
- Overall, everything moves at a good pace, and the various wipes and instant replays don't detract the least from the action.
Phrasesinformal Inflict a humiliating defeat on. 〈非正式〉使遭受耻辱性失败 they wiped the floor with us in a 36-6 win 他们3比0大败我方。 Example sentencesExamples - It wiped the floor with almost any other action scene I've ever watched.
- And Mulligan had gotten humiliated enough times when Victor wiped the floor with him to know that that look in someone's eyes meant trouble.
- But I'm encouraged by the fact nobody's wiped the floor with us, not even Chelsea.
- Built as a summer palace in the ninth century, it predates the Alhambra of Granada - and wipes the floor with it, in my opinion.
- Bermuda and the Cayman Islands are wiping the floor with the Bahamas and cleaning up in the financial services sector.
- On other European occasions, we came back and wiped the floor with our opponents.
- Judging by the way they are wiping the floor with good opposition these days, it's hard to argue that Leigh won't achieve their ambition.
- And with 1500 entries and only 6 winners, I undoubtedly wiped the floor with 1493 of them, and finished 7th.
- I was looking forward to wiping the floor with him, plus relieving him of the five pounds that we had bet on the contest.
- Unfortunately my nephew noticed I was better than before and just raised his game a notch and still wiped the floor with me.
- There are some top class players out there who haven't even qualified and would wipe the floor with me every day of the week.
- They got the goal, they got the momentum and then in the second half of extra-time they just wiped the floor with us.
- We wanted to wipe the floor with them, but they wouldn't let us.
- Not bad in a nation which is currently so powerful on the cricketing front that their talent-studded A team would be confident of wiping the floor with most of the other full test sides.
- But hey, he wiped the floor with that 19th placed horse, and let's face it, the race was probably fixed anyway.
- Shot on a puny budget on the mean streets of Shepherds Bush, it wiped the floor with most British films when it was released in 2000.
- Basketball players from one North Yorkshire school have been wiping the floor with the opposition after completing an unbeaten run of two years.
- The 18-year-old came last in the swimming event and gym test but showed his class by wiping the floor with his rivals in an 800 metres cross country race.
- Fired up with enthusiasm, Lisa and I made it out of bed by 11: 45 am yesterday morning and headed to the outskirts of Ipswich, where we wiped the floor with the rest of my family at ten pin bowling.
- She totally wiped the floor with him, and it was a delight to hear all the other passengers laughing and cheering.
Synonyms defeat, beat, best, get the better of, gain the advantage over, prevail over, triumph over, gain a victory over, trounce, rout, thrash, drub, vanquish, conquer, master, overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overthrow, crush, subdue, subjugate
Forgive or forget past faults or offenses; make a fresh start. 原谅过去的错误；忘却以往的冒犯；重新开始 Example sentencesExamples - So, he'd moved him and his sister to Atlanta, in the hopes that he could start fresh, wipe the slate clean.
- Can we please just wipe the slate clean and get a new government?
- Off to the big city to seek her fortune; to escape her past, her burnt bridges; to wipe the slate clean.
- Well, we at the Olympics have decided to forget all that, wipe the slate clean and put them to an impartial test.
- It is this ability to wipe the slate clean, to forget history and all its barriers and prejudices, which is behind the attraction of new towns.
- The reason new year is such a good thing is that it resets the counter, wipes the slate clean and gives you a chance to try again at the things you failed to do last year.
- A glorious, annually renewed opportunity to use as you please: you can wipe the slate clean, right past wrongs, reinvent yourself entirely!
- To be fair he had one good idea which became law - wiping the slate clean for people with very minor non-violent offences who had not re-offended for at least ten years.
- We attempted to wipe the slate clean, and start afresh.
- To let things go, to wipe the slate clean, to forgive, to forget.
- With each new year comes a fresh start, a chance to wipe the slate clean, to make way for a happier, healthier, better you.
- Reminiscent of classic thrillers, the movie's real core is the dangerous allure of wiping the slate clean and starting your life all over again.
- He wrote: ‘Let bygones be bygones, wipe the slate clean and work toward peace.’
- I wanted to start afresh, to wipe the slate clean and forget about the endless mother-daughter feud, and finally let go of Ellum.
- We are going to wipe the slate clean and go back to the drawing board.
- But to abandon subjects does not just wipe the slate clean with the possibility of alternative lifestyles, pursuits and pleasures lining up to divert us.
- Serialism was vital in the way it wiped the slate clean, invoking a new year zero where everything would be up for grabs.
- However, due to a recovery plan now in force, they hope to have wiped the slate clean by March, 2005.
- But until you can get credit again, you cannot prove you have wiped the slate clean.
- We're the new owners with new ideas and we're making a fresh start and we're going to wipe the slate clean.
Phrasal VerbsSubtract an amount from a value or debt. 扣除价值额（或债务额） the crash wiped 24 percent off stock prices 这次崩盘使股价跌了24%。 Example sentencesExamples - Troubled Manchester holiday firm MyTravel plunged deep into crisis today as millions of pounds were wiped off its value.
- As previously reported, Marconi investors and shareholders today have had their first opportunity to quiz the board on its handling of the profits warning which wiped billions off the value of shares.
- Five profit warnings have wiped billions off the market value of Morrison.
- Scotland's homes are facing a staggering repair bill of £6.5bn in a crisis that is threatening to wipe a substantial amount off the value of the property market.
- The Iseq index has lost over 10 per cent in the last three months alone, wiping millions off the value of shares and potentially eroding the value of pension and insurance endowment policies linked to the stock market.
- Fears of a slump in internet advertising and a realisation that the PC market can't keep growing at its usual 15-20 per cent a year, has wiped millions off the value of even big tech companies like Cisco and Intel.
- But these gains have been more than wiped out by the fall in markets throughout February.
- A profits warning wiped a fifth off the value of the company in one day's trading.
- The impact of the global downturn in the construction sector has wiped billions off the value of stocks in the sector.
- Literally trillions of dollars have been wiped off the value of savings and retirement plans across America and Europe.
- Stock markets dropped to their lowest levels for five years, wiping billions off Britain's pensions.
- Millions of pounds were wiped off the value of the company as the share price plunged by 45p to 185p in the first half hour of trading after the surprise announcement to the Stock Exchange.
- Billions of pounds were wiped off the value of Britain's biggest banks while their European equivalents fell on average by 8%.
- In recent years, falling stock markets have wiped out a large chunk of many companies' reserves.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20 percent in one day, wiping out close to $1 trillion in wealth.
- Since our launch in November 1999, billions of pounds have been wiped off the value of our competitors, and many established names in telecoms have collapsed.
- The decision to continue operating meant IFI continued to accumulate major losses and wiped millions off funds available for pension and redundancy packages.
- Billions of euros were wiped off the value of shares worldwide yesterday after the extent of losses at WorldCom sent markets into freefall.
1Fall over or off a vehicle. 〈北美〉（从车辆上）跌下 - 1.1Be capsized by a wave while surfing.
〈非正式〉（冲浪时）被浪打翻 Example sentencesExamples - Some say Mortimer wipes out on more waves than he makes.
- Ever wonder what a surfer sees before he wipes out under a building-high wave?
1Kill a large number of people. 杀死大批人 the plague had wiped out whole villages 瘟疫夺去了一个个村庄所有人的生命。 Example sentencesExamples - If we don't co-operate with them, they kill us, wipe us out of existence.
- We don't relish the thought of destroying innocents, wiping out cultures.
- Then we will be able to massacre them, and wipe them out while they are at their weakest.
Synonyms destroy, annihilate, eradicate, eliminate, extirpate 2Ruin someone financially. 在财务上毁掉某人 Example sentencesExamples - One of these lawsuits finally wiped him out financially.
- After the ‘tech bubble‘burst, they were wiped out; her subsequent prayers for financial sustenance were loud and clear.
- By the time the company filed for bankruptcy, she was wiped out, losing more than $65,000 from her 401, another $80,000 in stock options, and more than $65,000 in severance pay to which she was entitled.
- If American Golf declared bankruptcy, he could be wiped out financially.
- Reports that Laura has wiped Bruno out financially are, says Warren, nonsense. ‘He's got plenty of money left, whatever people wrote about his divorce settlement.
3Exhaust or intoxicate someone. 〈非正式〉使某人筋疲力尽；使喝醉
Eliminate something completely. 〈喻〉彻底去除（或消灭）（某物） their life savings were wiped out 他们一生的积蓄全没了。 Example sentencesExamples - The treatment stopped the cancer within a week, completely wiping it out in some animals.
- I think what you need to consider is the possibility of wiping that debt out completely - your number of $200 billion is correct.
- The protagonist, of course, has the job of tracking down the source of this virus and wiping it out.
- Fortunately, there are thousands of scientists working all over the world probing this disease - its roots and mechanisms - in order to wipe it out once and for all.
- If you punish bad behavior, the net effect is not, as intended, to wipe it out - but, instead, to drive it underground and inadvertently entrench it.
OriginOld English wīpian, of Germanic origin; related to whip. |