Definition of cleaner in English:

cleaner

noun ˈkliːnəˈklinər

1A person employed to clean the interior of a building.
大楼清洁工
she's one of the office cleaners
她是办公室清洁工之一。
Example sentencesExamples
- He handled it really well for a man who doesn't have children, is not used to having to think about money and employs a cleaner.
- Hospitals must employ enough cleaners and give them the right tools to do the job thoroughly.
- Companies use agencies to employ cleaners for their buildings.
- To drain the water out, the residents employed cleaners on Sunday to remove garbage and wild growth from the canal, which have been deposited on the roadside.
- Yet they pay their cleaners just £5.25 an hour with no sick pay or pension.
- She has consistently criticised the health authority for using contract cleaning companies to clean the hospital rather than employing its own cleaners directly.
- And meanwhile they're employing kitchen staff and cleaners from where?
- You said hiring a house cleaner would solve our cleaning problems because we both have full-time jobs.
- In fact, one boy employed as an office cleaner did not even know how to open a door.
- Many years later we have just employed our latest cleaner.
- It says cleaning standards have slipped in hospitals because of a major decline in the number of cleaners employed in the last eight years.
- Every morning in Times Square at around 11.30 am GMT, an incredibly bored looking cleaner sweeps the streets.
- Free public toilets lack the funds to employ a full-time cleaner and because they are free, they are busier.
- He said they employed three part-time cleaners and the visitors also spent money in the local economy.
- The 150 cleaners, housekeepers, office and restaurant staff have been fighting for a better deal for weeks.
- Directors of the company earn 50 times more than the cleaners who work for them.
- I should never have listened to you about hiring a house cleaner.
- On top of that we saw cleaners employed by the hospital who each had a responsibility to maintain their own individual wards.
- I was pointed up to the first floor of the building where some cleaners were mopping up.
- The hospitals were said to be notably clean and had a high standard of decor with cleaners employed directly by the trust, which treated them as valuable members of staff.
Synonyms
attendant, retainer
1. 1.1cleaners A shop where clothes and fabrics are dry-cleaned.
  干洗店
  my suit's at the cleaners
  我的套装在干洗店。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When you drop your clothes off at the cleaners, the employees follow a pattern that holds true at just about any dry-cleaning operation running today.
  You take me on errands to the bank, the cleaners, the pharmacy, and everyone on the street knows you.
  For instance, when all the actors sent their clothes to the cleaners, all of the women's underwear was sent back.
  We were supposed to put all the clothes from the cleaners or the laundry onto crocheted hangers that my grandmother had made for us.
  You get a whiff of that fluid too, every time you pick up your clothes from the cleaners.
2. 1.2 A device for cleaning, such as a vacuum cleaner.
  清洁器（如吸尘器）
  Example sentencesExamples
  A standard central vacuum canister works on the same principle as a conventional cleaner.
  Use one of the many commercial deck cleaners available according to instructions on the label.
  Ultrasonic cleaners only work with hard crystalline stones; otherwise avoid them.
  A mechanical drain cleaner can move the can out of the way - temporarily.
  An electronic cleaner produces negative ions that are attracted to the pollutants.
  The shriveled black olives are then vacuumed up with machines that look like street cleaners.
  Since babies spend so much time on the floor, avoid commercial carpet cleaners that may use harmful chemicals.
  Other firms have shown off prototype robot cleaners, but it is the first to put one into production.
3. 1.3 A chemical substance used for cleaning.
  去污剂，除垢剂
  an oven cleaner
  烤箱除垢剂。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Benzene, a chemical in detergents and oven cleaners, is also known to be a carcinogen.
  It's important to avoid conventional oven cleaners; they contain lye and ammonia, which can damage your respiratory tract if inhaled.
  Do not use abrasive household cleaners on these surfaces because they may scratch.
  Recently, several molecular studies showed that fumes from household cleaners and industrial chemical waste are also asthma triggers.
  Chemical drain cleaners will only free up one small section of the drainage system temporarily.
  There are many commercial bathroom scum cleaners available.
  Disinfectants, deodorant soaps, toilet bowl cleaners and even mouthwash kill the beneficial bacteria.
  Spray the rim, toilet seat, counter top and sink with your all-purpose cleaner.
  Many stove or oven cleaners produce less toxic fumes than earlier versions.
  In oven cleaners, lye and sodium hydroxide can burn skin, eyes, and the respiratory tract.
  Remove marks with a plastic scouring pad and a mildly abrasive cleaner.
  Stronger cleaners such as oven or drain cleaners also contain corrosive substances, which will kill and remove tissue cells.
  Install child safety locks on cabinets to safely store chemicals, cleaners, medicines, cosmetics and other toxic and/or caustic products.
  Try, whenever possible, to avoid the use of aerosol products like air fresheners, oven cleaners and hairspray that vaporise chemicals into the air, your lungs and onto your skin.
  Vinyl cleaners sold in furniture stores or auto stores help clean stubborn soil on vinyl upholstery.
  What goes down the drain at home winds up in the sea - phosphate detergents, household solvents, chemical cleaners and human sewage.
  Supermarket shelves are filled with household cleaners containing strong chemicals which can pollute the environment and pose health hazards.
  Caution: Do not mix bleach and ammonia (or mix any cleaners that contain these chemicals).
  Many soaps and other sudsy cleaners like dishwashing liquid and shampoo are detergents.
  That was just about bearable, but then they started spraying the table-tops with chemical cleaners, the thin mist wafting over onto our plates and up our noses.
  Synonyms
  cleanser

Phrases

take someone to the cleaners

1informal Take all someone's money or possessions in a dishonest or unfair way.
〈非正式〉骗走某人所有的钱；掠去某人所有的财产
he had a lot of dishonest partners who really took him to the cleaners
Example sentencesExamples
- It is perhaps an unintended irony that on the same page that we find ads for cleaners, we find ads for the guys who will take you to the cleaners if you let them.
- Marry a woman, or spend a while with her in a de facto relationship, and she can take you to the cleaners if she doesn't get what she wants.
- The woman seeks revenge by plotting to marry the attorney and then taking him to the cleaners in their own divorce.
- Her drinking accelerated and her accountant took her to the cleaners.
- A bunch of slick, elitist, wingnut hucksters are taking them to the cleaners.
- He may even be afraid that his wife will leave him or take him to the cleaners.
- A QC said I could take him to the cleaners for half his fortune, but I wanted to sort it out amicably so I phoned him.
- Eight years ago I met and married John, sold my house and bought the home we have now, as John had been taken to the cleaners in an acrimonious divorce.
Synonyms
hoodwink, hoax, dupe, deceive, trick, fool, make a fool of, mislead, take in, delude, misguide
1. 1.1Inflict a crushing defeat on someone.
  大败某人
  his team were taken to the cleaners by the Australians in the first Test
  在第一轮测试中，他的队伍大败于澳大利亚队。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Frequently I've felt intimidated, but they're often as nervous as I am, and I rest in the knowledge that I've done my homework, and there is no attempt to take them to the cleaners.
  From there until the interval they took Laois to the cleaners.
  I think that they reckoned we had something of a soft underbelly up front but we took them to the cleaners.
  I think this is the Big Apple, and if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, but you better be good or they'll take you to the cleaners.
  His wife took him to the cleaners, quite rightly in my view.
  In any debate on the EU he will be taken to the cleaners.
  She absolutely took me to the cleaners in a pin trade.
  If one team gets on top of their game and the other team isn't, then they are quite capable of taking them to the cleaners - and that's what happened to us.
  A litigious employee could take us to the cleaners.
  I used to play that with my cousins during the holidays and always took them to the cleaners.
  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

Rhymes

Adelina, Angelina, arena, Argentina, ballerina, Ballymena, Bettina, Bukovina, Burkina, cantina, Cartagena, casuarina, catena, Christina, concertina, congener, contravener, convener, Cortina, demeanour (US demeanor), deus ex machina, duodena, Edwina, Ena, farina, Filipina, galena, Georgina, Gina, gleaner, hyena, Ina, intervener, kachina, kina, Magdalena, marina, Martina, Medina, Messalina, Messina, misdemeanour (US misdemeanor), Nina, novena, ocarina, Palestrina, Pasadena, Philomena, piscina, retsina, Rowena, Sabrina, scarlatina, screener, Selina, semolina, Seraphina, Serena, Sheena, signorina, sonatina, subpoena, Taormina, tsarina, verbena, vina, weaner, Wilhelmina, Zena

Definition of cleaner in US English:

cleaner

nounˈklinərˈklēnər

1A person employed to clean the interior of a building.
大楼清洁工
Example sentencesExamples
- On top of that we saw cleaners employed by the hospital who each had a responsibility to maintain their own individual wards.
- Hospitals must employ enough cleaners and give them the right tools to do the job thoroughly.
- It says cleaning standards have slipped in hospitals because of a major decline in the number of cleaners employed in the last eight years.
- He said they employed three part-time cleaners and the visitors also spent money in the local economy.
- And meanwhile they're employing kitchen staff and cleaners from where?
- In fact, one boy employed as an office cleaner did not even know how to open a door.
- Many years later we have just employed our latest cleaner.
- Free public toilets lack the funds to employ a full-time cleaner and because they are free, they are busier.
- To drain the water out, the residents employed cleaners on Sunday to remove garbage and wild growth from the canal, which have been deposited on the roadside.
- Companies use agencies to employ cleaners for their buildings.
- Directors of the company earn 50 times more than the cleaners who work for them.
- She has consistently criticised the health authority for using contract cleaning companies to clean the hospital rather than employing its own cleaners directly.
- I was pointed up to the first floor of the building where some cleaners were mopping up.
- I should never have listened to you about hiring a house cleaner.
- You said hiring a house cleaner would solve our cleaning problems because we both have full-time jobs.
- Every morning in Times Square at around 11.30 am GMT, an incredibly bored looking cleaner sweeps the streets.
- Yet they pay their cleaners just £5.25 an hour with no sick pay or pension.
- He handled it really well for a man who doesn't have children, is not used to having to think about money and employs a cleaner.
- The hospitals were said to be notably clean and had a high standard of decor with cleaners employed directly by the trust, which treated them as valuable members of staff.
- The 150 cleaners, housekeepers, office and restaurant staff have been fighting for a better deal for weeks.
Synonyms
attendant, retainer
1. 1.1cleaners A place of business where clothes and fabrics are dry-cleaned.
  干洗店
  my suit's at the cleaners
  我的套装在干洗店。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We were supposed to put all the clothes from the cleaners or the laundry onto crocheted hangers that my grandmother had made for us.
  You take me on errands to the bank, the cleaners, the pharmacy, and everyone on the street knows you.
  When you drop your clothes off at the cleaners, the employees follow a pattern that holds true at just about any dry-cleaning operation running today.
  You get a whiff of that fluid too, every time you pick up your clothes from the cleaners.
  For instance, when all the actors sent their clothes to the cleaners, all of the women's underwear was sent back.
2. 1.2 A device for cleaning, such as a vacuum cleaner.
  清洁器（如吸尘器）
  Example sentencesExamples
  A mechanical drain cleaner can move the can out of the way - temporarily.
  Ultrasonic cleaners only work with hard crystalline stones; otherwise avoid them.
  An electronic cleaner produces negative ions that are attracted to the pollutants.
  Use one of the many commercial deck cleaners available according to instructions on the label.
  A standard central vacuum canister works on the same principle as a conventional cleaner.
  Other firms have shown off prototype robot cleaners, but it is the first to put one into production.
  Since babies spend so much time on the floor, avoid commercial carpet cleaners that may use harmful chemicals.
  The shriveled black olives are then vacuumed up with machines that look like street cleaners.
3. 1.3 A chemical substance used for cleaning.
  去污剂，除垢剂
  an oven cleaner
  烤箱除垢剂。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What goes down the drain at home winds up in the sea - phosphate detergents, household solvents, chemical cleaners and human sewage.
  Stronger cleaners such as oven or drain cleaners also contain corrosive substances, which will kill and remove tissue cells.
  Supermarket shelves are filled with household cleaners containing strong chemicals which can pollute the environment and pose health hazards.
  Try, whenever possible, to avoid the use of aerosol products like air fresheners, oven cleaners and hairspray that vaporise chemicals into the air, your lungs and onto your skin.
  Many soaps and other sudsy cleaners like dishwashing liquid and shampoo are detergents.
  Recently, several molecular studies showed that fumes from household cleaners and industrial chemical waste are also asthma triggers.
  Do not use abrasive household cleaners on these surfaces because they may scratch.
  Disinfectants, deodorant soaps, toilet bowl cleaners and even mouthwash kill the beneficial bacteria.
  It's important to avoid conventional oven cleaners; they contain lye and ammonia, which can damage your respiratory tract if inhaled.
  Benzene, a chemical in detergents and oven cleaners, is also known to be a carcinogen.
  Vinyl cleaners sold in furniture stores or auto stores help clean stubborn soil on vinyl upholstery.
  Caution: Do not mix bleach and ammonia (or mix any cleaners that contain these chemicals).
  Spray the rim, toilet seat, counter top and sink with your all-purpose cleaner.
  There are many commercial bathroom scum cleaners available.
  Remove marks with a plastic scouring pad and a mildly abrasive cleaner.
  Chemical drain cleaners will only free up one small section of the drainage system temporarily.
  That was just about bearable, but then they started spraying the table-tops with chemical cleaners, the thin mist wafting over onto our plates and up our noses.
  Many stove or oven cleaners produce less toxic fumes than earlier versions.
  In oven cleaners, lye and sodium hydroxide can burn skin, eyes, and the respiratory tract.
  Install child safety locks on cabinets to safely store chemicals, cleaners, medicines, cosmetics and other toxic and/or caustic products.
  Synonyms
  cleanser

Phrases

take someone to the cleaners

1informal Take all someone's money or possessions in a dishonest or unfair way.
〈非正式〉骗走某人所有的钱；掠去某人所有的财产
Example sentencesExamples
- A bunch of slick, elitist, wingnut hucksters are taking them to the cleaners.
- Eight years ago I met and married John, sold my house and bought the home we have now, as John had been taken to the cleaners in an acrimonious divorce.
- Marry a woman, or spend a while with her in a de facto relationship, and she can take you to the cleaners if she doesn't get what she wants.
- A QC said I could take him to the cleaners for half his fortune, but I wanted to sort it out amicably so I phoned him.
- Her drinking accelerated and her accountant took her to the cleaners.
- It is perhaps an unintended irony that on the same page that we find ads for cleaners, we find ads for the guys who will take you to the cleaners if you let them.
- He may even be afraid that his wife will leave him or take him to the cleaners.
- The woman seeks revenge by plotting to marry the attorney and then taking him to the cleaners in their own divorce.
Synonyms
hoodwink, hoax, dupe, deceive, trick, fool, make a fool of, mislead, take in, delude, misguide
1. 1.1Inflict a crushing defeat on someone.
  大败某人
  the Blue Jays went home and were taken to the cleaners by the Red Sox
  Example sentencesExamples
  From there until the interval they took Laois to the cleaners.
  Frequently I've felt intimidated, but they're often as nervous as I am, and I rest in the knowledge that I've done my homework, and there is no attempt to take them to the cleaners.
  She absolutely took me to the cleaners in a pin trade.
  I think this is the Big Apple, and if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, but you better be good or they'll take you to the cleaners.
  If one team gets on top of their game and the other team isn't, then they are quite capable of taking them to the cleaners - and that's what happened to us.
  I used to play that with my cousins during the holidays and always took them to the cleaners.
  In any debate on the EU he will be taken to the cleaners.
  I think that they reckoned we had something of a soft underbelly up front but we took them to the cleaners.
  A litigious employee could take us to the cleaners.
  His wife took him to the cleaners, quite rightly in my view.
  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

词汇	cleaner
释义	Definition of cleaner in English: cleaner noun ˈkliːnəˈklinər 1A person employed to clean the interior of a building. 大楼清洁工 she's one of the office cleaners 她是办公室清洁工之一。 Example sentencesExamples He handled it really well for a man who doesn't have children, is not used to having to think about money and employs a cleaner. Hospitals must employ enough cleaners and give them the right tools to do the job thoroughly. Companies use agencies to employ cleaners for their buildings. To drain the water out, the residents employed cleaners on Sunday to remove garbage and wild growth from the canal, which have been deposited on the roadside. Yet they pay their cleaners just £5.25 an hour with no sick pay or pension. She has consistently criticised the health authority for using contract cleaning companies to clean the hospital rather than employing its own cleaners directly. And meanwhile they're employing kitchen staff and cleaners from where? You said hiring a house cleaner would solve our cleaning problems because we both have full-time jobs. In fact, one boy employed as an office cleaner did not even know how to open a door. Many years later we have just employed our latest cleaner. It says cleaning standards have slipped in hospitals because of a major decline in the number of cleaners employed in the last eight years. Every morning in Times Square at around 11.30 am GMT, an incredibly bored looking cleaner sweeps the streets. Free public toilets lack the funds to employ a full-time cleaner and because they are free, they are busier. He said they employed three part-time cleaners and the visitors also spent money in the local economy. The 150 cleaners, housekeepers, office and restaurant staff have been fighting for a better deal for weeks. Directors of the company earn 50 times more than the cleaners who work for them. I should never have listened to you about hiring a house cleaner. On top of that we saw cleaners employed by the hospital who each had a responsibility to maintain their own individual wards. I was pointed up to the first floor of the building where some cleaners were mopping up. The hospitals were said to be notably clean and had a high standard of decor with cleaners employed directly by the trust, which treated them as valuable members of staff. Synonyms attendant, retainer 1.1cleaners A shop where clothes and fabrics are dry-cleaned. 干洗店 my suit's at the cleaners 我的套装在干洗店。 Example sentencesExamples When you drop your clothes off at the cleaners, the employees follow a pattern that holds true at just about any dry-cleaning operation running today. You take me on errands to the bank, the cleaners, the pharmacy, and everyone on the street knows you. For instance, when all the actors sent their clothes to the cleaners, all of the women's underwear was sent back. We were supposed to put all the clothes from the cleaners or the laundry onto crocheted hangers that my grandmother had made for us. You get a whiff of that fluid too, every time you pick up your clothes from the cleaners. 1.2 A device for cleaning, such as a vacuum cleaner. 清洁器（如吸尘器） Example sentencesExamples A standard central vacuum canister works on the same principle as a conventional cleaner. Use one of the many commercial deck cleaners available according to instructions on the label. Ultrasonic cleaners only work with hard crystalline stones; otherwise avoid them. A mechanical drain cleaner can move the can out of the way - temporarily. An electronic cleaner produces negative ions that are attracted to the pollutants. The shriveled black olives are then vacuumed up with machines that look like street cleaners. Since babies spend so much time on the floor, avoid commercial carpet cleaners that may use harmful chemicals. Other firms have shown off prototype robot cleaners, but it is the first to put one into production. 1.3 A chemical substance used for cleaning. 去污剂，除垢剂 an oven cleaner 烤箱除垢剂。 Example sentencesExamples Benzene, a chemical in detergents and oven cleaners, is also known to be a carcinogen. It's important to avoid conventional oven cleaners; they contain lye and ammonia, which can damage your respiratory tract if inhaled. Do not use abrasive household cleaners on these surfaces because they may scratch. Recently, several molecular studies showed that fumes from household cleaners and industrial chemical waste are also asthma triggers. Chemical drain cleaners will only free up one small section of the drainage system temporarily. There are many commercial bathroom scum cleaners available. Disinfectants, deodorant soaps, toilet bowl cleaners and even mouthwash kill the beneficial bacteria. Spray the rim, toilet seat, counter top and sink with your all-purpose cleaner. Many stove or oven cleaners produce less toxic fumes than earlier versions. In oven cleaners, lye and sodium hydroxide can burn skin, eyes, and the respiratory tract. Remove marks with a plastic scouring pad and a mildly abrasive cleaner. Stronger cleaners such as oven or drain cleaners also contain corrosive substances, which will kill and remove tissue cells. Install child safety locks on cabinets to safely store chemicals, cleaners, medicines, cosmetics and other toxic and/or caustic products. Try, whenever possible, to avoid the use of aerosol products like air fresheners, oven cleaners and hairspray that vaporise chemicals into the air, your lungs and onto your skin. Vinyl cleaners sold in furniture stores or auto stores help clean stubborn soil on vinyl upholstery. What goes down the drain at home winds up in the sea - phosphate detergents, household solvents, chemical cleaners and human sewage. Supermarket shelves are filled with household cleaners containing strong chemicals which can pollute the environment and pose health hazards. Caution: Do not mix bleach and ammonia (or mix any cleaners that contain these chemicals). Many soaps and other sudsy cleaners like dishwashing liquid and shampoo are detergents. That was just about bearable, but then they started spraying the table-tops with chemical cleaners, the thin mist wafting over onto our plates and up our noses. Synonyms cleanser Phrases take someone to the cleaners 1informal Take all someone's money or possessions in a dishonest or unfair way. 〈非正式〉骗走某人所有的钱；掠去某人所有的财产 he had a lot of dishonest partners who really took him to the cleaners Example sentencesExamples It is perhaps an unintended irony that on the same page that we find ads for cleaners, we find ads for the guys who will take you to the cleaners if you let them. Marry a woman, or spend a while with her in a de facto relationship, and she can take you to the cleaners if she doesn't get what she wants. The woman seeks revenge by plotting to marry the attorney and then taking him to the cleaners in their own divorce. Her drinking accelerated and her accountant took her to the cleaners. A bunch of slick, elitist, wingnut hucksters are taking them to the cleaners. He may even be afraid that his wife will leave him or take him to the cleaners. A QC said I could take him to the cleaners for half his fortune, but I wanted to sort it out amicably so I phoned him. Eight years ago I met and married John, sold my house and bought the home we have now, as John had been taken to the cleaners in an acrimonious divorce. Synonyms hoodwink, hoax, dupe, deceive, trick, fool, make a fool of, mislead, take in, delude, misguide 1.1Inflict a crushing defeat on someone. 大败某人 his team were taken to the cleaners by the Australians in the first Test 在第一轮测试中，他的队伍大败于澳大利亚队。 Example sentencesExamples Frequently I've felt intimidated, but they're often as nervous as I am, and I rest in the knowledge that I've done my homework, and there is no attempt to take them to the cleaners. From there until the interval they took Laois to the cleaners. I think that they reckoned we had something of a soft underbelly up front but we took them to the cleaners. I think this is the Big Apple, and if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, but you better be good or they'll take you to the cleaners. His wife took him to the cleaners, quite rightly in my view. In any debate on the EU he will be taken to the cleaners. She absolutely took me to the cleaners in a pin trade. If one team gets on top of their game and the other team isn't, then they are quite capable of taking them to the cleaners - and that's what happened to us. A litigious employee could take us to the cleaners. I used to play that with my cousins during the holidays and always took them to the cleaners. 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 Rhymes Adelina, Angelina, arena, Argentina, ballerina, Ballymena, Bettina, Bukovina, Burkina, cantina, Cartagena, casuarina, catena, Christina, concertina, congener, contravener, convener, Cortina, demeanour (US demeanor), deus ex machina, duodena, Edwina, Ena, farina, Filipina, galena, Georgina, Gina, gleaner, hyena, Ina, intervener, kachina, kina, Magdalena, marina, Martina, Medina, Messalina, Messina, misdemeanour (US misdemeanor), Nina, novena, ocarina, Palestrina, Pasadena, Philomena, piscina, retsina, Rowena, Sabrina, scarlatina, screener, Selina, semolina, Seraphina, Serena, Sheena, signorina, sonatina, subpoena, Taormina, tsarina, verbena, vina, weaner, Wilhelmina, Zena noun.1 phr. Definition of cleaner in US English: cleaner nounˈklinərˈklēnər 1A person employed to clean the interior of a building. 大楼清洁工 Example sentencesExamples On top of that we saw cleaners employed by the hospital who each had a responsibility to maintain their own individual wards. Hospitals must employ enough cleaners and give them the right tools to do the job thoroughly. It says cleaning standards have slipped in hospitals because of a major decline in the number of cleaners employed in the last eight years. He said they employed three part-time cleaners and the visitors also spent money in the local economy. And meanwhile they're employing kitchen staff and cleaners from where? In fact, one boy employed as an office cleaner did not even know how to open a door. Many years later we have just employed our latest cleaner. Free public toilets lack the funds to employ a full-time cleaner and because they are free, they are busier. To drain the water out, the residents employed cleaners on Sunday to remove garbage and wild growth from the canal, which have been deposited on the roadside. Companies use agencies to employ cleaners for their buildings. Directors of the company earn 50 times more than the cleaners who work for them. She has consistently criticised the health authority for using contract cleaning companies to clean the hospital rather than employing its own cleaners directly. I was pointed up to the first floor of the building where some cleaners were mopping up. I should never have listened to you about hiring a house cleaner. You said hiring a house cleaner would solve our cleaning problems because we both have full-time jobs. Every morning in Times Square at around 11.30 am GMT, an incredibly bored looking cleaner sweeps the streets. Yet they pay their cleaners just £5.25 an hour with no sick pay or pension. He handled it really well for a man who doesn't have children, is not used to having to think about money and employs a cleaner. The hospitals were said to be notably clean and had a high standard of decor with cleaners employed directly by the trust, which treated them as valuable members of staff. The 150 cleaners, housekeepers, office and restaurant staff have been fighting for a better deal for weeks. Synonyms attendant, retainer 1.1cleaners A place of business where clothes and fabrics are dry-cleaned. 干洗店 my suit's at the cleaners 我的套装在干洗店。 Example sentencesExamples We were supposed to put all the clothes from the cleaners or the laundry onto crocheted hangers that my grandmother had made for us. You take me on errands to the bank, the cleaners, the pharmacy, and everyone on the street knows you. When you drop your clothes off at the cleaners, the employees follow a pattern that holds true at just about any dry-cleaning operation running today. You get a whiff of that fluid too, every time you pick up your clothes from the cleaners. For instance, when all the actors sent their clothes to the cleaners, all of the women's underwear was sent back. 1.2 A device for cleaning, such as a vacuum cleaner. 清洁器（如吸尘器） Example sentencesExamples A mechanical drain cleaner can move the can out of the way - temporarily. Ultrasonic cleaners only work with hard crystalline stones; otherwise avoid them. An electronic cleaner produces negative ions that are attracted to the pollutants. Use one of the many commercial deck cleaners available according to instructions on the label. A standard central vacuum canister works on the same principle as a conventional cleaner. Other firms have shown off prototype robot cleaners, but it is the first to put one into production. Since babies spend so much time on the floor, avoid commercial carpet cleaners that may use harmful chemicals. The shriveled black olives are then vacuumed up with machines that look like street cleaners. 1.3 A chemical substance used for cleaning. 去污剂，除垢剂 an oven cleaner 烤箱除垢剂。 Example sentencesExamples What goes down the drain at home winds up in the sea - phosphate detergents, household solvents, chemical cleaners and human sewage. Stronger cleaners such as oven or drain cleaners also contain corrosive substances, which will kill and remove tissue cells. Supermarket shelves are filled with household cleaners containing strong chemicals which can pollute the environment and pose health hazards. Try, whenever possible, to avoid the use of aerosol products like air fresheners, oven cleaners and hairspray that vaporise chemicals into the air, your lungs and onto your skin. Many soaps and other sudsy cleaners like dishwashing liquid and shampoo are detergents. Recently, several molecular studies showed that fumes from household cleaners and industrial chemical waste are also asthma triggers. Do not use abrasive household cleaners on these surfaces because they may scratch. Disinfectants, deodorant soaps, toilet bowl cleaners and even mouthwash kill the beneficial bacteria. It's important to avoid conventional oven cleaners; they contain lye and ammonia, which can damage your respiratory tract if inhaled. Benzene, a chemical in detergents and oven cleaners, is also known to be a carcinogen. Vinyl cleaners sold in furniture stores or auto stores help clean stubborn soil on vinyl upholstery. Caution: Do not mix bleach and ammonia (or mix any cleaners that contain these chemicals). Spray the rim, toilet seat, counter top and sink with your all-purpose cleaner. There are many commercial bathroom scum cleaners available. Remove marks with a plastic scouring pad and a mildly abrasive cleaner. Chemical drain cleaners will only free up one small section of the drainage system temporarily. That was just about bearable, but then they started spraying the table-tops with chemical cleaners, the thin mist wafting over onto our plates and up our noses. Many stove or oven cleaners produce less toxic fumes than earlier versions. In oven cleaners, lye and sodium hydroxide can burn skin, eyes, and the respiratory tract. Install child safety locks on cabinets to safely store chemicals, cleaners, medicines, cosmetics and other toxic and/or caustic products. Synonyms cleanser Phrases take someone to the cleaners 1informal Take all someone's money or possessions in a dishonest or unfair way. 〈非正式〉骗走某人所有的钱；掠去某人所有的财产 Example sentencesExamples A bunch of slick, elitist, wingnut hucksters are taking them to the cleaners. Eight years ago I met and married John, sold my house and bought the home we have now, as John had been taken to the cleaners in an acrimonious divorce. Marry a woman, or spend a while with her in a de facto relationship, and she can take you to the cleaners if she doesn't get what she wants. A QC said I could take him to the cleaners for half his fortune, but I wanted to sort it out amicably so I phoned him. Her drinking accelerated and her accountant took her to the cleaners. It is perhaps an unintended irony that on the same page that we find ads for cleaners, we find ads for the guys who will take you to the cleaners if you let them. He may even be afraid that his wife will leave him or take him to the cleaners. The woman seeks revenge by plotting to marry the attorney and then taking him to the cleaners in their own divorce. Synonyms hoodwink, hoax, dupe, deceive, trick, fool, make a fool of, mislead, take in, delude, misguide 1.1Inflict a crushing defeat on someone. 大败某人 the Blue Jays went home and were taken to the cleaners by the Red Sox Example sentencesExamples From there until the interval they took Laois to the cleaners. Frequently I've felt intimidated, but they're often as nervous as I am, and I rest in the knowledge that I've done my homework, and there is no attempt to take them to the cleaners. She absolutely took me to the cleaners in a pin trade. I think this is the Big Apple, and if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, but you better be good or they'll take you to the cleaners. If one team gets on top of their game and the other team isn't, then they are quite capable of taking them to the cleaners - and that's what happened to us. I used to play that with my cousins during the holidays and always took them to the cleaners. In any debate on the EU he will be taken to the cleaners. I think that they reckoned we had something of a soft underbelly up front but we took them to the cleaners. A litigious employee could take us to the cleaners. His wife took him to the cleaners, quite rightly in my view. 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 noun.1 phr.
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