swab

英 [swɒb] 美 [swɑb]

解释

※ 提供单词"swab"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

swab 拖把，抹布，清洗，擦拭，拭子，药签

缩写自 swabber,拖把，尤指清扫甲板的拖把，来自荷兰语 zwabber,来自 Proto-Germanic*swabb, 拖，可能来自拟声词，模仿拖地的声音。后用于指医用的拭子，药签，且成为主要词义。

swab (n.): 1650s, "mop made of rope or yarn," from swabber (c. 1600) "mop for cleaning a ship's deck," from Dutch zwabber, akin to West Frisian swabber "mop," from Proto-Germanic *swabb-, perhaps of imitative origin, denoting back-and-forth motion, especially in liquid.

Non-nautical meaning "anything used for mopping up" is from 1787; as "cloth or sponge on a handle to cleanse the mouth, etc.," from 1854. Slang meaning "a sailor" first attested 1798, short for swabber "member of a ship's crew assigned to swab decks" (1590s), which by c. 1600 was being used in a broader sense of "one who behaves like a low-ranking sailor, one fit only to use a swab."
swab (v.): 1719, possibly a back-formation from swabber (see swab (n.)). Related: Swabbed; swabbing. Related: Swabification "mopping" (1833).

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2. Yet I kind of think I've - yes, I've seen the swab.: 不过,我好像记起来了 —— 是的, 我见过这狗东西.

3. Administer the salve to the sunburned area with a cotton swab.: 请用棉药签把药膏敷在晒伤的地方.

4. We have to swab out the sitting - room before your mother comes back.: 我们得在你妈妈回来之前把客厅擦洗干净.

5. She used cotton wool to swab her wounds when they bled.: 伤口渗出来的血水需要棉花来抹掉.