| 单词 | swab |
| 释义 | Word Frequency swab(swɒb) noun 1. medicine a. a small piece of cotton, gauze, etc, for use in applying medication, cleansing a wound, or obtaining a specimen of a secretion, etc b. the specimen so obtained 2. a mop for cleaning floors, decks, etc 3. a brush used to clean a firearm's bore 4. slang an uncouth or worthless fellow verbWord forms: swabs, swabbing or swabbed 5. (transitive) to clean or medicate with or as if with a swab 6. (transitive; foll by up) to take up with a swab Word origin C16: probably from Middle Dutch swabbe mop; related to Norwegian svabba to splash, Dutch zwabberen to mop, German schwappen to slop over |
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