| 单词 | cleanout |
| 释义 | cleanout[ kleen-out ] / ˈklinˌaʊt / nounan act of cleaning out. an opening or passage giving access to a place that requires occasional cleaning, as a soil pipe. Origin of cleanout1885–90, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase clean out Words nearby cleanoutcleanliness, Cleanliness is next to godliness, clean-living, cleanly, cleanness, cleanout, clean room, cleanse, cleanser, clean-shaven, clean sheet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cleanout
British Dictionary definitions for cleanoutclean out verb (tr, adverb)(foll by of or from) to remove (something) (from or away from) slang to leave (someone) with no moneygambling had cleaned him out informal to exhaust (stocks, goods, etc) completely Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with cleanoutclean out See clean up, def. 1. Empty something of its contents, leave bare. For example, The crows cleaned out the whole field of corn, or At the shop's first sale the customers cleaned out the entire stock of shoes. [Mid-1800s] Deprive of money or other material resources. This usage originated in gambling, where it signified losing one's last stake. Charles Dickens had it in Oliver Twist (1838): “He has cleaned me out, but I can go and earn some more.” [Early 1800s] Drive out by force, as in The new CEO tried to get away with cleaning out all employees over the age of 60. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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