单词 | wipe out |
释义 | wipe out From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwipe out phrasal verb1 wipe something ↔ outDESTROY to destroy, remove, or get rid of something completely Whole villages were wiped out by the floods. Nothing could wipe out his bitter memories of the past.2 wipe somebody ↔ out informalTIRED to make you feel extremely tired The heat had wiped us out. → wiped out3 American EnglishFALLHIT/BUMP INTO to fall or hit an object when you are doing something Scott wiped out on his bike. → wipe→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswipe out• The entire village was wiped out.• The fur trade has wiped leopards out in some areas.• Archaeologists think that massive floods could have wiped out the dinosaurs. |
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