英语词汇“swab”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

swab

释义

a wad of absorbent material used for applying medication, cleaning wounds, taking specimens, etc

a specimen taken with a swab

a mop or sponge

archaic a useless or contemptible person

to clean (a wound) with a swab

to apply medication to (a part of the body) with a swab

(often + down) to clean (a surface, esp a deck) by washing, esp with a mop

swabber noun

[back-formation from swabber sailor whose job was to swab decks, from Dutch zwabber, from zwabberen to mop]

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