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

noun | verb

swabswab1 /swɑb/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYswab¹

Origin: 1600-1700 Probably from early Dutch swabbe

1a short stick with cotton on the end, used to clean a wound, clean your ears, or put medicine on your body → Q-tip: a cotton swab2a small piece of soft material used to clean a wound or put medicine on someone’s body3a small amount of something that is taken from someone’s body using a swab, in order to do a medical test

noun | verb

swabswab2 verb (swabbed, swabbing) [transitive]

VERB TABLE

swab

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	swab
	he, she, it	swabs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	swabbed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have swabbed
	he, she, it	has swabbed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had swabbed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will swab
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have swabbed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am swabbing
	he, she, it	is swabbing
	you, we, they	are swabbing
Past	I, he, she, it	was swabbing
	you, we, they	were swabbing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been swabbing
	he, she, it	has been swabbing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been swabbing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be swabbing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been swabbing

1 (also swab down) to clean something, especially the floors of a ship2to clean a wound with a piece of material