| 单词 | cleansing |
| 释义 | cleansing (once / 2277 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY cleansing: cleansings+/cleanse: cleansed, cleanser, cleanses, cleansing/cleanser: cleansers USAGE EXAMPLESIn the morning, I use a sensitive cleansing gel from my dermatologist, Dr. Paul Jarrod Frank, on my face. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The cleansing power of fire is exactly what we need to say good riddance to this relentlessly dreadful year. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) In the open letter, the group said the government crackdown on the population amounted to "ethnic cleansing". BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the act of making something clean Syn|Hypo|Hyper cleaning, cleanup disinfestation the activity of getting rid of vermin spring-cleaningthe activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter scouring, scrub, scrubbingthe act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water dry cleaningthe act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water sweepingthe act of cleaning with a broom purge, purgingan act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements purificationthe act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities sterilisation, sterilizationthe procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) sanitation, sanitisation, sanitizationmaking something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing depilation, epilationthe act of removing hair (as from an animal skin) bathing, washupthe act of washing yourself (or another person) housecleaningthe act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house mopping, swabbingcleaning with a mop abreaction, catharsis, katharsis(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions catharsis, katharsis, purgationpurging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels pasteurisation, pasteurizationpartial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food shave, shavingthe act of removing hair with a razor electrolysisremoving superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root shower, shower bathwashing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle bathyou soak and wash your body in a bathtub sponge bathyou wash your body with a sponge or washcloth instead of in a bathtub Turkish bath, steam bath, vapor bath, vapour bathyou sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower improvement the act of improving something 2adj cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands Syn ablutionary purifying freeing from noxious matter 3adj acting like an antiseptic Syn purifying antiseptic thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms |
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