| 单词 | mop |
| 释义 | mop I. 1. a. b. < a surgical mop of absorbent cotton > 2. dialect England 3. a. < his hair was a disorderly yellow mop — T.B.Costain > < grizzled mops of the elderly Fiji chieftains — Mollie Panter-Downes > < perambulating mops known as Yorkshire terriers — Time > specifically < gathered the mops from the heads that were left unskinned on the prairie — Mari Sandoz > b. < dip this mop into the barbecue sauce and slap the roasting meat with it — Sheila Hibben > < poisoned syrup was applied to the tops of plants with a mop — American Guide Series: Florida > c. II. transitive verb 1. a. < mop a floor > — often used with up < strained to mop up the debris left by the … flood — New York Times > b. < a pitcher … should be well mopped out, taking care to scrub the whole interior surface — Emily Holt > < mopped his brow with a silk handkerchief — Waldo Frank > < mopped an imaginary tear from her eye — David Garnett > < mopping his plate with a limp piece of new bread — Kenneth Roberts > — often used with up < mops up his place with a tortilla folded twice — M.M.Liberman > c. < mopping … astringents over that area will shorten the period of discomfort — H.G.Armstrong > < built-up roof coverings shall consist of two or more layers of saturated felt sheets … thoroughly mopped with a hot bituminous cement — Code for Dwelling Construction > 2. slang Britain < swam round with great vigor and mopped up his worms greedily — Irish Digest > < mopping up gin and looking a bit glazed — Anton Vogt > 3. < sent its superb team of oarsmen … to mop the field in the Henley Royal Regatta — David Dodge > — used especially in the slang phrase mop the floor with < the king of Spain mopped his floor with him — London Daily News > — often used with up < just let me at him — I'll mop him up > < a raiding battleship could mop up any and every convoy … guarded only by cruisers — U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings > intransitive verb < first she dusted, then she mopped > — often used with up < residents and workers mopped up after a Sunday night flood — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News > III. < a shaggy creature … came and danced along with her, mopping and mowing — Mary Webb > IV. archaic < the mops and mows of the old witch — R.L.Stevenson > |
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