wipe /waɪp/► SEE ALLwipe the floor with sbwipe sth off the face of the earthwipe the slate cleanwipe the/that smile, grin, etc. off your/sb’s face ●wipe the ˈfloor with sb (informal) defeat sb completely and easily in an argument, competition, etc.（在辩论、比赛等中）彻底战胜，把某人打得一败涂地◆They started arguing about the education reforms, and she wiped the floor with him. 他们就教育改革问题展开辩论，结果她把他驳得哑口无言。◆Italy wiped the floor with Austria, beating them 5-0. 意大利队以5:0大胜奥地利队。●wipe sth off the ˌface of the ˈearth ( wipe sth off the ˈmap) completely destroy sth使…从地球上消失；彻底消除◆If a meteor hit us, whole cities would be wiped off the face of the earth. 如果流星击中我们，整座城市都会毁灭。◆The fall in prices wiped a lot of small businesses off the map. 价格的下降彻底击垮了很多小企业。●wipe the slate ˈcleanagree to forget about past mistakes or arguments and start again with a relationship把以往过错一笔勾销；捐弃前嫌◆We’re both to blame. Let’s wipe the slate clean and start again. 我们俩都有错。让我们捐弃前嫌，重新开始吧。ORIGINIn the past, people wrote on a slate with chalk(= a soft white stone). If you wiped it, you rubbed off the marks written on it.旧时，人们用白垩（chalk）在石板上写字。擦掉后，上面的文字就没有了。●wipe the/that ˈsmile, ˈgrin, etc. off your/sb’s face (informal) 1.used to tell sb to stop smiling, etc. because it is annoying or not appropriate（因为讨厌或不合时宜而让某人）不要笑了◆Wipe that smile off your face or I’ll send you out of the classroom. 再笑我就把你赶出教室。2.make sb feel less happy or satisfied with sth使某人不再开心；使某人得意不下去◆The news from the stock market soon wiped the smile off his face. 股市上传来的消息使他再也笑不出来。