| 词组 | clear |
| 释义 | clear [cleared, cleared, clearing] clear away 1. clear away sth • clear sth away • clear away to put away the things that you have been using so that a place looks neat again, especially after a meal: ▪ By ten-thirty we'd cleared away the breakfast things and everyone was ready to go out. ▪ You'd better clear all these toys away before your grandmother gets here. ▪ Mum was watching television, so the rest of us cleared away and washed up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑clear up BrE, ↑tidy away 2. clear away to move away from a place: ▪ The protesters slowly cleared away from the building when the police arrived. clear off 1. clear off! spoken, especially BrE used to tell someone rudely and angrily to go away: ▪ Clear off and don't come back! ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go away, push off! BrE spoken informal, buzz off! spoken informal 2. clear off • clear off sth informal, especially BrE to leave a place quickly: ▪ Frank cleared off at about ten o'clock, without saying where he was going. + to ▪ I couldn't stand the English climate, so I cleared off to America as soon as I could. clear out 1. clear out sth • clear sth out to make a room, cupboard etc tidy and throw away the things in it you do not need or want anymore: ▪ While I was clearing out the attic, I found some old photographs of my mother. ▪ It took them hours just to clear out the hall cupboards. clear-out n singular when you make a place tidy and throw away the things in it that you do not need or want anymore: ▪ Look at this mess - it's time we had a big clear-out in here. 2. clear out informal to leave a place or building quickly or suddenly, especially permanently: ▪ By the time the police arrived the men had already cleared out. + of ▪ I'll give you two hours to collect your things and clear out of here! clear out! (=used to tell someone rudely and angrily to leave a place) ▪ Clear out! I don't want to see you again! ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get out clear up 1. clear up • clear up sth • clear sth up BrE to put things back where they are usually kept and make a place clean and tidy, especially after a meal, party etc: ▪ Let's clear up as quickly as possible and then watch the film on TV. clear up the mess BrE ▪ I went through to the front room to clear up the mess. clear up after sb (=make a place clean and tidy after someone else has made it dirty and untidy) ▪ I'm tired of clearing up after other people all the time! ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑tidy up BrE 2. clear up sth • clear sth up to solve a problem or deal with a disagreement or a situation in which people have become confused: ▪ Talks continued late into the night in an effort to clear up the remaining difficulties. ▪ Why don't you phone him and clear up the confusion? ▪ There are various problems of organization that still need to be cleared up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sort out 3. clear up sth • clear sth up to find an explanation for something that is strange and hard to understand: ▪ Officials have been unable to clear up the mystery of how the ship caught fire. ▪ The case was never cleared up completely and no one knows what happened to the man suspected of her murder. ■ SIMILAR TO: solve 4. clear up • clear up sth • clear sth up if an illness or infection clears up, or if medicine clears it up, it gets better and disappears: ▪ Keep taking the antibiotics and the infection should clear up within a week. ▪ The doctor prescribed a cream which will help to clear it up. 5. the weather clears up/it clears up if the weather clears up, it stops raining and becomes more pleasant: ▪ If the weather clears up, why don't we go to the beach this afternoon? ▪ The weather forecast said that it would clear up later in the day. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑brighten up |
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