| 词组 | strip |
| 释义 | strip [stripped, stripped, stripping] strip away 1. strip away sth to remove something that prevents you from seeing what someone or something is really like: ▪ The TV cameras have stripped away the mystery around the royal family by revealing their private behaviour and personal problems. ▪ a book that strips away layers of deceit and pretence to show the art world as it really is 2. strip away sth to remove the surface of something, or remove a layer of something that is covering a surface: ▪ Strip away the old paint and sand the wood down. ▪ Rabbits cause damage to young trees by eating their leaves and stripping away their bark. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑strip off 3. strip away sth to get rid of rights or traditions that have existed for along time: ▪ Women's economic and legal rights were stripped away, making them economically dependent on their husbands. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑take away strip down 1. strip down sth • strip sth down to separate an engine or piece of equipment into pieces in order to clean or repair it: ▪ Nigel spent the weekend stripping down his motorbike. ▪ The men sat hunched over cleaning rags and oil, stripping down their SA80 rifles and machine guns. ■ SIMILAR TO: dismantle 2. strip down sth • strip sth down to make something much simpler or more basic +to ▪ Mooney's songs, inspired by folk music, have been stripped down to the essentials. ▪ He vowed to strip his life down to basics, and went to live in a small cabin on a mountainside. stripped-down adj made much simpler or more basic: ▪ Apple's new product, called the "Internet Box" is a stripped-down version of a personal computer, designed just for using the Internet. strip down to strip down to your underwear/pants etc to quickly take off all your clothes except your underwear etc: ▪ Paul stripped down to his swimming trunks and jumped into the lake. ▪ She stripped down to her bra, filled the basin, and gave herself a good wash. strip of 1. strip sb of sth usually passive to take away something important from someone, for example their title, property, or power, especially as a punishment: ▪ Johnson was stripped of his Olympic medal after tests showed he had taken illegal drugs. ▪ Captain Evans was found guilty of fraud and stripped of his rank. ▪ The people had been stripped of all they possessed, including animals, food, and personal belongings. 2. strip sth of sth usually passive to remove a lot of something from something else: ▪ The mountainside has been stripped of trees so that a new paper mill can be built there. ▪ a simplified form of religious worship stripped of all ritual strip off 1. strip off sth • strip sth off • strip off to quickly take off clothes that you are wearing or that someone else is wearing: ▪ Boris loosened his tie, and stripped off his clothes, and a moment later, he was in the pool beside her. ▪ She stripped off his shirt and started kissing his chest. strip off (=take off all your clothes) ▪ Jack stripped off and jumped into the shower. 2. strip off sth • strip sth off to remove the surface of something or remove a layer of something that is covering a surface: ▪ Strip off all the old wallpaper and repair any holes in the plaster. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑strip away strip out 1. strip out sth • strip sth out if you strip a room or building out, you take everything out of it so that you can paint it or change it: ▪ A developer had stripped the house out and converted it into four self-contained apartments. ▪ They stripped out the interior of the building and completely redesigned it. 2. strip out sth • strip sth out BrE if you strip information out of a calculation, you do not include it because you want to see the results without it: ▪ Stripping out currency changes, the company's sales were up 11.7 percent. |
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