| 释义 |
mop /BrE mɒp; NAmE mɑːp/
(-pp-)
► SEE ALLmop upmop sth upmop sb/sth up●ˌmop ˈup●ˌmop sth ˈup1. to clean up liquid or remove liquid from somewhere, using sth that absorbs it 吸净，抹去（水迹）◆I always have to mop up after he’s had a shower.
他淋浴过后我总得擦干水迹。◆Can you mop up the water on the bathroom floor?
请擦掉浴室地板上的水好吗？◆She mopped up the sauce with a piece of bread.
她用面包片把酱料蘸干净了。◆Mopping-up operations have begun after the floods.
洪水过后，善后工作已经展开。2. to use up all of sth 用光；用完◆The new factory should mop up the pool of surplus labour.
新工厂应该把剩余劳力全部用上。3. to take control of sth 控制；支配◆The company started mopping up smaller firms.
这家公司开始兼并小公司。[v + adv] [v + adv + n] [v + pron + adv] [v + n + adv] (less frequent) ●ˌmop sb/sth ˈupto get rid of the last few people who continue to oppose you; to finish tasks that remain 肃清（残敌）；完成（余下的工作）◆The army mopped up some isolated pockets of resistance.
部队剿灭了一些孤立的抵抗势力。◆There are a few things to mop up before we go.
我们走之前还有几件事儿要完成。[v + adv + n] [v + pron + adv] [v + n + adv] (less frequent) |