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Swab Clean Small Piece Wound Substance Swɒb Swɑːb

The word "swab" refers to a piece of cotton used for medical purposes (like cleaning wounds) or as a verb meaning to clean by wiping or mopping.

swab /swɒ̱b/ 医用拭子,棉签,药签;擦洗,擦拭

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swab
/swɒ̱b/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词](医用)拭子,棉签,药签 A swab is a small piece of cotton wool used by a doctor or nurse for cleaning a wound or putting a substance on it.
    2
    [VERB 动词](用拖把、抹布等)擦洗,擦拭 If you swab something, you clean it using a wet cloth or a tool called a mop.
      [V n]
    • I noticed a lone man in the cafeteria swabbing the floor as I passed.

      我路过时注意到一个男子独自在自助餐厅里拖地。


    Oxford swab / swɒb ; NAmE swɑːb /
    noun
    ,
    verb
    swab swabs swabbed swabbing
    noun 1 a piece of soft material used by a doctor, nurse, etc. for cleaning wounds or taking a sample from sb's body for testing (医用的)拭子,药签 2 an act of taking a sample from sb's body, with a swab 用拭子对(人体)化验标本的采集 ◆ to take a throat swab 用棉签从咽部采集化验样品 verb ( -bb- ) 1 swabsth to clean or remove liquid from a wound, etc, using a swab 用拭子擦拭 2 swabsth (down) to clean or wash a floor, surface, etc. using water and a cloth, etc. 擦洗,擦拭(地板等) swab / swɒb ; NAmE swɑːb /
    LDC
    swab1 noun
    swab2 verb
    swabswab1 /swɒb $ swɑːb/ noun [countable]
    Word Origin
    Examples
    word sets
    1a small piece of material used to clean a wound or take a small amount of a substance from someone’s body in order to test it:  a cotton swab2a small amount of a substance that is taken from someone’s body with a swab in order to test it:  The doctor took a throat swab to check for infection.
    swab1 noun
    swab2 verb
    swabswab2 verb (past tense and past participle swabbed, present participle swabbing) [transitive]
    Verb Table
    Examples
    word sets
    1 (also swab something ↔ down) to clean something using a large amount of water:  a girl who was swabbing the tiled floor with a mop2to clean a wound with a small piece of special material
    WDF

    swab

    [swɒb]swabbed, swabbing, swabs

    n18793
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    v20181
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    NOUN15909
    21406
    VERB25482
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    Spoken:

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    swabbed[330] swabs[617]
    医用海绵(45%),擦净(33%),以棉花棒涂敷于(22%)
    n.药签,[外科] 拭子;医用海绵,纱布;拖把,擦帚;无赖
    vt.打扫,擦拭;涂抹(药)于

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