wipe
US: /ˈwaɪp/
UK: /wˈaɪp/
UK: /wˈaɪp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
wipe /waip/
- danh từ
- sự lau, sự chùi
- (từ lóng) cái tát, cái quật
- (từ lóng) khăn tay
- ngoại động từ
- lau, chùi
- to wipe one's face: lau mặt
- to wipe something dry: lau khô một vật gì
- to wipe one's eyes: lau nước mắt, thôi khóc
- to wipe at
- (từ lóng) quật, tống cho một qu; giáng cho một đòn
- to wipe away
- tẩy (vết bẩn); lau sạch (nước mắt)
- to wipe off
- lau đi, lau sạch, tẩy đi
- làm tắt (một nụ cười)
- thanh toán, tr hết, giũ sạch (nợ cũ)
- quên đi, xoá sạch (mối bất hoà cũ...)
- to wipe out
- lau chùi, lau sạch, chùi, tẩy (vết bẩn)
- tiêu diệt (quân đội); triệt hạ (thành phố)
- thanh toán, tr hết (nợ); rửa (nhục)
- to wipe up
- lau sạch, chùi sạch
- to wipe someone's eye
- (từ lóng) phỗng tay trên ai, đi nước trước ai
- to wipe the floor with someone lóng
- (từ lóng) đánh bại ai hoàn toàn (trong cuộc tranh luận)
- (từ lóng) hạ ai đo ván (trong cuộc đấu võ); đánh bại nhục nh
- lau, chùi
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 ~ sth (on / with sth) to rub a surface with a cloth, etc. in order to clean it; to rub sth against a surface, in order to remove dirt or liquid from it: [VN] She was sniffing and wiping her eyes with a tissue. + Please wipe your feet on the mat. + He wiped his hands on a clean towel. + [VN-ADJ] He wiped his plate clean with a piece of bread.
2 [VN] ~ sth (from / off sth)
~ sth (away / off / up) to remove dirt, liquid, etc. from sth by using a cloth, your hand, etc: He wiped the sweat from his forehead. + She wiped off her make-up. + Use that cloth to wipe up the mess. + (figurative) Wipe that stupid smile off your face.
3 [VN] ~ sth (off / off sth) to remove information, sound, images, etc. from a computer, tape or video: You must have wiped off that programme I recorded. + Somebody had wiped all the tapes.
4 [VN] ~ sth from sth
~ sth out to deliberately forget an experience because it was unpleasant or embarrassing: I tried to wipe the whole episode from my mind. + You can never wipe out the past.
Idioms: wipe the floor with sb (informal) to defeat sb completely in an argument or a competition
wipe sb/sth off the face of the earth
wipe sth off the map to destroy or remove sb/sth completely
wipe the slate clean to agree to forget about past mistakes or arguments and start again with a relationship
Phrasal Verbs: wipe sth<->down to clean a surface completely, using a wet cloth: She took a cloth and wiped down the kitchen table.
wipe sth off sth to remove sth from sth: Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices as the pound slumped again.
wipe out (informal) to fall over, especially when you are doing a sport such as skiing or SURFING: She wiped out at the third gate in the slalom race.
wipe sb/sth<->out [often passive] to destroy or remove sb/sth completely: Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake. + Last year's profits were virtually wiped out. + a campaign to wipe out malaria
+ noun
1 an act of cleaning sth using a cloth: Can you give the table a quick wipe?
2 a special piece of thin fabric or soft paper that is soaked in a liquid and that you use to clean away dirt and bacteria: Remember to take nappies and baby wipes. + antiseptic wipes
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 Sometimes, wipe off or out or up. rub, clean (off or out or up), cleanse; dry (off or out or up), dust (off), mop (up), swab, sponge (off or up):
For God's sake, wipe your nose! Please wipe the crumbs off the table when you've finished eating. Stop crying and wipe up the spilt milk.
2 Often, wipe off. remove, erase, take off or away, get rid of:
Wipe that grin off your face, stranger.
3 wipe out. kill (off), annihilate, massacre, destroy, finish (off), dispose of, eradicate, obliterate, exterminate, do away with, stamp out, get rid of, remove, wipe off the face of the earth:
Scientists have succeeded in wiping out smallpox.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
carefully, gently | hastily, quickly | easily
The plastic surface can be easily wiped.
| just, simply | away, down, up
I wiped up the spilt wine.
VERB + WIPE
pause to, stop to
He paused to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
| try to
PREP.
from
She gently wiped the tears from her eyes.
| off
He wiped the marks off the wall.
| on
She wiped her hands on the towel.
| with
When you've finished with it, simply wipe it clean with a damp cloth.
PHRASES
wipe sth clean PHRASAL VERBS wipe sth out
ADV.
completely, totally | almost, practically, virtually
The regiment was virtually wiped out in the first battle.
| effectively
The disease has been effectively wiped out.
VERB + WIPE
threaten to
pollution that threatens to wipe out 100,000 fish
Concise English dictionary
wipes|wiped|wipingwaɪp
noun
+the act of rubbing or wiping
verb
+rub with a circular motion
