wiping [
'waipiŋ]
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vbl. 擦拭
- Something, such as a towel, used for wiping.
抹布用于擦拭的东西,如毛巾 - A mat placed before a doorway for wiping the shoes.
门毯,门垫放在门口用于擦鞋底的垫子
Wipe \Wipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wiped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wiping}.] [OE. vipen, AS. w[=i]pian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of
straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one's self up, vepa a
blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.]
1. To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry
by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.
Let me wipe thy face. --Shak.
I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping
it, and turning it upside down. --2 Kings xxi.
13.
2. To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; --
usually followed by away, off or out. Also used
figuratively. ``To wipe out our ingratitude.'' --Shak.
Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them
soon. --Milton.
3. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by
out. [Obs.] --Spenser.
If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside
their goods. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia)
{To wipe a joint} (Plumbing), to make a joint, as between
pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a
mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of
a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
{To wipe the nose of}, to cheat. [Old Slang]
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- Chrysler said Jan. 27 that it would stop car assembly at Kenosha by September, wiping out 5,500 jobs.
- Spontex manufactures and sells textile, sponge and other synthetic wiping products used in the household and building service markets.
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- The policy change comes in the wake of increasing phosphorus pollution over the last two decades that has spawned deadly algae blooms, wiping out fish and native plant species.
- The funds were established half a century ago to restore confidence in the nation's financial system after a wave of bank and S&L failures swept the nation during the Depression, wiping out the savings of thousands of Americans.
- The unvaccinated young children, particularly in outbreak-prone inner cities, are one of two major impediments to wiping out measles in the United States, the CDC said in its weekly report.
- The thrift later collapsed at a cost of $2 billion to the federal government in addition to wiping out the uninsured savings of at least 22,000 mostly elderly Californians.
- Since bankruptcy law requires that the claimants get paid before shareholders, the Rorer deal now raises the prospect of wiping out the value of Robins equity.
- A sharp rise in energy costs helped trigger a rebound in wholesale price inflation in September, wiping out three rare monthly declines this summer, the government said.
- Among other refined petroleum products traed on the Merc, home heating oil for May delivery dropped 0.52 to 54.20 cents a gallon, wiping out much of Monday's gain of 0.89 cent.
- Expectations are growing for the average to break through the 3000 barrier for the first time, possibly this month, wiping out its July-through-October bear-market slide.
- Not only is Chief Hussein looting a very rich country, with external assets estimated at $100 billion, but he is wiping out his $10 billion debt to the Kuwaitis.
- Simon kept taking off his glasses and wiping his eyes.
- In Tokyo on Monday, the Nikkei average recorded its biggest one-day drop ever, wiping out 3.5% of the value of Japanese stocks.
- America West Airlines plans to file a reorganization proposal that would give ownership of the company to its unsecured creditors, wiping out its common and preferred stockholders.
- In addition to wiping out about 8,000 jobs overnight, the airline's failure has also had a big ripple effect on suppliers.
- Meanwhile, the restructuring is virtually wiping out "pure food plays" for investors, leaving instead a single consumer-products industry with a core of dominant food brands that complement such non-food items as apparel, liquor and tobacco.
- But interest expense on borrowing related to the purchase of the company amounted to $10.6 million, wiping out the dividend.
- The guerrillas say it is aimed at wiping out Kurdish resistance.
- Among those changes was wiping out the preferential rate for capital gains, which are profits from the sale of stocks, real estate and other property.
- Midlantic Corp., meanwhile, bolstered its first-quarter loan-loss provision by an additional $110 million, all but wiping out its estimated first-quarter earnings.
- Hitler's Nazi forces are believed to have killed at least 220,000 Jews in Lithuania, all but wiping out the area's Jewish population.
- The stock market fell steadily all through the past week, leaving the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials with a loss of 92.42 points at 2,596.72, wiping out most of the previous week's 119.88 gain.
- Apple's new A/UX program shows how Unix is wiping away barriers that have separated computers of various makes and models.
- Meanwhile, the Heritage Foundation issued its own recommendations for wiping out the deficit.
- She scrawled a message on cardboard with a black crayon: "May God take your soul and place it in a white box full of our tears of pain." "He was always smiling," Ruben Lebron said, wiping a tear from his cheek. "He was the clown of the block.
- Sony said that the yen's rise had the effect of wiping out about Y74bn in sales. However, non-operating income helped lift profits to Y17.13bn at the pre-tax level, which was down 53 per cent from Y36.63bn.
- One year ago today, the Dow fell a record 508 points, wiping out an estimated $500 billion in paper wealth in a single day.
- Some researchers think the impacts blocked out sunlight, wiping out food supplies.