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vbl. 擦拭

  1. Something, such as a towel, used for wiping.
    抹布用于擦拭的东西,如毛巾
  2. 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]

  1. The European Investment Bank's 5 7/8% issue due 1998 closed interdealer trading at 97.80 bid, wiping out Monday's 0.30 point price gain.
  2. Chrysler said Jan. 27 that it would stop car assembly at Kenosha by September, wiping out 5,500 jobs.
  3. Spontex manufactures and sells textile, sponge and other synthetic wiping products used in the household and building service markets.
  4. A well-dressed couple, wiping fingerprint ink from their hands, say they are going to the U.S. to join the husband's father.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Simon kept taking off his glasses and wiping his eyes.
  15. In Tokyo on Monday, the Nikkei average recorded its biggest one-day drop ever, wiping out 3.5% of the value of Japanese stocks.
  16. 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.
  17. In addition to wiping out about 8,000 jobs overnight, the airline's failure has also had a big ripple effect on suppliers.
  18. 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.
  19. But interest expense on borrowing related to the purchase of the company amounted to $10.6 million, wiping out the dividend.
  20. The guerrillas say it is aimed at wiping out Kurdish resistance.
  21. 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.
  22. Midlantic Corp., meanwhile, bolstered its first-quarter loan-loss provision by an additional $110 million, all but wiping out its estimated first-quarter earnings.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. Apple's new A/UX program shows how Unix is wiping away barriers that have separated computers of various makes and models.
  26. Meanwhile, the Heritage Foundation issued its own recommendations for wiping out the deficit.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. One year ago today, the Dow fell a record 508 points, wiping out an estimated $500 billion in paper wealth in a single day.
  30. Some researchers think the impacts blocked out sunlight, wiping out food supplies.
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