| [/mɔp; mɑp/] n 用法:
1 (a) tool consisting of a bundle of thick strings or a piece of sponge fastened to a long handle, used for cleaning floors 拖把; 墩布.
(b) similar tool with a short handle, used for various purposes, eg cleaning dishes 短柄拖把状用具（如洗碗刷）:
a dish mop 洗碗刷. 用法:
2 mass of thick (usu untidy) hair 蓬松的（通常指蓬乱的）头发:
a mop of curly red hair 鬈曲而蓬乱的红头发. mop 2
v (-pp-) 用法:
1 [Tn] clean (sth) with a mop 用拖把擦洗（某物）:
mop the floor 擦地板. 用法:
2
(a) [Tn] wipe (the face), esp with a handkerchief, to remove sweat, tears, etc 擦（脸）（尤指用手帕擦去汗、 泪等）:
mop one's brow (with a handkerchief) （用手帕）擦前额.
(b) [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] ~ (sth) with sth; ~ sth (from sth) wipe (a liquid) from a surface using an absorbent cloth 用吸水的布擦掉（液体）:
keep mopping (with a towel) 继续（用毛巾）擦 *
mop tears (from one's face) (with a handkerchief) （用手帕）擦去（脸上的）泪水. 用法:
3 (phr v) mop sth/sb up (a) remove (spilt or unwanted liquid) by wiping it with an absorbent cloth, a mop, etc （用吸水的布、 拖把等）擦去（泼洒的或不想要的液体）:
She mopped up the pools of water on the bathroom floor. 她擦 去浴室地面上一滩滩的水. *
(Brit) mop up (ie soak up, absorb) one's gravy with a piece of bread 用面包吸乾肉汁.
(b) complete (the final parts of a task); deal with (the final members of a group) 结束, 完成（一任务的最後部分）; 对付, 处理（一批中的最後几个）:
mop up the last few bits of work 完成最後的几件工作.
(C) capture or kill (the remaining small groups of people who continue to fight an army) 扫荡（残敌）; 肃清（残余分子）:
mop up isolated pockets (ie small areas) of resistance 扫荡几处孤立顽抗的小片地区 *
engaged in mopping-up operations 进行扫荡. |