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mop

noun
🔊/mɒp/
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  1. a tool for washing floors that has a long handle with soft material or a bunch of thick strings at the end拖把；墩布
    • a mop and bucket带水桶的拖把
    • I used a mop to clean the floor.我用拖把清洁地板。
    see also squeegee (2)Topics Houses and homesc1
  2. a kitchen utensil (= a tool) for washing dishes, that has a short handle with soft material at one end洗碗刷
  3. a mass of thick, often untidy, hair乱蓬蓬的头发
    • a mop of curly red hair乱蓬蓬的红色鬈发
    Topics Appearancec2
    4. Word Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps ultimately related to Latin mappa ‘napkin’.

mop

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mop
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he / she / it mops
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past simple mopped
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past participle mopped
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-ing form mopping
🔊/ˈmɒpɪŋ/
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Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. mop something to clean something with a mop用拖把擦干净
    • She wiped all the surfaces and mopped the floor.她把所有的陈设都擦干净，还拖了地板。🔊🔊
    Topics Houses and homesc1
  2. mop something (from something) to remove liquid from the surface of something using a cloth用布擦掉（表面）的液体
    • He took out a handkerchief to mop his brow (= to remove the sweat).他拿出手绢来擦额头上的汗水。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps ultimately related to Latin mappa ‘napkin’.
Idioms
wipe/mop the floor with somebody
  1. (informal) to defeat somebody completely in an argument or a competition（在辩论或竞赛中）彻底打败对手，把对手打得一败涂地Topics Opinion and argumentc2