spring-clean
verb🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːn/
🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːn/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spring-clean | 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːn/ 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːn/ |
| he / she / it spring-cleans | 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːnz/ 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːnz/ |
| past simple spring-cleaned | 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːnd/ 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːnd/ |
| past participle spring-cleaned | 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːnd/ 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːnd/ |
| -ing form spring-cleaning | 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːnɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌsprɪŋ ˈkliːnɪŋ/ |
- spring-clean (something)
to clean a house, room, etc. carefully and completely, including the parts you do not usually clean 彻底打扫（房屋等）