mopping

英 [ˈmɒpɪŋ]

美 [ˈmɑːpɪŋ]

v. 用拖把擦干净; 用布擦掉(表面)的液体
mop的现在分词

现在分词：mopping　

COCA.46535

柯林斯词典

拖把
Amopis a piece of equipment for washing floors. It consists of a sponge or many pieces of string attached to a long handle.
VERB 用拖把擦(地板)
If youmopa surface such as a floor, you clean it with a mop.
1. There was a woman mopping the stairs.
  一个女人在拖楼梯。
VERB (用布)擦去，揩干(汗水)
If youmopsweat from your forehead ormopyour forehead, you wipe it with a piece of cloth.
1. He mopped perspiration from his forehead...
  他擦去了前额的汗水。
2. The Inspector took out a handkerchief and mopped his brow.
  检察员掏出手帕，擦了擦眉头。
N-COUNT 乱蓬蓬的头发;蓬乱不洁的头发
If someone has amop ofhair, they have a lot of hair and it looks rather untidy.
1. He was long-limbed and dark-eyed, with a mop of tight, dark curls.
  他四肢修长、眼睛乌黑发亮，留着一头蓬乱浓密的黑色卷发。

noun

You'll be mopping it for the rest of the week.
这周的地板就归你拖了。
Is it, as the good-hearted liberal reformist suggests, that we have simply not got around to mopping up these pockets of human misery, but shall do so in the fullness of time?
或者是否是像好心的自由主义改革者所建议的那样，我们不应该急着去处理这些人类的罪恶，而应该在长期中解决？
When you've flooded the economy with trillions of dollars, mopping up is no easy task.
当经济已经被数万亿美元的货币洪流所淹没的时候，其后的处理工作将是不轻松的。
During a break he went to use the restroom and encountered a man mopping the floor.
中途去洗手间时，他看见一位男士正在那里拖地板。
She went stealthily, mopping her flushed, stained cheeks, frightened, angry, very miserable.
她悄悄走着，一面揩着火烫的、泪渍的脸，又怕，又气，非常难受。
Mr Ma described their operations as "mopping up the battlefield".
马英九将他们此次操作形容为“清扫战场”。
I've spent all morning mopping the floots.
我整个上午都在用拖把擦地板。
It was such a hot day that he dept mopping his face with his handkerchief.
天气这么热，他不住地用手帕擦脸上的汗珠。
Mopping the brow, for great exertion;
擦去额上的汗，表示出大力；
As dawn succeeded darkness, mopping up continued.
黎明时候，搜索工作还在继续进行。