clean

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/kliːn/|[kʰl̥iːn]    /kliːn/|[kʰl̥ĩːn]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A removal of dirt.
    — This place needs a clean.
  2. The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
  3. Of heavy metal, clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams. in-plural
    — When people complained the songs were too hard, Kyle's clean vocals could bail out the band. Adding cleans would set off a chain reaction though - Kyle's crisp, clear presence could be seen as "betraying" the raw assault that Mike inflicts on the fans with his screams and growls.
动词 v.
  1. To remove dirt from a place or object. transitive
    — Can you clean the windows today?
  2. To tidy up, make a place neat. transitive
    — Clean your room right now!
  3. To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed. transitive
  4. To make things clean in general. intransitive
    — She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her.
  5. To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.). transitive
  6. To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep. intransitive
  7. To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast. slang
  8. Synonym of clean up.
  9. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal. transitive
    — The fishmonger cleaned the mackerel.
  10. To beat, to thrash; to defeat. slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
    — Are these dishes clean? Your room is finally clean! For a baby, happiness is a full bottle and a clean diaper.
  2. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.; Of metal, having relatively few impurities.
    — clean steel
  3. Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
    — Insert a clean swab into your nose.
  4. Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.; Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
    — I want to make sure my fiancé is clean before we are married.
  5. Free of imperfections, blemishes, or defects.; Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc. slang
    — Our team won, but it wasn't clean.
  6. Free of imperfections, blemishes, or defects.; Of a route, ascended without falling.
  7. Free of imperfections, blemishes, or defects.; Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
    — clean land
  8. Free of imperfections, blemishes, or defects.; In an unmarked condition; blank.
    — Put a clean sheet of paper into the printer.
  9. Free of immorality or criminality.; Pure, especially morally or religiously.
    — Our kids can watch this movie because it is clean.
  10. Free of immorality or criminality.; Not using drugs or alcohol.
    — go clean
  11. Free of immorality or criminality.; Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).
    — It was my dream to be a Soviet spy. The vetting process started, and I was “clean”: no Jews in either my background or my wife's, no relatives abroad, already a member of the Soviet Communist Party, high marks on exams, three foreign languages, no dissident inclinations[…]
  12. Free of immorality or criminality.; Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs. informal
    — I'm clean, officer. You can go ahead and search me if you want.
  13. Free of immorality or criminality.; Devoid of profanity. informal
  14. Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
    — We are currently clean on OPSEC.
  15. Empty.
    — The cargo hold is clean.
  16. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
    — I'll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.
  17. That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
    — clean energy
  18. Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
  19. Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
  20. Well-proportioned; shapely.
    — clean limbs
  21. Cool or neat. informal
    — Wow, dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!
  22. Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
    — a clean sweep
副词 adv.
  1. Fully and completely.
    — He was stabbed clean through.

词形变化

cleaner comparative cleanest superlative cleans plural cleans present,singular,third-person cleaning participle,present cleaned participle,past cleaned past cleaner comparative cleanest superlative

词汇关系

反义词

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *klainī
Old English clǣne
Middle English clene
English clean
From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *klainī
Old English clǣne
Middle English clene
English clean
From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *klainī
Old English clǣne
Middle English clene
English clean
From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).
词源 4
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *klainī
Old English clǣne
Middle English clene
English clean
From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).
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