cleaner

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkliː.nə/    美 /ˈkli.nɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
    — The cleaner worked, of course, at nights. He had to coal and light up the engine, as well as clean it, for the next day's work, which commenced with a light run to Barnham to "bring in the goods" from that station at about 6.30 a.m.
  2. A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
  3. A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.
    — Near-synonym: cleaning fluid
  4. A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business). in-plural
    — I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners.
  5. A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence. idiomatic,informal
形容词 adj.
  1. Comparative form of clean: more clean. comparative,form-of
    — Diesel No. C222 was shunting near the shed, as was a 4-4-0 with a very large-looking boiler, No. 306, which was much the cleaner of the two.

词形变化

cleaners plural

词汇关系

衍生词
air cleaner all-purpose cleaner cleaneress cleaner fish cleaner shrimp cleaner-upper cleaner-upperer crime scene cleaner deep cleaner denture cleaner drain cleaner dry cleaner engine cleaner glass cleaner housecleaner pipe cleaner service cleaner streetcleaner street cleaner suction cleaner tongue cleaner vacuum cleaner way-cleaner window cleaner
相关词
cleanser take to the cleaners

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffix).
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English clener, clenner, clanner, clannere, from Old English clǣnra, clǣnre (“cleaner, purer, clearer”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainiʀō (“daintier, more delicate”), from Proto-Germanic *klainizô (“shinier, finer, more splendid”), equivalent to clean + -er.
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