cleanse英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An act of cleansing; a purification. countable,uncountable

— I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facial cleanse.

动词 v.

To free from dirt; to clean, to purify. transitive

— An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge. transitive

— [T]he famous Ganges: whoſe vnknowne head, pleaſant ſtreames, and long extent, haue amongſt thoſe Heathen Inhabitants, (by the Tradition of their Forefathers) gained a beliefe of clenſing all ſuch ſinnes, as the bodies of thoſe that waſh therein brought with them: [...]
To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing. transitive

词形变化

cleanses present,singular,third-person cleansing participle,present cleansed participle,past cleansed past cleanses plural

词汇关系

衍生词

cleansable cleanser decleanse ethnically cleanse recleanse uncleanse

词源

词源 1

From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”).

词源 2

From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”).