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  1. Oxford Dictionary

    swab

    • IPA[swɒb]

    英式

    • n.
      an absorbent pad or piece of material, often on a stick or rod, used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds and skin, applying medication, or taking specimens.；a specimen of tissue or secretions taken with a swab for examination
    • v.
      take a specimen of tissue or secretions from (a person or part of the body) for examination；clean (a floor or other surface) with a mop or other absorbent device

    • verb: swab, 3rd person present: swabs, gerund or present participle: swabbing, past tense: swabbed, past participle: swabbed

    • noun: swab, plural noun: swabs

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. an absorbent pad or piece of material, often on a stick or rod, used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds and skin, applying medication, or taking specimens.
    • ▪ a specimen of tissue or secretions taken with a swab for examination he had taken throat swabs
    • 2. a mop or other absorbent device for cleaning or mopping up a floor or other surface.
    • 3. archaic a contemptible person ‘Avast, ye swabs,’ she shouted
    • ▪ US nautical slang another term for swabbie

    動詞

    • 1. take a specimen of tissue or secretions from (a person or part of the body) for examination we need to be swabbing people with any hint of illness locals have flocked in today in order to get swabbed for the virus
    • 2. clean (a floor or other surface) with a mop or other absorbent device the crew were swabbing down the decks
    • ▪ clean (a wound or the skin) with an absorbent pad or piece of material swab a patch of skin with alcohol
    • ▪ soak up or clear (moisture) with something absorbent the blood was swabbed away we swabbed the ice off the decks