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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    swab

    • IPA[swäb]

    美式

    • 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
    • 相關詞

    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
    • ▪ a piece of absorbent material used for cleaning the bore of a firearm, a woodwind instrument, etc.
    • 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

    cotton swab

    • n.
      a small wad of absorbent cotton on a short thin stick, used for cosmetic or hygienic purposes; ...

    Oxford Dictionary

    cotton swab

    • n.
      a small wad of absorbent cotton on a short thin stick, used for cosmetic or hygienic purposes.

    Oxford American Dictionary

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    swab

    • IPA[swɒb]

    英式

    • n.
      an absorbent pad or piece of material, often on a stick or rod, used in surgery and medicine ...
    • v.
      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

    Oxford Dictionary