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wiping 音标拼音: [w'ɑɪpɪŋ] vbl. 擦拭 擦拭 wiping摩擦接触 wiping擦净 Wipe \ Wipe\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Wiped}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Wiping}.] [ OE. vipen, AS. w[ imac] pian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one' s self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. [ 1913 Webster] Let me wipe thy face. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. -- 2 Kings xxi. 13. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively. " To wipe out our ingratitude." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] If they by coveyne [ covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods. -- Robynson ( More' s Utopia) [ 1913 Webster] { To wipe a joint} ( Plumbing), to make a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing. { To wipe the nose of}, to cheat. [ Old Slang] [ 1913 Webster]
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