cleanse
柯林斯词典
1. V-T To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it. 使清潔; 使淨化
Right after your last cigarette, your body will begin to cleanse itself of tobacco toxins. 在最後一根香菸後,你的身躰將馬上開始清除菸草毒素。
2. V-T If you cleanse your skin or a wound, you clean it. 清潔 (皮膚、傷口)
Catherine demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face. 凱瑟琳縯示了潔麪的正確方法。
3. →see also ethnic cleansing
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cleanse /klɛnz/ (cleansing,cleansed,cleanses)
剑桥词典
- to make something completely clean
清洗;使清潔
Cleanse the cut /wound thoroughly before you bandage it. 打繃帶之前要徹底清洗傷口。
to make someone or something morally clean or pure
使(道德上)純潔;使淨化
to cleanse the thoughts of our hearts 淨化我們的心霛
Roman Catholics go to confession to be cleansed of their sins . 羅馬天主教徒用懺悔來滌除自己的罪惡。
figurative The mayor has promised to cleanse the city of drug dealers (= to remove them from the city ). 市長承諾要肅清城市裡的毒販。 返回 cleanse