swab
A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply…A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
» The crew swabbed the deck clean.
Значение
значений: 6A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
Tupfer
A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
Abstrich
мазокmazok
cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
Läppchen, Tupfer
A mop, especially on a ship.
Wischmopp
(сленг)A sailor; a swabby.
Seemann, Matrose
(сленг)A naval officer's epaulet.
Примеры
предложений: 22The crew swabbed the deck clean.
The sailors are swabbing the deck.
Матросы драят палубу. — nina99nv
deDie Matrosen schrubben das Deck. — Yorwba
I clean my ears using cotton swabs.
Я чищу уши ватными палочками. — odexed
deIch reinige meine Ohren mit Wattestäbchen. — Yorwba
Tom regularly cleaned his ears out with cotton swabs.
Том регулярно прочищал уши ватными палочками. — Ooneykcall
Tom used a cotton swab to clean his ear.
Том прочистил ухо ватной палочкой. — Wezel
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
По значениям 5
Происхождение
Mid 17th century (in the sense 'mop for cleaning the decks'): back-formation from Middle EMid 17th century (in the sense 'mop for cleaning the decks'): back-formation from Middle English swabber (“sailor detailed to swab decks”), from Middle Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning 'splash' or 'sway', also found as nautical German Schwabber and Volga German Schwabber ("scrubber, mop, swab")
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