swab是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)cotton swab棉签，棉棒

(2)throat swab咽拭子；咽喉拭子

(3)nasal swab鼻腔分泌物标本

双语例句

(1)The doctor cleaned the patient's ear with cotton swabs.

医生用棉签清理病人的耳朵。

(2)The captain ordered the sailor to swab the deck.

船长命令这个水手用拖把擦拭甲板。

(3)The nurse gently swabbed the patient's wound.

护士轻轻地用棉签擦拭病人的伤口。

(4)"Okay," he replied and winced as she dabbed the cotton swab over the gash.

当她用棉签轻擦他的伤口时，他应了一声“行了”，还躲了一下。

(5)Do not insert swab into ear canal.

不要把拭子插入耳道。

(6)The crew were orderd to swab down the decks.

船员们奉命擦洗甲板。

(7)Frowning, he asked for a cotton swab and soap.

他皱着眉头，管我们要了一根棉签和一块肥皂。

(8)Swab neck skin with Betadine where thyroid area is.

在颈部甲状腺皮肤上用棉签涂抹碘伏。

同义词

n. 药签，拭子；医用海绵，纱布；拖把，擦帚；无赖

vt. 打扫，擦拭；涂抹于

同根词

词根 swab

(1)swabbing n. 擦（抹）；（起模前）刷水

释义

n.

an absorbent pad or piece of material used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds, applying medication, or taking specimens

拭子；药签。

a specimen of a secretion taken with a swab for examination

用拭子取下的分泌物试验标本

he had taken throat swabs.

他已取了喉液的化验标本。

a mop or other absorbent device for cleaning or mopping up a floor or other surface

拖把。

archaic a term of abuse or contempt for a person

〈古〉 ［用 于骂人或表示轻蔑］ 饭桶。

US another term for SWABBIE.

〈美〉 同SWABBIE.

v.

clean (a wound or surface) with a swab

用药签清洁（伤口）；用拖把清洁（表面）

swabbing down the decks

把甲板拖干净

swab a patch of skin with alcohol.

用药签蘸酒精清洁一块皮肤。

[with adverbial]absorb or clear (moisture) with a swab

用药签吸掉

the blood was swabbed away.

血被药签吸干了。

词源

"mid 17th cent. （in the sense ‘mop for cleaning the decks’）： back-formation from swabber ‘sailor detailed to swab decks', from early modern Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning ‘splash' or ‘sway’."

(1)If the State is dropping the arrest, we ask that the DNA swab collected from my client be destroyed, too.

如果你们要取消逮捕，我们要求销毁所采集的DNA样本。《The Good Wife Season 5》《傲骨贤妻 第五季》

(2)So anybody who's here today with your significant other, just turn over to them and swab their mouth, send it to the lab and you'll know for sure.

谁今天是和你重要的另一半一起来的，只要转过去，刮下他／她的口腔寄到那个实验室你就知道了。《TED: Genomic revolution》《TED：欢迎进入基因革命时代》