clean up 详细解释

clean up

v.收拾干净, 打扫, <俚>赚大钱

1. 打扫; 整理

She is cleaning up the kitchen now.

她现在正在打扫厨房。

2. 清理

We should clean up the past-due bills.

我们应该清理逾期票据。

3. 梳洗

Wait a minute. I'll have to clean up.

等一下, 我要梳洗一下。

4. 【俚】大捞一笔

He cleaned up in the stock market last year.

去年他在股票市场大捞一笔。

词义辨析

同义参见:

straighten  groom  complete  bathe  censor  

英英释义

名词 clean up:

a very large profit

同义词:killing, cleanup

(baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)

同义词:cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot

the act of making something clean

同义词:cleaning, cleansing, cleanup

动词 clean up:

put (things or places) in order

同义词:tidy, tidy up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away

make a big profit; often in a short period of time

dispose of

make oneself clean, presentable or neat

补充

clean upclean up1.打扫; 清理This room needs cleaning up.这间房间需要打扫一下。Boys and girls, clean up for dinner.孩子们, 收拾干净准备开饭吧!Let me clean up the broken glass before someone walks on it.我来把碎玻璃扫掉, 以免有人踩到。2.〈口〉赚钱, 发财The brothers cleaned up a profit in the property market.那兄弟几个在房地产市场捞了一笔钱。He certainly cleaned up on that deal.他肯定是在那笔生意上发财了。3.在…进行扫荡; 消灭They fought bravely to clean up the bandits.他们英勇作战以肃清土匪。4.痛打, 击败The boxer cleaned up on his opponent.那位拳击手击败了他的对手。5.对…作最后处理, 结清They clean up old debts.他们结清了旧债。6.整顿; 实行改革The new mayor said he would clean the city up.新市长说, 他要整顿本市。7.(给自己)洗脸〔洗手, 洗澡〕Wait for me, I have to clean up.等等我, 我得洗洗手。Please wait just a few minutes; I'm going to clean myself up.请稍等几分钟, 我洗一下就来。

例句

1. Many regional governments have cleaned up their beaches.许多地区政府已经对海滩进行了清理。 2. After years of neglect and decline, the city was cleaning itself up.在多年的疏于管理和经济衰退过后, 这座城市正在进行自我整顿。 3. clean up this mess this minute!马上给我收拾这堆乱七八糟的东西! 4. I cleaned myself up a bit, and got the baby ready.我自己稍作梳洗, 然后把宝宝也收拾好。 5. Then the police can begin to clean up the cities.然后警方就可以开始对城市进行整治。 6. The authorities have tried to clean up the sport.当局曾试图肃清体育界的腐败现象。 7. Nina and Mary were in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner.晚餐后尼娜和玛丽在厨房收拾。 8. It has cleaned up at the box office.它在票房上赚得盆满钵满。 9. It's your turn to clean the classroom up.该轮到你们打扫教室了。 10. Let's clean up the broken glass immediately before someone walks on it.让我们趁人还没踩上赶紧把这些碎玻璃清除干净。 11. The new government has promised to clean up the city by getting rid of all the criminals.新政府已许诺要清除罪犯以整顿全市。 12. to clean up one's act检点行为(尤指摒弃恶习,改邪归正) 13. He promised the manager he would clean up this job before he left on his vacation.他向经理作了保证,他去度假之前要将这件工作完成。 14. He cleaned up in Shanghai last year.他去年在上海发了财。 15. He left some men behind to clean up the least of the enemy positions.他留下一些人以铲除敌军最后一个阵地。 16. Would you mind cleaning up the spilled milk?请你把洒出来的奶擦干净好吗? 17. It will only take a moment to clean this mess up.只要一小会儿就能把这块脏乱的地方清理好。 18. Would you mind helping me clean up the kitchen after dinner?晚饭后,你能帮我收拾一下厨房吗? 19. We stayed late to help them clean up.我们帮他们收拾到很晚才睡。 20. His mother is always cleaning up after him.他妈妈总是替他收拾。 21. You should learn to clean up after yourself.你应该学会自己收拾。 22. The city has cleaned up the bay in recent years.这个城市这几年已经清除了海湾的污染物。 23. I'm sure you'll want to clean up after a full day of traveling.旅行了一整天,我想你一定想梳洗一下。 24. I just need a few minutes to clean myself up before dinner.晚饭前,我只需几分钟梳洗一下。 25. The children are inside getting cleaned up.孩子们正在里面洗手洗脸。 26. The new mayor has really cleaned up city hall. [=has made the city government less corrupt]新市长着实把市政府整顿了一番。 27. We were able to clean up the sound on the recording using special equipment.通过使用专门设备,我们改善了录音的音质。 28. He's cleaned up his image since his early rock music days.从早期摇滚乐生涯起,他便开始注意改善自己的形象了。 29. The teenagers cleaned up [=(more commonly) polished off] the pizza in a matter of minutes.几个少年几分钟就把那个比萨饼吃光了。 30. She really cleaned up last year in the stock market.去年,她在股市着实赚了大钱。 31. "After years of drug abuse, she finally got treatment and cleaned up her act."吸毒数年后,她最终接受治疗,改过自新了。