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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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clean1 /kliːn/ S2 W2 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp cleaner, superlativesupl cleanest)

1 WITHOUT DIRTCLEANnot dirty 不脏的 without any dirt, marks etc 清洁的，干净的 OPP dirty

Are your hands clean?

你的手干净吗？

clean towels

干净的毛巾

Make sure you keep the wound clean.

一定要保持伤口清洁。

Wipe that sink clean when you’re done.

洗完后将水槽擦干净。

As usual, she left her room clean and tidy before going to school.

和往常一样，她去上学之前把房间收拾得干干净净。

a spotlessly clean kitchen

一尘不染的厨房

I want you to get those plates as clean as a whistle.

我要你把那些盘子擦洗得干干净净。

2 HABITS/APPEARANCECLEANpeople/animals 人/动物 having a clean appearance and habits 整洁的；爱清洁的

Cats are naturally clean.

猫天生爱干净。

3 AIR/WATERenvironment 环境CLEAN containing or producing nothing that is dirty or harmful 纯净的；无病菌的 → cleanly

clean air/water/energy etc

the Clean Air Act

《洁净空气法案》

cleaner fuels

更洁净的燃料

► see thesaurus at environmentally friendly

4 FAIR/LEGALfair or legal 公正的或合法的

a) FAIRdone in a fair or legal way 公平的；不作弊的；合法的 OPP dirty

a clean fight

公正的拳赛

b) SCLshowing that you have followed the rules 无过失[犯罪]记录的

a clean driving licence

无违规记录的驾驶执照

He’s got a clean record.

他没有犯罪记录。

c) WITHOUT WEAPONS/DRUGS[not before noun] informalSAFENOT HAVE not hiding any weapons or illegal drugs 未私藏[携带]枪支的；未私藏[携带]毒品的

They searched him, but he was clean.

他们搜了他的身，但未发现违禁品。

d) NOT HAVING DRUGSMDD[not before noun] no longer taking illegal drugs 不再吸毒的

Dave’s been clean for two years now.

戴夫到现在已经有两年没沾毒品了。

5 JOKES/HUMOURnot offensive 无挑衅意味的GOOD/MORAL talk, jokes, behaviour etc that are clean are not offensive or about sex 无挑衅性的；无色情意味的 OPP dirty

Oh, don’t get mad – it’s just good clean fun!

噢，不要生气——这不过是个正经的玩笑嘛！

Keep it clean (=do not offend people with what you say).

说话干净点。

clean living (=a way of life which is healthy and moral) 健康的生活

6 come clean informalADMIT to finally tell the truth about something you have been hiding 和盘托出，说出实情

come clean about

The government should come clean about its plans.

政府应该把计划的实情公之于众。

Examples from the Corpus

come clean• Still, I must come clean.• He felt happy to finally be able to come clean about it, but he felt her withdraw.• It's time the government came clean about its plans to raise income tax.• The bank eventually came clean and admitted they had made a mistake.• That is all very well, but why does he not come clean and give us Labour's figures?• That night, at dinner, David and I came clean, and told our friends about singing to fish.• In addition, you risk being fired when you come clean, another attorney pointed out.• And when you picked hold of the fish and got hold of a piece it would come clean away.• So when the station came clean, they had to field several angry calls accusing them of pro-Nottingham Forest bias.• Labour will not come clean with its figures, so it is bound to describe ours as jiggery-pokery.

7. make a clean breast of it ADMITto admit that you have done something wrong so that you no longer feel guilty 和盘托出，坦白承认

8 a clean break

SUDDENLYa complete and sudden separation from a person, organization, or situation 〔与某人或机构等〕彻底决裂，一刀两断

Den left the next day, needing to make a clean break.

为了不再有牵扯，德恩第二天就走了。

Examples from the Corpus

a clean break• Why argue about the terms of the divorce when both of you just want a clean break?• Gossip has it that his wife had recently left him and he wanted to make a clean break.• It was best to make a clean break.• Men may suffer just as much when a relationship fails, but they seem able to make a cleaner break.• The adoption of an economy based on farming did not effect a clean break.• In such cases a clean break at 16+ removed many existing constraints and frustrations.• And this year the association has tried to make a clean break from the past.• He says it indicates a clean break with a stupid and superstitious past.• He made almost a clean break with the game, except for some local television work.

9 clean sheet/slate MISTAKEa record of someone’s work, behaviour, performance etc that shows they have not done anything wrong or made any mistakes 无过错的记录；清白的历史

Examples from the Corpus

clean sheet/slate• When things go wrong Many people today believe that children begin life with a clean slate.• He wanted to use the subsidiary as a totally clean slate and he wanted true collaboration from the beginning.• Hereford just can't keep a clean sheet and their lowly league position reflects that.• Everton's record of failing to keep a clean sheet in 15 matches soon looked ominously likely to continue.• A clean sheet of blotting paper should be in the blotter. 5.• Orson Pratt, one of the originals, stressed the clean slate of history on which they wrote.• They are treading unfamiliar ground in the relegation zone and have failed to keep a clean sheet this season.• The new-born child is virtually a clean slate, to be written on by the world.

10 clean hands if a person, government, organization etc has clean hands, they have done something in a fair or legal way 公正合法，清白

Examples from the Corpus

clean hands• Bull leaned out of the window, gripping the edge of the crumbling sill with spotlessly clean hands.• Out of this sordid mix of political short-sightedness and commercial greed, no government emerges with clean hands.• Their support is based on a belief that the left governments have clean hands and have improved municipal services.• I wish I had discovered his method of undertaking glassfibre repairs with clean hands and no brush years ago.• The patient himself may pick one up with clean hands, but no one else.• No one comes to the bargaining table with thoroughly clean hands, but we can be thankful that they still show up.

11. PAPERpaper 纸USE something a piece of paper that is clean has not yet been used 未用过的，新的 SYN fresh

12 SMOOTHsmooth 平滑的FLAT having a smooth or regular edge or surface 表面光滑的；边缘整齐的 → cleanly

13 a clean bill of health HEALTHYa report that says you are healthy or that a machine or building is safe 健康状况良好证明书；机器[建筑物]状况良好证明

Examples from the Corpus

a clean bill of health• Three months after the operation, the doctors gave her a clean bill of health.• They gave it a clean bill of health.• Charles ended up with a clean bill of health and a parking ticket.• The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit.• If the ship was given a clean bill of health, Customs Officials went on board.• And with a clean bill of health, Granato is promising to be same kind of performer he always was.

14 a clean sweep

Examples from the Corpus

a clean sweep• Lismore's minor outfit were beaten 21-14 by Notra Dame to destroy chances of a clean sweep.• The poll also pointed to a clean sweep for the Democrats in elections for lieutenant-governor and attorney-general.• Lewis, Burrell, and Mitchell made it a clean sweep for the U.S. in the 100 meters.• Now is the time to make a clean sweep of all the jobs you put off during the bad weather.• But he failed to achieve a clean sweep of the end-of-season awards.• I had made up my mind at the Scenic Overlook to make a clean sweep through the house.

15 taste 味道 having a fresh pleasant taste 〔口味〕清新的

16. clean copy MISTAKEa piece of writing without mistakes or other marks written on it 无错误的文稿；誊清稿

Examples from the Corpus

clean copy• Only if you guard the unblemished original can you regenerate a clean copy.• I need a clean copy ; don't send a fax.

17 MOVEMENTGOOD ATmovement 动作 a clean movement in sport is skilful and exact 〔体育运动〕动作干净利落的

—cleanness noun [uncountableU]

→ clean-cut, → keep your nose clean at nose1(9)

n COLLOCATIONS

nouns

clean clothes

He had a shower and changed into clean clothes.

a clean shirt/sheet/towel etc

Where are all my clean socks?

clean hands

Make sure you have clean hands before you eat.

verbs

keep something clean

You should always keep your kitchen clean.

wipe something clean (=use a cloth to clean a surface)

He started to wipe the blackboard clean.

sweep/scrub something clean (=use a brush to clean something)

She quickly swept the floor clean.

leave something clean

Please leave the apartment clean when you go.

adverbs

spotlessly/scrupulously clean (=very clean)

Hospitals must be kept scrupulously clean.

squeaky clean (=completely clean)

I like my hair to be squeaky clean.

phrases

nice and clean (=clean)

Their job is to keep the streets nice and clean.

clean and tidy especially British EnglishBrE:

I insist my children keep their rooms clean and tidy.

neat and clean especially American EnglishAmE:

Her kids were always neat and clean.

clean as a whistle (=very clean)

The place was clean as a whistle.

THESAURUS

clean without any dirt or marks 清洁的，干净的

They need clean water to drink.

他们需要清洁的饮用水。

I don’t have any clean clothes.

我没有干净的衣服。

pure water or air that is pure does not contain any dirt, pollution, or bacteria 〔水或空气〕纯净的，洁净的

I breathed in the pure mountain air.

我呼吸着山里纯净的空气。

sterile /ˈsteraɪl $ -rəl/ completely clean, with no bacteria, and therefore safe for medical or scientific use 无菌的，消毒过的

Place a sterile bandage on the wound.

在伤口上贴一块无菌绷带。

nsterile needles

spotless completely clean – used mainly about rooms and clothes 极干净的，非常干净的〔主要用于指房间和衣服〕

Her kitchen is always spotless.

她的厨房总是一尘不染。

pristine /ˈprɪstiːn/ completely clean and new-looking 干净的；簇新的

He wore a pristine white shirt.

他穿着一件簇新的白衬衣。

immaculate as clean and tidy as it is possible to be 极其整洁的

The soldiers’ uniforms have to be immaculate.

军服必须整洁干净。

spick and span [not before noun] informal clean and tidy, especially after having just been cleaned 清清爽爽的,整洁干净的

By the end of the day, the whole place was spick and span.

到了晚上，整个地方就整洁干净。

Examples from the Corpus

clean• He's been asked to tell some jokes in his speech but he's got to keep it clean.• I couldn't get the tiles any cleaner.• Our hotel room was lovely and clean.• A large house is difficult to keep clean.• Are your hands clean?• Clean air and water is a necessity of life.• They should be soft, clean, and even colored.• Everyone wants a clean and honest election.• He smelt clean and I shut my eyes.• Cats are very clean animals.• clean-burning natural gas• The Emperor, however, envisaged a city which was not only light and clean but also full of air.• The graphics in Duke are cleaner, but they have a cartoon-like feel to them.• Fortunately, the glass made a clean cut on his leg.• Gene always has the cleanest desk in the office.• Drivers with clean driving records pay less in insurance.• Nothing more dramatic than a cleaner environment.• Dave's been clean for over a year now.• Monica is what I would call a clean freak.• Join us tomorrow night for an evening of good clean fun.• the clean lines of Morrison's drawings• Instead, they should provide the user with clean needles and information to help avoid infection.• I'll put some clean sheets on the bed.• He changed into a clean shirt.• the car's clean style• a clean towel• This results in a clean, undistorted image which looks like it's come out of a laser printer rather than a fax machine.

keep ... clean• However, there may be a small minority of residents who refuse to be kept clean.• Mr Kaifu has agreed to reshaping his cabinet, but has insisted on keeping it clean.• They rarely look anywhere near as good as the real thing, but they will be cheaper, and easier to keep clean.• Utility companies, under government regulation, might do a better job of keeping the air clean.• To this end, he had taught his deputies that keeping their guns cleaned and oiled meant never having to use them.• If you wear an overall, keep it clean and tidy.• Her feeding tube delivers formula 20 hours a day and must be kept clean to prevent infection.• The streets are kept clean with giant brushing and sprinkling machines.

clean air/water/energy etc• Such procedures should aim to ensure efficient operation and the provision of fresh, clean air.• Ultraviolet light, hydrogen peroxide and ozone assure crystal-clear, clean water.• When Abudah had made his way through this slimy cavern he emerged upon a mountain top in the clean air.• Where is there more opportunity to enjoy the elemental values of living, bright sun and clean air and space?• Environmentalists have spread the alarm about clean air and water.• Local government has not been able to supply clean water from surface sources.• When the whole rotor system is spinning in clean air, it suddenly lifts very strongly-translational lift.• Life expectancy is only 58 years and 25 percent of the people have no access to clean water supplies.

clean record• But Tunstall's solicitor told the court the crimes were an uncharacteristic blemish on an otherwise clean record.• Have we left a clean record behind?

good clean fun• And among the other questions this month: Is bathroom humour just good clean fun?• It's all good clean fun.• So why does this free entertainment not qualify for the description of good clean fun?• But for the good clean fun of international football, they would have gone on being indifferent to those others.

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ldoce_801_pclean2 S1 W3 verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]WASHCLEAN to remove dirt from something by rubbing or washing （把…）弄干净，（使）清洁，清理 → cleanse

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]CLEAN to clean a building or other people’s houses as your job 〔作为工作〕打扫卫生，把…打扫干净

3. clean your teeth British EnglishBrE to make your teeth clean using a toothbrush and toothpaste 刷牙 SYN American English brush your teeth

Examples from the Corpus

clean your teeth• For the first time in her adult life, Polly went to bed without bathing or cleaning her teeth.• Only drink bottled water - check the seal hasn't been broken - and use it to clean your teeth.• She looked like a virgin who cleaned her teeth after every meal and delighted to take great bites from rosy apples.• Back in the en suite bathroom, he briskly cleans his teeth and brushes his hair.• How often do you clean your teeth, Miss Harland?• And evidence shows that women feel more inhibited by things like not having cleaned their teeth or feeling grubby.• Always make sure you clean your teeth properly, using a small-headed brush and only a pea-sized blob of toothpaste.

4 [transitiveT]DFC to remove the inside parts of an animal or bird before cooking it 给〔准备烹调的动物、家禽等〕开膛取出内脏

5. clean your plate EATto eat all your food 吃完盘子里的食物

Examples from the Corpus

clean your plate• A start is to ignore the old Depression-era paternal messages about cleaning your plate.• At each meal she willingly cleaned her plate, eating ice cream and fried chicken until she felt bloated.

6 clean somebody/something out phrasal verbphr v

7 clean up phrasal verbphr v → clean-up

Examples from the Corpus

clean up• Do you want me to help clean up?• It took us two or three days to clean it all up.• The management of some our prisons has sometimes been corrupt, and it is our job to clean it up.• Every time Jasper cooked for me, he would carefully clean up all the pans and plates he'd used.• Most clubs have made a big effort to clean up football's image.• Thanks for cleaning the place up -- I really appreciate it.• It's time someone cleaned up this city; we have one of the highest crime rates in the country.

clean after• Undertakers take up the pastime in middle age, but their juniors will join in to help clean up after a disaster.• It was like cleaning up after an oil spill.• The owner then uses three tiny buttons to feed, play with, clean up after and discipline it.• He always expected other people to clean up after him.• He is cleaning up after me.• She was cleaning up after white folk as she had done in Texas, but it was a job.

clean yourself up• I gave him to Nonni who was clucking round the kitchen and said I must go and clean myself up.• I went to the Betty Ford Centre and cleaned myself up.• So a part of the argument switches to the kind of incinerators you allow while industry is forced to clean itself up.• I cleaned myself up and checked out my patch, hoping I'd find that tabby trespassing.• And that annoyed me enough to drive me to my cabin, to clean myself up and choose fresh clothing.• He would have to work hard, clean himself up; change his whole image.

clean up your act• Naming and shaming remains an option should the company not clean up its act.• Citibank insists it has cleaned up its act.• Drivers whose vehicles give off more poisonous chemicals than are allowed have ten days to clean up their act.• More recently Lou has cleaned up his act and started setting the world to rights.• Legislation aimed at forcing the power firms to clean up their act is being fought tooth and nail by the polluters.• But he eventually sees their potential and cleans up his act just in time.• The industry was effectively warned to clean up its act or face legislation.• Gwen finally told her troubled son to clean up his act or get out of her house.• She told her son to clean up his act or move out.• Tish has really cleaned up her act - she doesn't drink or smoke pot any more.• Despite Mr Haider's grandiose, unbelievable last-minute pledges to clean up his act, there should be no wavering.

cleaned up ... image• About two years ago Autobacs cleaned up its oily-rag image.

THESAURUS

clean to remove dirt from something 清洁，把…弄干净

I need to clean the car.

我得洗车了。

Clean the mud off your shoes.

把你鞋子上的泥巴擦掉。

wash to clean something with water and usually soap 洗，把…洗干净

She’s washing her hair.

她正在洗头。

There’s nowhere to wash your clothes.

没有地方洗衣服。

wipe to clean a surface with a cloth, often a wet cloth 〔用湿布〕把…擦干净

Wipe the worktop when you’ve finished cooking.

做完饭以后把台面擦干净。

scrub to wash something by rubbing it hard, especially with a brush 刷洗

They made her scrub the floor.

他们让她刷地板。

rinse to remove dirt from something using water, especially after washing it with soap 〔尤在用肥皂洗过后〕冲洗

Rinse your hair thoroughly after shampooing it.

头发用过洗发液后要彻底冲洗干净。

cleanse formal to clean your skin, using water or a special cream 〔用水或专门的乳液〕清洁〔皮肤〕

There are many products available for cleansing your skin.

有许多产品可供清洁肌肤。

bathe /beɪð/ to clean a wound or a part of your body with water 清洗〔伤口或某个身体部位〕

Bathe the cut and put a plaster on it.

清洗伤口，敷上创可贴。

do the dishes (also do the washing-up British EnglishBrE) to wash plates and pans after a meal 洗餐具

Who’s going to help me do the dishes?

谁来帮我洗碗？

do the laundry (also do the washing British EnglishBrE) to wash clothes 洗衣服

On Tuesdays, he does the washing.

他逢星期二洗衣服。

Examples from the Corpus

clean• She's busy cleaning.• The princess: She was very good and cleaned and cooked for her brothers in their cottage even though she was royalty.• Make sure you clean behind the stove.• Simply place the whole cleaned fish in a greased pan.• Manion cleaned his desk and answered a few emails before leaving for the day.• There was mud all over the carpet, and it took me a long time to clean it up.• I always clean my teeth last thing at night.• We've hired a maid to clean our house.• Where's that stuff you use for cleaning the bathtub?• I need to clean the bathtub.• Tony was cleaning the inside of his car.• How often do you clean the kitchen?• I wish I'd stayed at home to clean the oven after all.• I usually clean the windows about once a month.• I clean the windows every Saturday.• Sloan had been glancing at his watch and reminding them that he had to clean up the house.

need cleaning• The finer the foam, or the smaller the cartridge, the more often it will need cleaning.• A failure to relight suggests a blocked jet, which needs cleaning and adjusting, or a failed thermocouple which needs replacing.• Don't forget, those of you with ribbers, these need cleaning and oiling as well, as does the lace carriage.• Like most buildings in Cracow, the church escaped war damage, but badly needs cleaning and repair.• This means the aquarium will not need cleaning as often as a less densely planted one.• All the windows and paintwork need cleaning much more often than normal.• Printing in black tends to be the least expensive as it does not mean that the machinery needs cleaning of black ink.

clean3 adverbadv

1 EMPHASIZEused to emphasize the fact that an action or movement is complete and thorough 〔行动或动作〕彻底地，完全地

clean away/through/out

The thieves got clean away with $300,000 worth of equipment.

窃贼偷了价值30万美元的设备后逃之夭夭。

The car hit her with such force that she was lifted clean off the ground.

汽车撞击力非常大，把她完全撞飞了。

Sorry, I clean forgot (=completely forgot) your birthday.

对不起，我把你的生日忘得干干净净。

Examples from the Corpus

clean• I clean forgot to put them in!

clean away/through/out• Lady, you want this shit in your basement cleaned out?• To waste them cleaning out a drawer of plastic carrier bags instead of scrambling up lofty pinnacles is something you may regret.• All that money, all that cleaning out, all that careful feeding for nothing.• On this day, we brought our own brooms, sponges and soap to wash and clean out our classrooms.• That evening one of the Corporals made me clean out the crow's cage.• Examples might include cleaning out the garage or picking up litter in the neighborhood.• The hotel manager immediately cleaned out the sewer, and there was no return of the mysterious disease.• Employees could not even clean out their drawers, water the plants or retrieve the family snapshots from their desks.

clean4 noun [singular] British EnglishBrE

1 CLEANa process in which you clean something 清理，打扫

The car needs a good clean.

这辆车需要好好洗一洗。