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

1 WITHOUT DIRTCLEANnot dirty 不髒的 without any dirt, marks etc 清潔的，幹淨的 OPP dirty

Are your hands clean?

你的手幹淨嗎？

clean towels

幹淨的毛巾

Make sure you keep the wound clean.

一定要保持傷口清潔。

Wipe that sink clean when you’re done.

洗完後將水槽擦幹淨。

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

和往常一樣，她去上學之前把房間收拾得幹幹淨淨。

a spotlessly clean kitchen

一塵不染的廚房

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

我要你把那些盤子擦洗得幹幹淨淨。

2 HABITS/APPEARANCECLEANpeople/animals 人/動物 having a clean appearance and habits 整潔的；愛清潔的

Cats are naturally clean.

貓天生愛幹淨。

3 AIR/WATERenvironment 環境CLEAN containing or producing nothing that is dirty or harmful 純淨的；無病菌的 → cleanly

clean air/water/energy etc

the Clean Air Act

《潔淨空氣法案》

cleaner fuels

更潔淨的燃料

► 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

公正的拳賽

b) SCLshowing that you have followed the rules 無過失[犯罪]記錄的

a clean driving licence

無違規記錄的駕駛執照

He’s got a clean record.

他沒有犯罪記錄。

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

They searched him, but he was clean.

他們搜了他的身，但未發現違禁品。

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.

戴夫到現在已經有兩年沒沾毒品了。

5 JOKES/HUMOURnot offensive 無挑釁意味的GOOD/MORAL talk, jokes, behaviour etc that are clean are not offensive or about sex 無挑釁性的；無色情意味的 OPP dirty

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

噢，不要生氣——這不過是個正經的玩笑嘛！

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

說話幹淨點。

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 和盤托出，說出實情

come clean about

The government should come clean about its plans.

政府應該把計劃的實情公之於衆。

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 和盤托出，坦白承認

8 a clean break

SUDDENLYa complete and sudden separation from a person, organization, or situation 〔與某人或機構等〕徹底決裂，一刀兩斷

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

爲了不再有牽扯，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 無過錯的記錄；清白的歷史

Jed looked forward to starting life again with a clean sheet.

傑德期望清清白白地重新做人。

Lewis has kept a clean sheet in every game (=not let the other team score).

劉易斯在所有比賽中從未讓對手得分。

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

Neither side is coming to the negotiating table with completely clean hands.

坐到談判桌前的雙方都不是清清白白的。

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 紙USE something a piece of paper that is clean has not yet been used 未用過的，新的 SYN fresh

12 SMOOTHsmooth 平滑的FLAT having a smooth or regular edge or surface 表面光滑的；邊緣整齊的 → cleanly

a clean cut

整齊的切口

Use a clean simple typeface for signs.

標示牌要選用整齊簡潔的字體。

13 a clean bill of health HEALTHYa report that says you are healthy or that a machine or building is safe 健康狀況良好證明書；機器[建築物]狀況良好證明

Inspectors gave the factory a clean bill of health.

檢查人員證實該工廠狀況良好。

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

a) WINa very impressive victory in a competition, election etc 〔在比賽、選舉等中〕大獲全勝

a clean sweep for

All the polls had pointed to a clean sweep for the Democrats.

所有民意調查都顯示民主黨將大獲全勝。

Hopes that the French would make a clean sweep at the Games were dashed.

法國在運動會上大獲全勝的希望破滅了。

b) CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENTa complete change in a company or organization, often by removing people 〔公司或機構的〕大換班，大改變

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

Add a little lemon juice to give the pasta a cool clean taste.

加一點檸檬汁使意大利面食味道爽口清新。

16. clean copy MISTAKEa piece of writing without mistakes or other marks written on it 無錯誤的文稿；謄清稿

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 動作 a clean movement in sport is skilful and exact 〔體育運動〕動作幹淨利落的

He steadied his arm, hoping for a clean shot.

他穩住手臂，希望來個漂亮的投球。

—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 清潔的，幹淨的

They need clean water to drink.

他們需要清潔的飲用水。

I don’t have any clean clothes.

我沒有幹淨的衣服。

pure water or air that is pure does not contain any dirt, pollution, or bacteria 〔水或空氣〕純淨的，潔淨的

I breathed in the pure mountain air.

我呼吸着山裏純淨的空氣。

sterile /ˈsteraɪl $ -rəl/ completely clean, with no bacteria, and therefore safe for medical or scientific use 無菌的，消毒過的

Place a sterile bandage on the wound.

在傷口上貼一塊無菌繃帶。

nsterile needles

spotless completely clean – used mainly about rooms and clothes 極幹淨的，非常幹淨的〔主要用於指房間和衣服〕

Her kitchen is always spotless.

她的廚房總是一塵不染。

pristine /ˈprɪstiːn/ completely clean and new-looking 幹淨的；簇新的

He wore a pristine white shirt.

他穿着一件簇新的白襯衣。

immaculate as clean and tidy as it is possible to be 極其整潔的

The soldiers’ uniforms have to be immaculate.

軍服必須整潔幹淨。

spick and span [not before noun] informal clean and tidy, especially after having just been cleaned 清清爽爽的,整潔幹淨的

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

到了晚上，整個地方就整潔幹淨。

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…）弄幹淨，（使）清潔，清理 → cleanse

Your shoes need cleaning.

你的鞋該刷一刷了。

Is it easy to clean?

清理起來容易嗎？

clean something down/off

We clean the machines down at the end of each day.

每天下班前我們都要把這些機器徹底清理幹淨。

clean something off/from something

He used a tissue to clean his fingerprints off the gun.

他用一塊紙巾擦去了自己留在槍上的指紋。

→ dry-clean, → spring-clean at spring-cleaning

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]CLEAN to clean a building or other people’s houses as your job 〔作爲工作〕打掃衛生，把…打掃幹淨

Anne comes in to clean twice a week.

安妮每周來清掃兩次。

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 給〔準備烹調的動物、家禽等〕開膛取出内髒

Harry caught the fish and cleaned them himself.

哈裏把魚捉上來自己動手清理内髒。

5. clean your plate EATto eat all your food 吃完盤子裏的食物

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

a) clean something ↔ outCLEAN to make the inside of a room, house etc clean or tidy 把〔房間、屋子等的内部〕打掃幹淨

We’d better clean out the attic this week.

我們本周最好清掃一下閣樓。

b) clean somebody out informalEXPENSIVE if something expensive cleans you out, you spend so much money on it that you now have very little left 用盡某人的錢財

Our trip to Paris cleaned me out.

我們的巴黎之行把我的錢都用光了。

c) clean somebody/something out informalSTEAL to steal everything from a place, or all of someone’s possessions 把某人的財物/某處盜竊一空

7 clean up phrasal verbphr v

a) CLEANto make a place completely clean and tidy 打掃幹淨；清理

We spent all Saturday morning cleaning up.

我們整個星期六上午都在進行打掃。

clean something ↔ up

plans to clean up the beaches

清理海灘的計劃

after

John always expects other people to clean up after him (=to make a place clean after he has used it).

約翰總是指望别人跟在他後面幫他打掃。

b) WASHto wash yourself after you have got very dirty 把〔身體〕洗幹淨

clean yourself up

Let me just go clean myself up.

讓我去洗一洗。

Dad’s upstairs getting cleaned up.

爸爸在樓上洗澡。

c) clean up your act informalBEHAVE to start behaving sensibly and responsibly 改掉不良行爲

Some companies could face heavy fines if they fail to clean up their act.

一些公司如果再不糾正不良做法就要面臨重罰。

d) informalPROFIT to win a lot of money or make a lot of money in a business deal 赢得一大筆錢；賺大錢

He cleaned up at the races yesterday.

他昨天在賽馬場上赢了一大筆。

e) GOOD/MORAL clean something ↔ up to improve moral standards in a place or organization 肅清某事，整頓某事

It’s high time British soccer cleaned up its image.

英國足球界該改善一下自己的形象了。

→ 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 清潔，把…弄幹淨

I need to clean the car.

我得洗車了。

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…洗幹淨

She’s washing her hair.

她正在洗頭。

There’s nowhere to wash your clothes.

沒有地方洗衣服。

wipe to clean a surface with a cloth, often a wet cloth 〔用濕布〕把…擦幹淨

Wipe the worktop when you’ve finished cooking.

做完飯以後把台面擦幹淨。

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

They made her scrub the floor.

他們讓她刷地板。

rinse to remove dirt from something using water, especially after washing it with soap 〔尤在用肥皂洗過後〕沖洗

Rinse your hair thoroughly after shampooing it.

頭發用過洗發液後要徹底沖洗幹淨。

cleanse formal to clean your skin, using water or a special cream 〔用水或專門的乳液〕清潔〔皮膚〕

There are many products available for cleansing your skin.

有許多産品可供清潔肌膚。

bathe /beɪð/ to clean a wound or a part of your body with water 清洗〔傷口或某個身體部位〕

Bathe the cut and put a plaster on it.

清洗傷口，敷上創可貼。

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?

誰來幫我洗碗？

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 〔行動或動作〕徹底地，完全地

clean away/through/out

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

竊賊偷了價值30萬美元的設備後逃之夭夭。

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

汽車撞擊力非常大，把她完全撞飛了。

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

對不起，我把你的生日忘得幹幹淨淨。

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，打掃

The car needs a good clean.

這輛車需要好好洗一洗。

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Examples from the Corpus

clean• Her husband does most of the cleaning.• I spent the whole weekend cleaning.

From Longman Business Dictionary

cleanclean1 /kliːn/ adjectiveadj

1done in a fair or legal way, or showing that you have followed the rules or the law

In ethical investment, investors try to buy shares in companies with a clean record.

His clean credit history will give him access to bank financing.