时间: 2025-04-25 04:53:46
美: [klin]
英: [kliːn]
adj. 清洁的，干净的；清白的
vt. 使干净
vi. 打扫，清扫
adv. 完全地
n. 打扫
n. (Clean)人名；(英)克林
最后更新时间:2025-04-25 04:53:46
词源分析：clean源于古英语“clǣne”，意指“清晰、纯净”。其词根可能与日耳曼语系语言中的“khlainaz”有关，均表示清洁和纯净的概念。
历史背景：该单词的使用可以追溯至9世纪的古英语文献中，常用于描述身体、环境以及心灵的纯净。
课本：在*的英语教材中，clean通常出现在小学和初中的词汇学中。美国的教材如《Oxford English Language Course》也会在小学阶段引入该词。
正式与非正式语境：
特殊场合：
The kitchen must be kept clean at all times.
厨房必须始终保持干净。
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She uses a clean towel to dry her hands.
她用一条干净的毛巾擦手。
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The air in the mountains is clean and fresh.
山中的空气干净而清新。
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A clean environment is essential for good health.
干净的环境对于良好的健康至关重要。
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Make sure your hands are clean before eating.
确保在吃东西之前手是干净的。
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同义词：
这两个词在语义上与clean相近，但pure更侧重于化学或生物的纯净，而spotless更强调无瑕疵的视觉效果。
反义词：
dirty和messy在某些场合可以互换使用，但dirty更侧重于物理上的污垢，而messy则是指整体的混乱状态。
通过以上分析，可以更全面地理解和运用“clean”这个单词。
[ADJ] Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks. 清洁的
例：The subway is efficient and spotlessly clean.地铁快，而且一尘不染。
例：Tiled kitchen floors are easy to keep clean.铺了地砖的厨房地面容易保持清洁。
[ADJ] You say that people or animals are clean when they keep themselves or their surroundings clean. 爱干净的
例：We like pigs, they're very clean.我们喜欢猪，它们很爱干净。
[ADJ] A clean fuel or chemical process does not create many harmful or polluting substances. 无污染的
例：Fans of electric cars say they are clean, quiet, and economical.电动车爱好者说电动车无污染，无噪音，而且经济。
[[表赞许]] If you describe something such as a book, joke, or lifestyle as clean, you think that they are not sexually immoral or offensive. 纯洁的; 不淫秽的
例：They're trying to show clean, wholesome, decent movies.他们在努力放纯洁、健康、正派的电影。
例：Flirting is good clean fun.调情是谑而不虐。
[ADJ] If someone has a clean reputation or record, they have never done anything illegal or wrong. 清白的
例：Accusations of tax evasion have tarnished his clean image.逃税的指控玷污了他清廉的形象。
[ADJ] A clean game or fight is carried out fairly, according to the rules. 公正的
例：He called for a clean fight in the election and an end to "negative campaigning."他呼吁在竞选中公正交锋，停止“消极竞选”。
[ADV] cleanly 公正地
例：The game had been cleanly fought.这场比赛打得公平。
[ADJ] A clean sheet of paper has no writing or drawing on it. (纸张) 空白的
例：Take a clean sheet of paper and down the left-hand side make a list.拿一张白纸，在左下边列个清单。
[V-T/V-I] If you clean something or clean dirt off it, you make it free from dirt and unwanted marks, for example by washing or wiping it. If something cleans easily, it is easy to clean. 把…弄干净; 清洁
例：Her father cleaned his glasses with a paper napkin.她父亲用一张餐巾纸擦他的眼镜。
例：It took half an hour to clean the orange powder off the bathtub.用了半个小时才把浴缸里的橙色粉末擦掉。
[N-UNCOUNT] cleaning 清洁
例：The windows will have to be given a thorough cleaning.窗户必须得做彻底的清洁。
[V-T/V-I] If you clean a room or house, you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust. 打扫 (房间、房子); 打扫卫生
例：Mary cooked and cleaned for them.玛丽为他们做饭、打扫卫生。
[N-UNCOUNT] cleaning 打扫卫生的工作
例：I do the cleaning myself.我自己做打扫卫生的工作。
[[非正式]] Clean is used to emphasize that something was done completely. 彻底地
例：It burned clean through the seat of my overalls.把我的连身工作服的臀部全给烧穿了。
例：The thief got clean away with the money.贼偷了钱逃之夭夭了。