housecleaning
housecleaning — 動詞
- housecleaningpresent simple I / you / we / they
- housecleanings3rd person singular
- housecleaninging-ing form
- housecleaningedpast simple
1. to make a home clean by washing floors, dusting furniture, and putting things ba
打掃
清潔房屋內部
to make a home clean by washing floors, dusting furniture, and putting things back where they belong
Mira spent the whole Saturday housecleaning before her mother-in-law's visit.
Mira 花了整個週六打掃屋子，因為婆婆要來拜訪。
housecleaning + time phrase for duration
The Watanabe family hired helpers to houseclean the apartment after the renovation work.
渡邊一家請人幫忙打掃公寓，因為剛裝修完。
Rafael housecleans his kitchen every Sunday morning while listening to the radio.
Rafael 每週日早上邊聽廣播邊打掃廚房。
Before Lunar New Year, Anong and her sisters housecleaned every room from top to bottom.
農曆新年前，Anong 和她的姐妹們把每個房間從上到下徹底打掃了一遍。
Soraya asked the children to pick up toys so she could houseclean the living room.
Soraya 叫孩子們把玩具收好，這樣她才能打掃客廳。
- mess up
to make a place dirty or untidy, the opposite of cleaning
文法句型
housecleaning + direct object (room / house / apartment)
用法筆記
In everyday conversation, 'clean the house' is far more common than 'houseclean'. This verb is typically used when emphasizing a thorough, complete cleaning of the whole home.
常見錯誤
2. to remove people, practices, or items that are seen as harmful or no longer usef
整頓
清除組織中不必要的人事物
to remove people, practices, or items that are seen as harmful or no longer useful, especially in an organization or system
After three years of losses, the board housecleaned the entire marketing department.
連續三年虧損後，董事會整頓了整個行銷部門。
housecleaning + department after a negative trigger
The new principal housecleaned the school by removing outdated books and hiring fresh teachers.
新校長整頓了學校，汰換舊課本並聘請新老師。
houseclean + by + gerund for method
Ilan's first move as manager was to houseclean the team by firing the weakest members.
Ilan 擔任經理後的第一件事就是整頓團隊，開除表現最差的成員。
The city council voted to houseclean the permitting office after years of public complaints.
在民眾投訴多年後，市議會投票決定整頓許可證辦理處。
Ravindra housecleaned his grandfather's old files, throwing away boxes of papers from the 1970s.
Ravindra 整頓了祖父的舊檔案，丟掉了好幾箱一九七〇年代的紙張。
- purge
stronger and more negative connotation; suggests getting rid of enemies or opposition
- overhaul
focuses on repairing and improving the system rather than removing people
- restructure
emphasizes changing the structure or organization, not just removing elements
文法句型
houseclean + organization / department / system
houseclean + noun phrase (people / practices / files)
用法筆記
Common in business, politics, and institutional contexts. The subject is usually a person in authority or a decision-making body. Implies a thorough, sometimes dramatic removal, not a small change.