wipe up
wipe up — 慣用語
1. to use a cloth, towel, or sponge to soak up and remove liquid that has been acci
擦掉液體
用布吸乾潑灑的液體
to use a cloth, towel, or sponge to soak up and remove liquid that has been accidentally spilled on a surface such as a table, floor, or counter.
Camille used a paper towel to wipe up the milk she had knocked over.
Camille 用紙巾擦掉了她打翻的牛奶。
wipe up + liquid noun (milk)
The waiter hurried over with a cloth to wipe up the spilled wine before it stained the carpet.
服務生趕快拿著抹布過來，擦掉潑灑的紅酒，免得弄髒地毯。
purpose: to prevent damage from liquid
Sayaka grabbed a sponge and wiped the puddle of water up from the bathroom floor.
Sayaka 拿起海綿，把浴室地板上的那灘水擦乾淨。
separable: wiped + noun + up
A neighbour brought a mop and helped Ravi wipe up the flood of water from the broken pipe.
鄰居拿了一支拖把過來，幫 Ravi 擦掉水管破裂流出來的水。
large spill: mop instead of cloth
- wipe up a spill
- wipe up liquid
- wipe up water
- wipe up the mess
- wipe up wine/coffee/milk
文法句型
wipe up + noun phrase
wipe + noun phrase + up
用法筆記
The object (the liquid or spill) can come either after 'up' or between 'wipe' and 'up': 'wipe up the spill' or 'wipe the spill up'. This sense is strongly associated with liquids — for dry messes (crumbs, dust) use the phrasal verb sense instead.
常見錯誤
wipe up — 片語動詞
- wipe upbase form
- wipes up3rd person singular
- wiping up-ing form
- wiped uppast simple
1. to clean a surface with a cloth or towel, removing food, dirt, crumbs, or other
擦拭乾淨
用布清除表面髒污
to clean a surface with a cloth or towel, removing food, dirt, crumbs, or other unwanted matter and leaving the area dry and tidy.
After breakfast, Tendai wiped up the toast crumbs from the kitchen counter.
早餐後，Tendai 把廚房流理台上的吐司屑擦乾淨。
wipe up + solid particles (crumbs)
Gabriel asked the children to wipe up the sticky fingerprint marks they had left on the glass door.
Gabriel 叫孩子們把他們留在玻璃門上的指紋印擦掉。
purpose: remove marks/residue from a surface
Dahlia took a damp cloth and wiped the muddy footprints up from the hallway tiles.
Dahlia 拿了一塊濕布，把走廊磁磚上的泥腳印擦乾淨。
separable: wiped + noun + up
Hannah filled a bucket with soapy water and wiped up the greasy stove top after cooking.
Hannah 提了一桶肥皂水，把油膩的爐台擦乾淨。
wipe up + greasy residue from cooking
- wipe up the counter
- wipe up the table
- wipe up crumbs
- wipe up a mess
- wipe up dirt
- wipe up the floor
- clean up
more general; can involve sweeping, scrubbing, or other methods, not just a cloth
- clear away
focuses on removing objects rather than cleaning the surface itself
文法句型
wipe up + noun phrase
wipe + noun phrase + up
用法筆記
Unlike the idiom sense, this phrasal verb is used for both wet and dry messes on a surface. The focus is on leaving the surface clean rather than on absorbing a liquid. The separable structure ('wipe the counter up' / 'wipe up the counter') works with both concrete objects ('crumbs', 'dirt') and general references ('the mess').