mop /mɔp/ I. n.［c］拖把；洗碗：She bought a new white mop. 她买了一个白色的新拖把。‖II. vt. 1. 用拖把拖洗；擦掉，抹掉：A worker mopped the floor this morning.今天早晨一个工人用拖把擦洗了地板。The nurse gently mopped the blood from the wound. 护士轻轻地抹去伤口上的血。2. 用于短语动词mop up擦液体；清扫残余：I was just mopping up the milk that you spilt in the kitchen. 我正在擦你在厨房弄散的牛奶。Government soldiers are now mopping up rebel forces in the rural north.政府军正在北部农村清扫反政府残余。