| 词汇 | cleanse |
| 释义 | cleanseWord family noun cleaner cleaning cleanliness clean cleanser cleansingadjective clean ≠ unclean cleansableverb clean cleanse adverb clean cleanly Illness & disability cleanse /klenz/ verb [transitiveT] 1 MICUREto make something completely clean 使清洁，清洗 Use a piece of gauze to cleanse the cut. 用一块纱布清洗伤口。 The water is cleansed and reused. ► see thesaurus at clean 水净化后被循环使用。 2 to remove everything that is bad or immoral from a person’s character, an organization, or a place – used especially in news reports 清除〔不好或不道德的一切，尤用于新闻报道〕 → ethnic cleansingcleanse somebody/something of something The mayor was elected on a promise to cleanse the city government of corruption. 市长当选时承诺要清除市政府的腐败现象。 Examples from the Corpus cleanse• The wound was then cleansed and redressed aseptically.• This is a soul cleansing, carefully detailing the surrounding circumstances and the pressures that demanded that action be taken immediately.• Climbing the places he had loved came to seem like a cleansing experience for a sick soul.• Music had cleansed him as a river cleans a gorge through which it tumbles.• Swimming in open-air hot bathwater in view of ice-topped peaks is different, wonderfully different - cleansing, relaxing and just good.• Cleanse the wound with alcohol.• First I had to be cleansed - this meant drinking a lot of medicated water and throwing it up again.• They involve the same exfoliating, cleansing, toning and moisturising routines as facials.• She performed a 200-peso, or $ 25, ritual cleansing with herbs, flowers, chiles and perfumed lotions.• This lotion cleanses your skin deep down, while preserving its natural pH balance. cleanse somebody/something of something• The prisoners prayed that they would be cleansed of their sins. |
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