詞彙精選：mop的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
拖把 [C]
例句：
I used a mop to sop up the spilled water.
我用拖把把潑出的水擦乾。
例句：
He got a mop, a bucket, and some paper towels.
他拿來拖把、水桶和一些紙巾。
蓬鬆的頭髮 [C]
例句：
He was long-limbed and dark-eyed, with a mop of tight, dark curls.
他四肢修長、眼睛烏黑髮亮，留着一頭蓬亂濃密的黑色捲髮。
例句：
He rarely smiles, and when he does, his face, topped by an unruly mop of brown hair, contorts into something more closely resembling a grimace.
他不苟言笑，而當他發笑時，在一頭蓬亂的棕色頭髮的映襯下，更像是在做鬼臉。
鬼臉
v.
用拖把拖；擦拭 [I,T]
例句：
He mopped perspiration from his forehead.
擦去了前額的汗水。
例句：
There was a woman mopping the stairs.
一個女人在拖樓梯。
扮鬼臉，搭拉着臉 [I]
例句：
Wilson mopped his face and breathed deeply of the air outside the hole.
威爾遜哭喪着臉，一到洞外就深深地吸了一口氣。
例句：
At the circus, the clowns mopped and mowed.
馬戲演出時，丑角扮怪相。
二、詞義辨析：
clean,clear,sweep,dust,mop,wipe,scrub
這些動詞均有“使乾淨”之意。clean是這些動詞中最常用的詞，指將某物或某處的污物等清除掉，弄乾淨。clear指清除不要的東西。sweep指用掃帚等進行清掃，也用作比喻。dust指將積落在物體表面的塵土抹去、撣掉或擦去以保乾淨。mop側重指用拖把擦洗地板，有時也指擦乾淨或擦去。wipe多指用布、紙等物把東西擦淨，也指擦掉某物。scrub指用硬刷、肥皂或水用力地擦洗某物。
三、相關短語：
mop up
mop up1.用拖把拖洗 2.結束；完成mop-upn. 1.【軍】掃蕩
四、參考例句：
Bob, would you please mop the floor?
鮑勃,把地板拖一下好嗎?
He got a mop, a bucket, and some paper towels.
他拿來拖把、水桶和一些紙巾。
I mop the kitchen floor twice a week.
我一星期兩次用拖把拖廚房的地板。
He ran a hand through his mop of fair hair.
I used a mop to sop up the spilled water.
我用拖把把潑出的水擦乾。
Fetch a cloth to mop up the spill.
拿塊抹布把溢出來的東西擦掉。
The hotel cleaner entered carrying a bucket and a mop.
旅館清潔工拿着水桶和拖把進來。
Grandmother uses a mop to clean the floor.
奶奶用拖布擦地板。
The housemaid comes to mop our kitchen floor twice a week.
女傭每週兩次到我家來拖洗廚房地板。
I have to mop the kitchen floor at least once a day.
我每天至少要把廚房地板擦洗一次。
