【clean音标】 英[kli:n] 美[kli:n]
【单词释义】 clean是什么意思：
adj.清洁的、干净的；整齐的；新的；正派的
vt.&vi.（使）清洁；变干净；除去…的灰尘；使…干净
vi.清扫
adv.完全地，彻底地
n.打扫
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] cleans [第三人称单数] cleans
[单词现在分词] cleaning
[单词过去式] cleaned
[单词过去分词] cleaned
[比较级] cleaner [最高级] cleanest
[反义词] dirty 脏的
【关联词/派生词】
cleanliness n.[U]清洁，干净
cleaner n.清洁剂；清洁工、保洁员；吸尘器
cleanser n. 清洁剂，去污剂；洁面乳，洁肤霜
cleanse v. 清洁；清洗；清理；净化
【clean形近词/近似词】
glean v.收集；拾落穗；收集（资料）
paean n.赞歌，凯歌
wean vt.使断奶；使断念 n.〈英〉婴儿
lean v.（使）倾斜，屈身；倚靠 adj.瘦的；脂肪少的；贫乏的 n.倾斜；瘦肉
jean n.吉恩(人名)；牛仔裤（通常用jeans）；[纺] 斜纹棉布
mean v. 意思是；打算 adj.吝啬的；刻薄的 n.平均数，中数；中间
bean n.豆；豆形种子
dean n.学院院长，系主任；教务长；[宗]主任牧师
ocean n.洋；海洋；大海
【近义词解析】
◇ 整洁的
clean (adj. 干净的，整洁的)：最普通用词，指外表干干净净、毫无脏痕的。Are your hands clean?
neat (adj. 整洁的，整齐的)：指事物既清洁又整齐的。She always keeps her room neat.
orderly ([四级]adj. 整齐的，有条理的)：语义较强，指把东西合理安排整齐的，侧重于条理性。
tidy (adj. [尤英]整洁的，整齐的)：常用于形容房间、房子、书桌等，强调所有东西都在正确的位置上。
【单词例句】
◇ Everyday, while the lazy, ugly stepsisters played they teased Cinderella. Cinderella always stayed up late cleaning and washing the laundry. "Cinderella! Clean my shoes." Cinderella always wore tattered clothes and worked all day doing housework.
每一天，懒惰的、丑陋的姐妹都会嘲笑灰姑娘。灰姑娘每天洗衣服打扫屋子到很晚。“灰姑娘!擦擦我的鞋。”灰姑娘总是穿着破烂的衣服，整天马不停蹄地做家务。
---- Cinderella
◇ "They are living in the sticky film stuck to the teeth and also to the soft tissues," says Hirschfeld. "This sticky film can't be easily rinsed off – it really needs to be manually cleaned."
赫希菲尔德说：“它们生活在粘附在牙齿和软组织上的粘性膜中。这种粘性膜不能轻易被冲洗干净——它真的需要手动清洁。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ She also kept the house in order, and made up the beds white and clean. The brothers were always satisfied, and they lived happily with her.
她还收拾小屋，给小床铺上了漂漂亮亮、乾乾净净的床单。哥哥们对她非常满意，和她快乐地生活在一起。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Her clean woolen vest and stockings, especially her classic pronunciation, all suggested her upper status.
她干净的羊毛背心和袜子，尤其是她一流的发音，都暗示着她的上层身份。
◇ A woman's daily habit of cleaning her ears with cotton swabs led to a life-threatening infection in her skull, according to news reports.
据报道，一名习惯每天用棉签清洁耳朵的女性发生颅内感染，导致生命受到威胁。
---- Never Cleaning Ears With Cotton Swabs
◇ According to the ecological valence theory (just one of a handful of color preference theories), humans appear to be fond of these colors because they're associated with environmental features we can benefit from and enjoy, such as clear skies, clean water, and vegetation.
根据生态效价理论（为数不多的‘颜色偏好理论’之一），人类之所以喜欢这些颜色，是因为它们与某些环境特征有关，而我们既能享受这些环境特征，更能从其中收益。晴朗的天空、干净的水流、翠绿的植被，不都是为我们所喜爱的吗？
---- What is the world's most relaxing color?
◇ She added that one of her biggest concerns is whether the planet will have enough resources to meet people's basic needs. Population growth, combined with climate change, could strain agriculture and access to clean drinking water even more.
她补充说，一个最大的担忧是地球上是否有足够的资源来满足人们的基本需求。人口增长加之气候变化可能会给农业生产和获取清洁饮用水带来更多困难。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ This doesn't mean to not keep your clothes clean but there are some tips in place to ensure that washing your clothes doesn't cause them any damage.
这并不是说别把衣物洗干净，但有一些小技巧能确保你清洗的时候不会破坏衣物。
---- How to hang, wash, and care for clothes
◇ On the first long weekend of her employer's experiment with a four-day working week, Kirsten Taylor freaked out a little bit. Like a housework hurricane, she got through mounds of clothes-washing, weeded the garden, cleaned the windows and mowed the lawn.
在公司首次试验四天工作制的第一个长周末，柯尔斯顿·泰勒感觉有点抓狂。就像经历了一场家务飓风，她洗了一大堆衣服，除了花园的杂草，擦了窗户，还修剪了草坪。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ I want a wife who will take care of my physical needs. I want a wife who will keep my house clean. A wife who will pick up after my children, a wife who will pick up after me.
我想要个妻，照顾我的实际所需。把屋子打扫干净，把孩子拾掇整齐，还要跟在我后面收拾整理。
---- I Want a Wife