clean out 是什么意思？clean out 的含义 - 柯林高阶英语学习词典 - 在线工具

1. phrasal verb

If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.

Mr. Wall asked if I would help him clean out the bins. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

If you are using the same pan, clean it out. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

2. phrasal verb

If someone cleans you out, they take all the money and valuables you have. If they clean out a place, they take everything of value that is in it.

[informal]

I'm sure the burglars waited until my insurance claim was through and came back to clean me out again. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

When they first captured the port, they virtually cleaned out its warehouses. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

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