词汇 | clear |
释义 | clear Theme: ALCOHOL mod. (of liquor) undiluted; neat.No soda. Clear, please.I like mine clear with just one ice cube. Theme: EARN tr. to earn a specific net amount of money.She cleared a cool forty thousand on that Wilson deal.We just want to clear a decent profit. Nothing greedy. Theme: INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL mod. alcohol intoxicated.Man, is she ever clear!He was clear, you know, polluted. clear 1. noun ► in the clearwith no evidence against you; therefore, innocent or apparently so UK, 1934 2. verb to steal something UK, 1998.► clear the channelto stop talking US, 1962.► clear your tubesto ejaculate; to masturbate AUSTRALIA, 1985 clear away 1. clear away sth • clear sth away • clear away to put away the things that you have been using so that a place looks neat again, especially after a meal: By ten-thirty we'd cleared away the breakfast things and everyone was ready to go out. You'd better clear all these toys away before your grandmother gets here. Mum was watching television, so the rest of us cleared away and washed up.■ SIMILAR TO: clear up BrE, tidy away2. clear away to move away from a place: The protesters slowly cleared away from the building when the police arrived. clear off 1. clear off! spoken, especially BrE used to tell someone rudely and angrily to go away: Clear off and don't come back!■ SIMILAR TO: go away, push off! BrE spoken informal, buzz off! spoken informal2. clear off • clear off sth informal, especially BrE to leave a place quickly: Frank cleared off at about ten o'clock, without saying where he was going.+ to I couldn't stand the English climate, so I cleared off to America as soon as I could. clear out 1. clear out sth • clear sth out to make a room, cupboard etc tidy and throw away the things in it you do not need or want anymore: While I was clearing out the attic, I found some old photographs of my mother. It took them hours just to clear out the hall cupboards.clear-out n singular when you make a place tidy and throw away the things in it that you do not need or want anymore: Look at this mess - it's time we had a big clear-out in here.2. clear out informal to leave a place or building quickly or suddenly, especially permanently: By the time the police arrived the men had already cleared out.+ of I'll give you two hours to collect your things and clear out of here!clear out! (=used to tell someone rudely and angrily to leave a place) Clear out! I don't want to see you again!■ SIMILAR TO: get out clear up 1. clear up • clear up sth • clear sth up BrE to put things back where they are usually kept and make a place clean and tidy, especially after a meal, party etc: Let's clear up as quickly as possible and then watch the film on TV.clear up the mess BrE I went through to the front room to clear up the mess.clear up after sb (=make a place clean and tidy after someone else has made it dirty and untidy) I'm tired of clearing up after other people all the time!■ SIMILAR TO: tidy up BrE2. clear up sth • clear sth up to solve a problem or deal with a disagreement or a situation in which people have become confused: Talks continued late into the night in an effort to clear up the remaining difficulties. Why don't you phone him and clear up the confusion? There are various problems of organization that still need to be cleared up.■ SIMILAR TO: sort out3. clear up sth • clear sth up to find an explanation for something that is strange and hard to understand: Officials have been unable to clear up the mystery of how the ship caught fire. The case was never cleared up completely and no one knows what happened to the man suspected of her murder.■ SIMILAR TO: solve4. clear up • clear up sth • clear sth up if an illness or infection clears up, or if medicine clears it up, it gets better and disappears: Keep taking the antibiotics and the infection should clear up within a week. The doctor prescribed a cream which will help to clear it up.5. the weather clears up/it clears up if the weather clears up, it stops raining and becomes more pleasant: If the weather clears up, why don't we go to the beach this afternoon? The weather forecast said that it would clear up later in the day.■ SIMILAR TO: brighten up clear1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. He was clear. You know, polluted. 2. mod. [of liquor] undiluted; neat. I like mine clear with just one ice cube. 3. tv. to earn a specific net amount of money. We just want to clear a decent profit. Nothing greedy.
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