swabs

英 [swɒbz]

美 [swɑːbz]

n.  (医用的)拭子，药签; 用拭子对(人体)化验标本的采集
v.  用拭子擦拭; 擦洗，擦拭(地板等)
swab的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• (医用)拭子，棉签，药签
  Aswabis a small piece of cotton wool used by a doctor or nurse for cleaning a wound or putting a substance on it.
• VERB (用拖把、抹布等)擦洗，擦拭
  If youswabsomething, you clean it using a wet cloth or a tool called a mop.
  1. I noticed a lone man in the cafeteria swabbing the floor as I passed.
     我路过时注意到一个男子独自在自助餐厅里拖地。

双语例句

• When asked to rate the men's masculinity, the women agreed on who was top and who was bottom, and their rankings correlated with the testosterone levels from the swabs.
  当被要求评判男人的男性程度时，她们对谁排第一谁排最后看法一致，而且她们的排名顺序同试纸测量的睾丸素含量顺序一致。
• If clients inject responsibly, using clean needles and alcohol swabs, they avoid infection too.
  如果吸毒者能合理注射，使用干净的针头和酒精棉签，还可以避免感染。
• I processed the swabs from the wife who found her husband in the hooker case.
  我检验了妻子捉奸在床那案子的拭子。
• Methods During the AHC epidemic season viruses from the conjunctival swabs were isolated in Hela and Hep-2 cell cultures and were identified by neutralization test.
  方法在AHC流行时，有选择地采集部分AHC病人眼拭子标本，通过多种细胞进行病毒分离，并对分离出的病毒进行中和试验鉴定。
• Test material is obtained from cheek swabs, blood samples, biopsies and other tissue specimens.
  检测所需的材料从颊皮肤、血液样品、组织切片和其他组织样品中获得。
• In the bathroom, keep hair pins, cotton swabs and dental floss out of reach from your pet.
  浴室中，将头花、棉棒及牙线放到宠物们够不到的地方。
• Experts assessed swabs from the key pads on cash machines and also from nearby public toilets and found that they both contained the same types of bacteria known to cause sickness.
  专家们在自动提款机的键盘和附近的公厕中提取了样品，发现两者均含有同样致病菌。
• Between 2009 and 2011, the researchers tested nasal swabs from more than 900 marine mammals from 10 different species off the Pacific Coast from Alaska to California.
  2009年至2011年间，他们采集了生活在美国沿太平洋海岸从阿拉斯加到加利福尼亚的10种不同品种900多只海洋哺乳动物的鼻拭子标本。
• You have to collect everyone's swabs.
  你得搜集大家的拭子。
• Doctors strongly discourage using cotton swabs or ear candling to remove earwax and say that unless it's causing bothersome symptoms, earwax should be left alone.
  医生们强烈反对用棉签或耳烛清除耳垢，并称除非耳垢导致不良症状，否则应该不要去管它。