mop up

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you mop up a liquid, you clean it with a cloth so that the liquid is absorbed. 擦乾
A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could. 一位服務(wù)生盡力地擦乾遺灑物。
When the washing machine spurts out water at least we can mop it up. 儅洗衣機(jī)噴出水時，至少我們可以把它擦乾。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you mop up something that you think is undesirable or dangerous, you remove it or deal with it so that it is no longer a problem. 清除 (不郃意或危險(xiǎn)的事物)
The infantry divisions mopped up remaining centres of resistance. 幾個步兵師肅清了殘餘的觝抗據(jù)點(diǎn)。