English-Thai Dictionary

swab

N กะลาสี เรือ (คำ สแลง  sailor ka-la-se-ruea

 

swab

N ผ้า หรือ ฟองน้ำ สำหรับ ถู พื้น  mop sponge pa-rue-fong-nam-sam-rab-tu-puan

 

swab

N ผ้า หรือ วัสดุ ที่ ใช้ ทำความสะอาด ลำ กล้อง ปืน  sam-le-rue-pa-kod-sam-rab-tam-kwam-sa-aud

 

swab

N สำลี หรือ ผ้า ก็ อซ สำหรับ ทำความสะอาด บาดแผล  สำลี หรือ ผ้า ก็ อซ สำหรับ ซับ แผล หรือ ทายา  gauze absorbent cotton sam-le-rue-pa-kod-sam-rab-tam-kwam-sa-aud

 

swab

VT ทำความสะอาด พื้น ด้วย ผ้า หรือ ฟองน้ำ  ถู พื้น ด้วย ผ้า หรือ ฟองน้ำ  mop wash scrub wipe tam-kwam-sa-aud-puan-duai-sam-le-pa-kod

 

swab

VT ทำความสะอาด แผล ด้วย สำลี หรือ ผ้า ก็ อซ  ซับ หรือ ทา แผล ด้วย สำลี หรือ ผ้า ก็ อซ  wash clean tam-kwam-sa-aud-pare-duai-sam-le-pa-kod

 

swab down

PHRV เช็ด หรือ ล้าง ด้วย ผ้า หนา และ น้ำ จำนวนมาก  swob down ched-rue-lang-duai-pa-na-jam-nuan-mak

 

swab out

PHRV เช็ด หรือ ล้าง ด้วย ผ้า หนา และ น้ำ จำนวนมาก  swob out ched-rue-lang-duai-pa-na-jam-nuan-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWAB

n.A mop for cleaning floors; on board of ships, a large mop or bunch or old rope yarn, used to clean the deck and cabin.

 

SWAB

v.t.[supra. ] To clean with mop; to wipe when wet or after washing; as, to swab the deck of a ship.

 

SWABBER

n.One that uses a swab to clean a floor or deck; on board of ships of war, an inferior officer, whose business is to see that the ship is kept clean.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWAB

Swab, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swabbing.] Etym: [See Swabber, n.]

 

Defn: To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also swob. ]

 

SWAB

Swab, n. Etym: [Written also swob. ]

 

1. A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc. , esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.

 

2. A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep- seated parts, etc.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: An epaulet. [Sailor's Slang ] Marryat.

 

4. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Obs. ] Bailey.

 

5. A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.

 

SWABBER

SWABBER Swab "ber, v. t.

 

Defn: To swab. [R.]

 

SWABBER

Swab "ber, n. Etym: [D. zwabber; cf. D. zwabberen to swab, G.schwabbern, Dan. svabre, Sw. svab a swab, svabla to swab. ]

 

1. One who swabs a floor or desk. Shak.

 

2. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean.

 

3. Same as Swobber, 2.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swab

swab |swäb swɑb | ▶noun 1 an absorbent pad or piece of material used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds, applying medication, or taking specimens. • a specimen of a secretion taken with a swab for examination: he had taken throat swabs. • a piece of absorbent material used for cleaning the bore of a firearm, a woodwind instrument, etc. 2 a mop or other absorbent device for cleaning or mopping up a floor or other surface. 3 another term for swabbie. ▶verb ( swabs, swabbing, swabbed ) [ with obj. ] clean (a wound or surface ) with a swab: swabbing down the decks | swab a patch of skin with alcohol. • [ with adverbial ] absorb or clear (moisture ) with a swab: the blood was swabbed away. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘mop for cleaning the decks ’): back-formation from swabber ‘sailor detailed to swab decks, ’ from early modern Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning ‘splash ’ or ‘sway. ’

 

swabbie

swab bie |ˈswäbē ˈswɑbi |(also swabby ) ▶noun ( pl. swabbies ) Nautical slang a member of the navy, typically one who is of low rank.

 

Swabia

Swa bi a |ˈswābēə ˈsweɪbiə | a former duchy of medieval Germany, now divided between southwestern Germany, Switzerland, and France. German name Schwaben. DERIVATIVES Swa bi an adjective & noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

swab

swab |swɒb | ▶noun 1 an absorbent pad or piece of material used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds, applying medication, or taking specimens. • a specimen of a secretion taken with a swab for examination: he had taken throat swabs. 2 a mop or other absorbent device for cleaning or mopping up a floor or other surface. 3 archaic a contemptible person. • US another term for swabbie. ▶verb ( swabs, swabbing, swabbed ) [ with obj. ] clean (a wound or surface ) with a swab: the crew were swabbing down the decks | swab a patch of skin with alcohol. • [ with adverbial ] absorb or clear (moisture ) with a swab: the blood was swabbed away. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘mop for cleaning the decks ’): back-formation from swabber ‘sailor detailed to swab decks ’, from early modern Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning ‘splash ’ or ‘sway ’.

 

swabbie

swab |bie |ˈswɒbi | ▶noun ( pl. swabbies ) US Nautical slang a member of the navy, typically one who is of low rank.

 

Swabia

Swabia |ˈsweɪbɪə | a former duchy of medieval Germany, now divided between SW Germany, Switzerland, and France. German name Schwaben. DERIVATIVES Swabian adjective & noun

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

swab

swab /swɑb |swɔb /名詞 C 1 綿棒, 綿球, 脱脂綿 ; それで採取した検査用の分泌物 .2 (甲板 床用の )モップ, 棒ぞうきん .3 (銃身などの )掃除用具 .4 ｟くだけて ｠のろま, でくのぼう .動詞 ～s ; ～bed ; ～bing 他動詞 1 …を綿棒 [脱脂綿 ]でふく ; 【薬などを 】…に綿球で塗る «with » .2 〈甲板など 〉をモップで掃除する (down ); 〈水分など 〉をふき取る (up ).