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

• One of those swabs, was he?
  那么他就是那帮狗东西之一了？
• Experts have warned that bacterial infections, hepatitis B and C, and possibly even HIV are being transmitted via acupuncture through the use of contaminated needles, cotton swabs and hot packs.
  专家已经提出警告说细菌感染，乙型和丙型肝炎，甚至可能HIV正通过针灸时感染的针头，棉签和热敷包进行传播。
• They measured cortisol, which is secreted by the adrenal glands, by taking mouth swabs and saliva samples from the volunteers.
  他们采集了志愿者的口腔唾液分泌物样本，从中测试其肾上腺水平。
• 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。
• 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。
• In addition, the estimated probability of tonsillar bacteriology by surface swabs varies with the type of the pathogen.
  此外，扁桃体表面咽拭子细菌学培养获得的病原菌类型多种多样且出现的几率各不相同。
• However, laboratory diagnoses can be used to confirm the clinical diagnosis retrospectively on swabs and tissues taken during treatment, but this is seldom done.
  但是，可对治疗期间使用的拭子和采集的组织进行实验室诊断以便回顾性地确认临床诊断，但是很少这样做。
• The company sends sealed cotton swabs and instructs customers to swab the insides of their cheeks.
  公司会邮寄密封的棉花刷子给客户，指导他们刮取口腔内壁。
• Bronchoalveolar lavage, oropharyngeal swabs, and bronchial biopsies ( presence of macroscopic bronchial lesions) were obtained for all who deteriorated clinically with suspected lung infection.
  对临床病情恶化怀疑肺部感染的患者，取支气管肺泡灌洗、咽拭子、支气管活检（存在肉眼可见的支气管损伤者）。
• The people tested had gone to general practitioners with complaints of flu-like symptoms and had swabs taken for testing.
  有感冒症状主诉的被检旅客已经送交医生并提取了拭子样本进行化验。