wipe out
phrasal verbwipe out
- (informal)
to fall over, especially when you are doing a sport such as skiing or surfing （尤指做滑雪或冲浪等体育运动时）跌倒，翻跌下来 She wiped out at the third gate in the slalom race. 她在回转比赛中在第三个门被淘汰。
wipe somebody out
- (informal)
to make somebody extremely tired 使疲惫不堪
wipe somebody/something out
- [often passive]
to destroy or remove somebody/something completely 彻底消灭；全部摧毁 Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake. 地震把整座整座的村庄夷为平地。 Last year's profits were virtually wiped out. 去年的利润几乎全都赔光了。 a campaign to wipe out malaria 消灭疟疾的运动
Extra Examplespollution that threatens to wipe out 100 000 fish 有可能导致 10 万条鱼死亡的污染 The regiment was virtually wiped out in the first battle. 在首次交战中，整个团几乎被全歼。 The disease has been effectively wiped out. 这种疾病已经被有效地消灭了。