clean-upとは意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

clean up (三人称単数 現在形 cleans up, 現在分詞 cleaning up, 過去形および過去分詞形 cleaned up)

1. (transitive) To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.

   Clean up your room.

   • 2008 July 14, Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures:

     Mr Mayor, you were elected in a campaign to clean up the city. When are you gonna start?

   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 408, number 8848:

     At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.

2. (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.

   He sure cleans up nice.

3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.

   Man, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table.   The investors cleaned up when the stock hit the roof last year.

   • 2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

     And for Rodgers, who cleaned up with Celtic in Scotland, this was another significant addition to his CV, as his expert guidance of Leicester - who are in a strong position to finish in the Premier League's top four and face Chelsea again at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday - now has a tangible reward in the shape of the FA Cup.

4. (video games) To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner.
   • 2020 June 23, Jackson Haime, “Becoming a Legend: 4 Easy Ways to Climb in Apex Legends”, in Medium‎^[3]:

     The key here is to stop third partying and start cleaning up. Running to the first bullets you hear will only guarantee one thing, a fight. […] Cleaning up means only swooping in for the free kills. Is a fight over? Does Octane has his hands in a deathbox? That is when you take the zipline and catch them with their pants down.

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:clean up.

派生語

関連する語

• cleanup

語源

Univerbation of clean +‎ up.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkliːnʌp/, [ˈkʰliːˌnʌp]

名詞

cleanup (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 cleanups)

1. The act of cleaning or tidying something.
2. (baseball) Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.
   • 1994, Ronald A. Mayer, The 1937 Newark Bears: A Baseball Legend, →ISBN, page 27:

     The starting lineup for Newark consisted of Johnny Neun leading off at first base; the number two hitter was catcher Norman Kies; batting third and playing second base was Andy Cohen; at cleanup was "The People's Cherce," Dixie Walker; George Selkirk was hitting fifth and playing right field; Bob Barrett was at third base and hitting sixth; Jess Hill was the number seven batter in left field; Red Rolfe batted eighth and played shortstop; and the right-hander, George Miner, was on the mound.

   • 2000, Richard Ben Cramer, Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, →ISBN, page 528:

     There it was: McDougald at cleanup, and DiMaggio fifth.

   • 2010, Kenneth Hogan, Batting 10th for the Yankees, →ISBN:

     I had been getting hits off Jim Palmer and had a streak going and went from hitting 8th to 7th, to 6th, 5th, and then finally McKeon put me in at cleanup.

   Jones will be batting cleanup in tonight's game.

派生語

• cleanup hitter

関連する語

• clean up