wipeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English wipen, from 古期英語 wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic ������������ (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), 古期英語 swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit वेपते (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.

動詞

wipe (三人称単数 現在形 wipes, 現在分詞 wiping, 過去形および過去分詞形 wiped)

1. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)

   Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.

   I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.

   Tom started to wipe his eyes.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     So they passed through the Palace Gates and were led into a big room with a green carpet and lovely green furniture set with emeralds. The soldier made them all wipe their feet upon a green mat before entering this room, and when they were seated he said politely […]

2. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 10”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.

3. (obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.

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   • 1551 [1516], Ralph Robinson (sometimes spelt Raphe Robynson), transl., Utopia, translation of original by Sir Thomas More:

     If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods.

4. (transitive, computing) To erase.

   I accidentally wiped my hard drive.

5. (transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
6. (figuratively) To remove an expression from one's face.
   • 2008, Adele, First Love

     Please wipe that look out of your eyes, it's bribing me to doubt myself.

   You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.

7. (transitive) To deperm (a ship).

名詞

wipe (複数形 wipes)

1. The act of wiping something.

   multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk

2. A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

   Hyponym: wet wipe

   • 2009, Mary Ann Zoellner, ‎Alicia Ybarbo, Today's Moms: Essentials for Surviving Baby's First Year (page 58)

     When on a plane or train, don't take anything into the bathroom except baby, a changing pad, a diaper, a travel packet of wipes, and a bottle of hand sanitizer. Always use a wipe on the area before you put your baby down.

3. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A handkerchief.
   • 1883, London Society (volume 43, page 101)

     "Now, my kiveys, shy up your castors, tie your bird's-eye wipes to the stakes, and go to work."

4. A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
5. (obsolete) A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 273:

     I could not help giving Metcalfe a wipe for his lamentations, observing I should have thought he had enough to attend to at home.

6. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something.
   • 1894, William Tomkinson, ‎James Tomkinson, The Diary of a Cavalry Officer in the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns 1809-1815 (page 48)

     He rode close up to a French officer, and so much in advance of his men that the Frenchman thought he was going to surrender, and dropped his sword, when Penrice gave him a wipe over his head.

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