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do the cleaning
cleaning 在此指打扫、清洁的工作，通常不可数，与 do 搭配时前面常用 the。
She does the cleaning on weekends.
她周末做清洁。
清洁；打扫；清洗
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
清洁；打扫；清洗
The process of making something clean, such as removing dirt or waste.
She does the cleaning on weekends.
她周末做清洁。
清洁的过程；清除污垢。
The process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt.
母牛、母羊等的胞衣(胎盘)。
The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
I need to do some cleaning this weekend.
我这周末需要做一次大扫除。
The cleaning of the kitchen took two hours.
清洁厨房花了两个小时。
She is responsible for the cleaning of the office every evening.
她负责每天晚上的办公室清洁工作。
cleaning 在此指打扫、清洁的工作，通常不可数，与 do 搭配时前面常用 the。
She does the cleaning on weekends.
她周末做清洁。
a cleaning 指一次清洁，常与 need 连用；也可说 need a good/thorough cleaning。
The car really needs a cleaning.
这辆车确实需要清洗一下。
介词 of 后接被清洁的对象；cleaning 前带 the。
The cleaning of the kitchen took all morning.
厨房的清理花了整个上午。
Not this
I do cleaning every weekend.
Use this
I do the cleaning every weekend.
汉语的“做清洁”在英语中不能直接说 do cleaning；要在 cleaning 前加定冠词 the，说 do the cleaning，特指家里或某个地方的打扫工作。不加 the 时容易被误解为以清洁为职业。
Not this
There is many cleaning to do.
Use this
There is much cleaning to do.
cleaning 表示“清扫工作”时是不可数名词，不能用 many 修饰，要用 much 或 a lot of。这里把 many 改为 much，只做一个词的变化，语义不变。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
春季大扫除
We do a thorough spring cleaning every April.
我们每年四月都会彻底大扫除。
干洗
Dry cleaning is the best way to clean this delicate dress.
干洗是清洗这件精致连衣裙的最佳方式。
深度清洁
The bathroom needs a deep cleaning.
浴室需要深度清洁。
家庭清洁
We hire someone to do house cleaning every month.
我们每月雇人做家庭清洁。
清洁用品
Don't forget to buy cleaning supplies.
别忘了买清洁用品。
清洁服务
The hotel offers a daily cleaning service.
这家酒店提供每日清洁服务。
春季大扫除；（比喻）彻底的清理整顿
It's time for our annual spring cleaning.
该进行我们一年一度的大扫除了。
趁孩子还在长大时打扫房子，就像在雪还没停时就开始铲雪一样。
The comedian Phyllis Diller once said that cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
喜剧演员菲利斯·迪勒曾说，趁孩子还在长大时打扫房子，就像在雪还没停时就开始铲雪一样。
打扫的目标不只是清洁，而是在那个环境中生活时感受到幸福。
In her best-selling book, Marie Kondo teaches that cleaning is about joy, not just order.
在她的畅销书中，近藤麻理惠教导说，打扫关乎快乐，而不仅仅是整洁。
Use cleaning naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
cleaning 由 clean（干净）+ -ing 组成，记作“弄干净的过程”；母牛羊的胞衣也叫 cleaning，可联想成产后需要清理的东西。
语域：neutral 常见场景：household chores、cleaning services、workplace hygiene 作为名词，cleaning 通常指“清洁、打扫”的过程，口语和书面语都适用，属于中性表达；在兽医或农业语境中也可指母牛、母羊的胞衣（胎盘）。学习时优先掌握“清洁过程”这一义项。
通常作不可数名词，表示清洁活动；作“垃圾”解时偶有可数用法。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.