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mop sth
mop 作“用拖把拖”解时，直接接地点等宾语。
She mopped the kitchen floor.
她拖了厨房地板。
拖把
mops — plural of mop
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
拖把
a cleaning tool made of absorbent material attached to a handle, used for washing floors
She mopped the kitchen floor.
她拖了厨房地板。
用于清洗地板等的工具,由一块布、一束线头或粗纱固定在手柄上制成。
An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
A made-up face; a grimace.
由吸水材料固定在手柄上的清洁工具,用于清洁地板
cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
I need a new mop because the old one is broken.
我需要一把新拖把，因为旧的坏了。
She grabbed a mop and started cleaning the spilled juice.
她抓起一把拖把，开始清理洒出的果汁。
These mops are too old to use.
这些拖把太旧了，没法用了。
mop 作“用拖把拖”解时，直接接地点等宾语。
She mopped the kitchen floor.
她拖了厨房地板。
这是可分隔短语动词：名词宾语可在 up 后，代词宾语须放在中间，如 mop it up。
He mopped up the spilled milk.
他拖干净了洒出的牛奶。
此义指用布、手等擦去汗水或液体，常见搭配 mop one's brow/face。
He mopped his face with a towel.
他用毛巾擦了擦脸。
Not this
There is mop in the kitchen.
Use this
There is a mop in the kitchen.
mop 是可数名词，单数可数名词前需要加限定词 a/an；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。
Not this
She mop the floor every weekend.
Use this
She mops the floor every weekend.
主语 she 是第三人称单数，一般现在时的动词要用 -s 形式 mops。
Not this
He is moping the floor.
Use this
He is mopping the floor.
mop 以“辅音+元音+辅音”结尾，加 -ing 时须双写末尾辅音 p，写成 mopping，不能只加 -ing。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
海绵拖把
She uses a sponge mop to clean the bathroom.
她用海绵拖把打扫浴室。
拖把杆
The mop handle is too long for the closet.
拖把杆太长，放不进壁橱。
拖地板
He mopped the floor with warm water.
他用温水拖了地板。
擦干，抹干
She mopped up the juice with a paper towel.
她用纸巾擦干了果汁。
擦去额头的汗
He paused to mop his brow before continuing.
他停下来擦了擦额头的汗，然后继续。
擦眼泪
She mopped her eyes with a handkerchief.
她用手帕擦了擦眼泪。
彻底击败某人；使…一败涂地
Our team mopped the floor with the visitors last night.
昨晚我们队彻底打败了客队。
完成剩余事项；清剿残敌
The government forces are mopping up the last insurgent strongholds.
政府军正在清剿叛军的最后几个据点。
蓬乱浓密的头发
He has a mop of curly red hair that is impossible to tame.
他有一头难以服帖的蓬乱红卷发。
Use mops naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想记忆：mop 的形状像拖把——M 是布条，O 是水桶，P 是手柄，拖地就用它。
语域：neutral 常见场景：家务清洁、保洁工作 该词表示清洁工具时通常为中性常用词，多用于家庭或保洁等日常清洁场景，比较常见于口语和一般书面语。
这些词都含有 -op 拼写：cop, pop, hop, top, stop 的发音为 /ɑp/，与 mop 的 /ɑp/ 押韵。注意 mope 虽然拼写接近 mop，但发音是 /moʊp/，并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.