/waɪp ||; waɪp/verb[T] 1 to clean or dry sth by rubbing it with a cloth, etc 抹；擦；拭: She stopped crying and wiped her eyes with a tissue. 她不哭了，用纸巾擦干眼泪。Could you wipe the table, please? 请你擦一擦桌子好吗？ ☞Look at the note at clean ². 参看clean^2的注释。
2 wipe sth from/off sth;wipe sth away/off/up to remove sth by rubbing it 抹掉；擦去: He wiped the sweat from his forehead. 他擦掉前额上的汗。Wipe up the milk you spilled. 把洒出来的牛奶抹掉。
3 wipe sth (off) (sth) to remove sound, information or images from sth （从某物上）抹掉，擦去，删除（声音、信息或图像）: I accidentally wiped the tape. 我不小心把那盘磁带上的录音抹掉了。I tried to wipe the memory from my mind. 我试图从脑海里抹去那段回忆。
wipe sth out to destroy sth completely 消灭；摧毁:
Whole villages were wiped out in the bombing raids. 一个个村庄都在轰炸中给摧毁了。