cleaner
noun /ˈkliːnə(r)/
/ˈkliːnər/
Idioms - a person whose job is to clean other people’s houses or offices, etc.
清洁工 - an office cleaner
办公室清洁工 - I met him while I was working as a cleaner in a hospital.
我是在医院做清洁工时遇见他的。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hospital
- house
- office
- …
- an office cleaner
- (usually in compounds
通常构成复合词 吸尘器；清洁剂；去污剂 - a vacuum cleaner
真空吸尘器 - a bottle of kitchen cleaner
一瓶厨房清洁剂
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bathroom
- carpet
- drain
- …
- a vacuum cleaner
- cleaner’s(plural cleaners)(also dry-cleaner’s)a shop where clothes, curtains, etc. are cleaned, especially with chemicals
干洗店 - Can you pick up my suit from the cleaner's?
你能帮我从干洗店取回我的套装吗？
- Can you pick up my suit from the cleaner's?
Idioms
take somebody to the cleaners (informal)
- to steal all of somebody’s money, etc., or to get it using a trick
将某人洗劫一空；偷光（或骗尽）某人的钱财 - to defeat somebody completely
彻底打败某人 - Our team got taken to the cleaners.
我们队被打得一败涂地。
- Our team got taken to the cleaners.