wipe

• vt.こする；取り除く；塗る
• vi.
• n. 力を込めてこする

PIE *weipから、曲げる、回す、振る、語源的にはvibrate, whipと同じ。

wipe (n.)

1640s, "act of wiping," from wipe (v.). From 1708 as "something used in wiping" (especially a handkerchief); 1971 as "disposable absorbent tissue."

wipe (v.)

Old English wipian "to wipe, cleanse," from Proto-Germanic *wipjan "to move back and forth" (cognates: Danish vippe, Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen, Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble" (source of Latin vibrare "to shake;" see vibrate).

1. When he had finished washing he began to wipe the basin clean.

彼は洗浄した後、洗面所をきれいに拭き始めた。

2.The spill could wipe out the Gulf 's turtle population.

今回の原油流出でペルシャ湾のウミガメが絶滅する可能性がある。

3.Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again？

なぜ心を入れ替えて、最初からやり直さないのか。

4.She gave the table a quick wipe and disappeared behind the counter.

彼女はすぐにテーブルを拭き、カウンターの後ろに消えた。

5. Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.

これらのキノコをきれいに拭き、糸で通す。