strip/strɪp/ (stripped, stripped; stripping)

vt

1. 脱去；脱光…的衣服；裸露

• The police stripped them all, looking for drugs. 警察脱去了他们的衣服查找毒品。

• The bandits stripped him of his clothes. 强盗把他的衣服剥光了。

2. 剥去；削(外皮等)

• We had to strip the wallpaper from the walls first. 首先我们得把墙纸剥下来。

• strip a tree of its bark 剥去树皮

3. 使变得空无一物

• The house was stripped by thieves. 房子里的东西被贼偷光了。

• They stripped the house. 他们把房子里的东西都搬空了。

4. 拆卸(机器等)

5. (机器)磨损(螺丝的)螺纹

vi 脱光衣服

• He stripped off and jumped into the water. 他脱掉衣服跳进水里。

• The doctor asked the patient to strip. 医生让病人把衣服脱掉。

词组strip away

1. 清除，去除外表的东西

• strip away the old wallpaper 刮去旧墙纸

2. 揭开

• strip away the veils of secrecy 揭开秘密

3. 剥夺

• His pension rights were stripped away. 他的退休金权力被剥夺了。

strip down

1. 把衣服(脱掉)，去掉

• The children stripped down to their underpants and jumped into the river. 孩子们脱得只剩一条短裤，跳进河里。

2. 拆卸

• The boy stripped the clock down and then couldn't put it together again. 小男孩把闹钟拆开，却没办法把它再装起来。

3. 使精炼；使精悍

• The writer tried to strip down his works in his later life. 作家晚年努力使自己的作品写得精炼。

strip off

1. 剥去；刮掉

• strip the bark off a tree 剥光树皮

2. 脱掉；去掉

• strip off one's coat 脱掉外衣

strip off the bandage 解掉绷带 3 剥夺，夺去

• Drinking strips off five to ten years of your life. 酗酒会使人少活5到10年。