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Picture whoever or whatever does the cleaning: the person who comes in after hours with a mop, the bottle of spray under the sink, the machine that sucks the dust up. Cleaner is cleaner plus -er — the one that cleans — and the shop that cleans your clothes takes its name the same way.

可以想成：負責把東西弄乾淨的那個人或那樣東西——下班後拿著拖把進來的人、水槽下的那瓶噴劑、把灰塵吸走的機器。clea…更多收起可以想成：負責把東西弄乾淨的那個人或那樣東西——下班後拿著拖把進來的人、水槽下的那瓶噴劑、把灰塵吸走的機器。cleaner 是 clean 加上 -er，就是「做清潔的那個」；幫你洗衣服的那家店也是這樣得名的。

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洗衣服的店

把「做清潔的那個」變成一家店：這家店專門把衣服弄乾淨。英文講去某家店習慣加所有格 's，就像 the baker's、the butcher's 一樣。

cleaner's (dry-cleaning shop) · noun · A2

a shop where clothes are cleaned, especially with chemicals rather than water; often called the cleaner's or a dry cleaner's.

乾洗店

固定說法：被剝得精光

畫面是把人送進乾洗機裡洗一遍，出來時口袋清空、什麼都不剩。這兩個意思都只活在 take somebody to the cleaner's 這句話裡，cleaner 單獨不會有這層意思。

take someone to the cleaners (cheat out of money) · noun · B2

in the phrase take someone to the cleaner's: to get almost all of someone’s money or things, often by cheating them in a deal.

騙光；剝得精光

Also in this word

cleaner (person) · noun · A2

a person whose job is to clean houses, offices, or other buildings.

清潔工

cleaner (product) · noun · A2

a machine or a liquid/powder used for cleaning something.

清潔劑；清潔器

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

cleanernoun詞源 1/ˈkliː.nə/

  • 1

    A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.

    • The cleaner worked, of course, at nights. He had to coal and light up the engine, as well as clean it, for the next day's work, which commenced with a light run to Barnham to "bring in the goods" from that station at about 6.30 a.m.
  • 2

    A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.

  • 3

    A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.

    • Near-synonym: cleaning fluid
  • 4

    A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).

    • I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners.
  • 5

    informalA fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。