strip

1. N-COUNT A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it. (纸、布或食物的) 条

...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them. …一种通过把木条挤压并烘干而制成的新型人造木材。

The simplest rag-rugs are made with strips of fabric braided together. 这些最简单的碎布地毯是由织物条编织而成的。

2. N-COUNT A strip of land or water is a long narrow area of it. 狭长 (地带或水域)

The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains. 利古里亚的那些海滨城市坐落在陡峭山脉下的狭长地带。

3. N-COUNT A strip is a long street in a city or town, where there are a lot of stores, restaurants, and hotels. 商业街[美国英语]

...Goff's Charcoal Hamburgers on Lover's Lane, a busy commercial strip in North Dallas. …在北达拉斯的一条繁忙的商业街——“情人巷”上的戈夫炭烤汉堡店。

4. V-I If you strip, you take off your clothes. 脱衣服

They stripped completely, and lay and turned in the damp grass. 他们脱光了衣服，躺在潮湿的草地上翻滚。

5. PHRASAL VERB Strip off means the same as . 脱衣服

The children were brazenly stripping off and leaping into the sea. 这些孩子们那时正无所顾忌地脱掉衣服，跳进海里。

6. V-T If someone is stripped, their clothes are taken off by another person, for example in order to search for hidden or illegal things. 脱掉…的衣服[usu passive]

One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped, and beaten. 一个犯人声称他曾被拖进一间牢房，被脱掉衣服殴打。

7. V-T To strip something means to remove everything that covers it. 剥离

After Mike left for work I stripped the beds and vacuumed the carpets. 迈克去上班后，我揭下了床罩并吸了地毯。

8. V-T If you strip an engine or a piece of equipment, you take it to pieces so that it can be cleaned or repaired. 拆卸

Volvo's three-man team stripped the car and treated it to a restoration. 沃尔沃的3人小组拆了那辆汽车并对它进行了修复。

9. V to cut or divide into strips 切成或分成条

10. PHRASAL VERB Strip down means the same as . 拆卸

In five years I had to strip the water pump down four times. 在5年里我不得不拆卸了那个水泵4次。

11. V-T To strip someone of their property, rights, or titles means to take those things away from them. 剥夺 (财产、权利); 撤销 (头衔)

The soldiers have stripped the civilians of their passports, and every other type of document. 那些士兵们已经夺走了市民的护照以及所有其他证件。

12. N-COUNT In a newspaper or magazine, a strip is a series of drawings which tell a story. The words spoken by the characters are often written on the drawings. 连环画

...the Doonesbury strip. …杜恩斯伯利的连环画。

13. N the act or an instance of undressing or of performing a striptease 脱衣; 脱衣舞表演