swabs

英 [swɒbz]

美 [swɑːbz]

n.  (医用的)拭子，药签; 用拭子对(人体)化验标本的采集
v.  用拭子擦拭; 擦洗，擦拭(地板等)
swab的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• (医用)拭子，棉签，药签
  Aswabis a small piece of cotton wool used by a doctor or nurse for cleaning a wound or putting a substance on it.
• VERB (用拖把、抹布等)擦洗，擦拭
  If youswabsomething, you clean it using a wet cloth or a tool called a mop.
  1. I noticed a lone man in the cafeteria swabbing the floor as I passed.
     我路过时注意到一个男子独自在自助餐厅里拖地。

双语例句

• Bronchoalveolar lavage, oropharyngeal swabs, and bronchial biopsies ( presence of macroscopic bronchial lesions) were obtained for all who deteriorated clinically with suspected lung infection.
  对临床病情恶化怀疑肺部感染的患者，取支气管肺泡灌洗、咽拭子、支气管活检（存在肉眼可见的支气管损伤者）。
• Doctors strongly discourage using cotton swabs or ear candling to remove earwax and say that unless it's causing bothersome symptoms, earwax should be left alone.
  医生们强烈反对用棉签或耳烛清除耳垢，并称除非耳垢导致不良症状，否则应该不要去管它。
• Screening Sensitive Strain and Optimal Medium against Antimicrobial Agents with Cotton Swabs
  拭子法筛选抗菌药物敏感菌种和最适培养基
• They also recorded their voices and took swabs to capture general odour.
  研究人员还录下了他们的声音，并用药签采集了他们的体味。
• They measured cortisol, which is secreted by the adrenal glands, by taking mouth swabs and saliva samples from the volunteers.
  他们采集了志愿者的口腔唾液分泌物样本，从中测试其肾上腺水平。
• In addition, the estimated probability of tonsillar bacteriology by surface swabs varies with the type of the pathogen.
  此外，扁桃体表面咽拭子细菌学培养获得的病原菌类型多种多样且出现的几率各不相同。
• Experts assessed swabs from the key pads on cash machines and also from nearby public toilets and found that they both contained the same types of bacteria known to cause sickness.
  专家们在自动提款机的键盘和附近的公厕中提取了样品，发现两者均含有同样致病菌。
• An examination done on swabs from ulcers or smears from tissue biopsies that can be carried out rapidly at local health facilities where TB microscopy is also done.
  对溃疡拭子或来自组织切片的涂片所做的一种检查，可在同时进行结核显微镜检查的地方卫生设施中快速进行。
• The women were asked to provide vaginal swabs for HPV testing at baseline, 12 months, and24 months.
  女性受试者要提供在基线、12个月及24个月处检测HPV的阴道试子。
• You have to collect everyone's swabs.
  你得搜集大家的拭子。