strip

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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strip1 /strɪp/ ●●● W3 noun [countable]  1  PIECEa long narrow piece of paper, cloth etc 〔纸、布料等的〕条，带，狭条 a strip of paper 一张纸条► see thesaurus at piece2  AREAa long narrow area of land 狭长地带 A strip of sand between the cliffs and the sea. 悬崖和大海之间的一块狭长沙地3. do a strip TAKE OFF CLOTHESto take your clothes off, especially in a sexually exciting way as a form of entertainment 表演脱衣舞4  American EnglishTTR a road with a lot of shops, restaurants etc along it 〔沿途有许多商店、餐馆等的〕商业街 the Las Vegas strip 拉斯维加斯商业街5  [usually singular] British EnglishDSDCC the clothes worn by a sports team 〔运动队的〕队服 Liverpool’s famous red strip 利物浦队著名的红色队服6. TCNa strip cartoon 连环漫画 → comic strip, landing strip, → tear somebody off a strip at tear2(8)

Examples from the Corpus

strip• The uniform of the New York Yankees is white with a fine blue stripe.• You will need a strip of stiff cardboard to make this hat.• a strip of bacon• A strip of sand between the cliffs and the ocean.• Cut fish, shrimp, and strips of beef or liver are eaten eagerly.• He stared mournfully at the bright strip which appeared to float in the cold air over the small table.• Charlie wasn't allowed to play because he'd forgotten his strip.• Named after the strips of lead which used to be inserted between lines of metal type.• Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.• She then snipped the satin into thin strips.• She ironed their tiny strips of white embroidered cuffs and collars herself, and sewed them on fresh nearly every day.

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strip2 ●●○ verb (stripped, stripping)  1  take off clothes 脱衣服 a) [intransitive, transitive] (also strip off)TAKE OFF CLOTHES to take off your clothes or take off someone else’s clothes 脱去（…的）衣服 → undress Jack stripped and jumped into the shower. 杰克脱掉衣服，冲进淋浴间。 The prisoner was stripped and beaten. 犯人被剥光衣服暴打。strip off something He stripped off his sweater and threw it onto the couch. 他脱掉毛衣，扔到长沙发上。 Eric stood in the hot sun, stripped to the waist (=not wearing any clothes on the top half of his body). 埃里克赤裸着上身站在炽热的骄阳下。 Terry stripped down to her bra and pants (=removed all her clothes except her bra and pants) and tried on the dress. 特里脱得只剩下胸罩和内裤，然后试穿连衣裙。 The boys stripped naked and jumped in the pond. 男孩子们脱得精光，跳进池塘里。 b) [intransitive] to take off your clothes in a sexually exciting way as entertainment for someone else 表演脱衣舞2  remove 除去 [transitive]REMOVE to remove something that is covering the surface of something else 剥去，除去〔表面的东西〕 Strip the beds and wash the sheets. 把床单撤下来清洗。strip something off/from something We need to strip the wallpaper off the walls first. 我们得先把墙纸铲掉。strip something of something tall windows stripped of curtains 卸掉窗帘的高大窗户3. engines/equipment 引擎/设备 [transitive] (also strip down)TEMSEPARATE to separate an engine or piece of equipment into pieces in order to clean or repair it 拆卸〔引擎或设备以进行清洁或检修〕 SYN dismantle4  building/ship etc 建筑物/船等 [transitive]REMOVE to remove everything that is inside a building, all the equipment from a car etc so that it is completely empty 搬走〔建筑物、汽车等中〕的所有东西，将…搬空 The apartment had been stripped bare. 公寓已被搬空。5. damage 损坏 [transitive] to damage or break the gears of something or the thread (=raised line) on a screw so that it does not work correctly anymore 损坏…的齿轮；磨损〔螺钉〕的螺纹6 strip something ↔ away phrasal verb GET RID OFto remove something, especially something that hides or protects someone or something 揭穿，揭去 His book aims to strip away the lies and show the world as it really is. 他的书旨在揭露谎言，展示一个真实的世界。7 strip somebody of something phrasal verb TAKE something FROM somebodyto take away something important from someone as a punishment, for example their title, property, or power 剥夺〔头衔、财产、权力等〕 Captain Evans was found guilty and stripped of his rank. 上尉埃文斯被判有罪，被剥夺了军衔。 → asset stripping→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

strip• The women in the club screamed and clapped as the male dancers began to strip.• All of the land swept by the floods was stripped absolutely to bedrock.• Tim stripped and climbed into bed.• He had been stripped and measured, and two tailors were now working on the clothes.• I was taken to police headquarters where I was stripped and searched.• The prisoners were ordered to strip down to their underwear and wait for the guards.• A reprimand would allow Gingrich to keep his leadership job, while a formal censure would strip Gingrich of his speakership.• The men were stripped naked and herded into a small prison cell.• Some rooms were even stripped of their wallpaper.• We stood in the entranceway, stripping off our rain parkas as puddles formed at our feet.• Face masks work by means of a mild exfoliating action, stripping off surface dead-skin cells.• We stripped the doors down to the bare wood.• I think we should strip the old varnish off and see what the wood's like underneath.• One of the guards stripped the prisoner and beat him with a chain.• ""I'd like you to strip to the waist so I can listen to your chest, '' said the doctor.stripped to the waist• A tall man approached who was barefoot and stripped to the waist.• The guy stood there, stripped to the waist.• Five young men, already in custody, were stripped to the waist.• Early Salvationists had waded through snake-infested swamps, stripped to the waist, and established huts thatched with palm fronds.• Many of the men who sat outside the tents were stripped to the waist and some of them were barefoot.• I had been following some seals in bright sunshine, stripped to the waist and taking photographs.• A tall, beefy man, he was barefoot and stripped to the waist; his skin was tanned and healthy looking.• As the day wore on the men stripped to the waist in the burning sun.• When insulted, they stripped to the waist, put on hideous driftwood masks and sang nasty songs at each other.• He was stripped to the waist, tanned and big-shouldered, in remarkable condition for a man of his age.strip something off/from something• We need to strip the wallpaper off the walls first.stripped bare• The home they'd made together, and enjoyed for a year and two months, was stripped bare.• The place had been stripped bare, and the rooms now held nothing.• All trees are stripped bare, and the sky turns to mud, clouds fall to the ground breathlessly churning.• The house was stripped bare except for the furniture, and I suppose Lord Muck will provide that wherever he's taken them.• Simply because the planet is inevitably being eaten up, polluted and stripped bare in the process.• The stage will be simple and stripped bare of the trappings of power both Dole and Clinton are used to.From Longman Business Dictionarystripstrip1 /strɪp/ noun [countable]FINANCE1a SECURITY that has been created by separating a bond into the right to interest payments and the right to the repayment of the PRINCIPAL (=the original capital amount). For example, a 30-year bond would create 61 strips, 60 giving the right to receive interest payments every six months and one giving the right to have the capital repaid after 30 yearsThe principal strips yield 8.25% in 2009, and the interest strips mature in February and August of each year.2an OPTION contract consisting of two PUT OPTIONs and one CALL OPTION on the same shares and with the same price and datestripstrip2 verb (stripped, stripping) [transitive]FINANCE to separate a bond into stripsWhen a bond is stripped, its corpus, or principal due upon maturity, is sold separately without interest payments. → see also asset-stripping, dividend-stripping→ See Verb tableOrigin strip1 Old English -strypan strip2 (1400-1500) Perhaps from Middle Low German strippe “strap”

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strip¹ /strɪp/ verb (past tense and past participle stripped, present participle stripping)1.  TAKE OFF CLOTHES
  a. [intransitive and transitive] (also strip off) to take off your clothes or take off someone else’s clothes ⇨ undress:
    Jack stripped and jumped into the shower.
    The prisoner was stripped and beaten.
    strip off something
    He stripped off his sweater and threw it onto the couch.
    Eric stood in the hot sun, stripped to the waist (=not wearing any clothes on the top half of his body).
    Terry stripped down to her bra and pants (=removed all her clothes except her bra and pants) and tried on the dress.
    The boys stripped naked and jumped in the pond.
  b. [intransitive] to take off your clothes in a sexually exciting way as entertainment for someone else
2.  REMOVE  [transitive] to remove something that is covering the surface of something else:
    Strip the beds and wash the sheets.
    strip something off/from something
    We need to strip the wallpaper off the walls first.
    strip something of something
    tall windows stripped of curtains
3.  ENGINES/EQUIPMENT  [transitive] (also strip down) to separate an engine or piece of equipment into pieces in order to clean or repair it
   SYN  dismantle
4.  BUILDING/SHIP ETC  [transitive] to remove everything that is inside a building, all the equipment from a car etc so that it is completely empty:
    The apartment had been stripped bare.
5.  DAMAGE  [transitive] to damage or break the gears of something or the thread (=raised line) on a screw so that it does not work correctly any more
⇨ asset stripping
     
strip something ↔ away phrasal verb
  to remove something, especially something that hides or protects someone or something:
    His book aims to strip away the lies and show the world as it really is.
strip somebody of something phrasal verb
  to take away something important from someone as a punishment, for example their title, property, or power:
    Captain Evans was found guilty and stripped of his rank.

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strip² W3 noun [countable]1. a long narrow piece of paper, cloth etc:
    a strip of paper
2. a long narrow area of land:
    A strip of sand between the cliffs and the sea.
3. do a strip to take your clothes off, especially in a sexually exciting way as a form of entertainment
4. American English a road with a lot of shops, restaurants etc along it:
    the Las Vegas strip
5. [usually singular] British English the clothes worn by a sports team:
    Liverpool’s famous red strip
6. a strip cartoon
⇨ comic strip, landing strip, ⇨ tear somebody off a strip at tear²(8)
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part: Could I have another piece of cake? | a piece of broken glass | Emma cut the pie into eight pieces.
   ▪ bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces: The notes were written on bits of paper. | He threw a bit of wood onto the fire.
   ▪ lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape: two lumps of sugar | a lump of coal | a lump of clay
   ▪ scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed: I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper. | The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor.
   ▪ strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc: a strip of cloth | The leather had been cut into strips.
   ▪ sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal: a blank sheet of paper | a sheet of aluminium
   ▪ slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece: a slice of pizza | Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
   ▪ chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal: The fruit was cut into large chunks. | a chunk of bread
   ▪ hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc: a big hunk of cheese | hunks of concrete
   ▪ block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides: concrete blocks | a block of cheese | a block of ice
   ▪ slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc: The floor had been made from stone slabs. | a slab of beef
   ▪ cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food: a cube of sugar | ice cubes
   ▪ wedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metal: a wedge of cheese
   ▪ bar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides: a chocolate bar | a bar of soap | gold bars worth more than £26 million
   ▪ rasher British English a slice of bacon: I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast.