purge

名词 n. 动词 v.
/pɜːd͡ʒ/    /pɜɹd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act or instance of purging.
  2. An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
  3. Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
    — he prescribes a Purge or a Vomit
  4. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
    — Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were irreversible.
  5. An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
  6. A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
  7. The temporarily worsening of acne due to the introduction of skincare products that increase cell turnover, bringing underlying blemishes to the surface more quickly.
动词 v.
  1. To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted). transitive
    — After the process, the machine purges the chamber before venting it to remove toxic gases.
  2. To remove by cleansing; to wash away. transitive
  3. To free from sin, guilt, or burden. transitive
    — Purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
  4. To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit. intransitive,transitive
  5. To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner. transitive
    — "What did they die of?” I asked. / "Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died." / "He bled and purged babies?" / "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they … they died anyway."
  6. To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity. transitive
    — Deng Xiaoping was purged twice during the Cultural Revolution, but managed to return to power after Mao's death.
  7. To forcibly remove people by an organization. transitive
    — Cromwell had Colonel Pride purge Parliament of royalists who opposed Charles I's execution.
  8. To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation. transitive
  9. To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor). transitive
  10. To become pure, as by clarification. intransitive
  11. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic. intransitive
  12. To trim, dress, or prune. transitive
  13. Of topical skincare: to force underlying acne to rise to the surface in response to ingredients that increase cell turnover, causing a temporary increase in blemishes. transitive
    — Differin is purging my skin.
  14. Of skin: to undergo the process of purging. intransitive
    — My skin is purging.

词形变化

purges present,singular,third-person purging participle,present purged participle,past purged past purges plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“to make pure, to cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make, to do”).
词源 2
From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“to make pure, to cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make, to do”).
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