Purge



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.清洗, 洗涤
• ［英］ v.清洗, 洗涤 ( to make free of something unwanted)
• ［记］ pure ( 纯) ＋ge -> 弄干净
• ［例］ The plumber purged dirty water from the tank.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (purged; purging)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French purger, from Latin purigare, purgare to purify, purge, from purus pure + -igare (akin to agere to drive, do) — more at act
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to clear of guilt
    • b. to free from moral or ceremonial defilement
  • 2.
    • a. to cause evacuation from (as the bowels)
    • b.
      • (1) to make free of something unwanted <purge a manhole of gas><purge yourself of fear>
      • (2) to free (as a boiler) of sediment or relieve (as a steam pipe) of trapped air by bleeding
    • c.
      • (1) to rid (as a nation or party) by a purge
      • (2) to get rid of <the leaders had been purged>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become purged
  • 2. to have or produce frequent evacuations
  • 3. to cause purgation
• ? purger noun

II. noun

• Date: 1563
• 1. something that purges; especially purgative
• 2.
  • a. an act or instance of purging
  • b. the removal of elements or members regarded as undesirable and especially as treacherous or disloyal

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