clean‧er S3 / klinə $ -ər / 名词

1 [可数名词] especially British English someone whose job is to clean other people’s houses, offices etc

2 [可数和不可数名词] a machine or substance used for cleaning :

a vacuum cleaner

toilet bowl cleaner

3 the cleaner’s a dry cleaner’s

4 take somebody to the cleaner’s informal

a) to cheat someone and take all their money or possessions

b) to defeat someone completely :

The Lakers took the Bulls to the cleaner’s, winning 96–72.