strip 1 / strɪp / 动词 ( past tense and past participle stripped , present participle stripping )

1 take off clothes

a) [不及物和及物动词] ( 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) [不及物动词] to take off your clothes in a sexually exciting way as entertainment for someone else

2 remove [及物动词] 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 [及物动词] ( also strip down ) to separate an engine or piece of equipment into pieces in order to clean or repair it 同义词 dismantle

4 building/ship etc [及物动词] 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 [及物动词] to damage or break the gear s of something or the thread (= raised line ) on a screw so that it does not work correctly any more

→ asset stripping

strip something ↔ away 短语动词

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 短语动词

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.