a scraping implement with a rubber-edged blade set on a handle, typically used for cleaning windows (用于清洁窗户的)橡皮刮;涂刷器 ■a similar small instrument or roller used especially in photography for squeezing water out of prints (用来挤压像片水分的)橡皮辊 ■[usu. as modifier](informal)a person who cleans the windscreen of a car stopped in traffic and then demands payment from the driver (非正式)靠擦途中汽车挡风玻璃而索取报酬的人 squeegee merchants at every road junction. 每一个道路交叉口上靠为沿途汽车擦挡风玻璃谋生的人。
(squeegees, squeegeed, squeegeeing)
[with obj.]clean or scrape (something) with a squeegee 用橡皮刮清洁 squeegee the shower doors while the surfaces are still wet. 在浴室的门表面还未干时就用橡皮刮去刮。
语源
mid 19th cent.: from archaic squeege 'to press', strengthened form of squeeze