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		Definition of dry-clean in English: dry-cleanverbˌdrʌɪˈkliːnˈdraɪˌklin [with object]Clean (a garment) with an organic solvent, without using water. 干洗  I had my winter coat dry-cleaned recently 最近我把冬天穿的外衣送去干洗了一下。 Example sentencesExamples -  This type of bedding is usually very warm, and it should be dry-cleaned unless the manufacturer's label says otherwise.
 -  Launder or dry-clean all clothing and outerwear.
 -  A legal secretary decided to use e-mail as a weapon to publicly humiliate her boss, who had asked her for £4 to dry-clean trousers on which she had accidentally spilled some tomato sauce.
 -  And she doesn't buy clothes that need to be dry-cleaned.
 -  Her dress has no label, except for the one that claims this garment should be dry-cleaned.
 -  All sealants are permanent when washed and dry-cleaned except for No-Fray, which will dissolve in dry cleaning.
 -  When a customer left a pile of dirty things whoever was checking in determined what was to be washed and what to be dry-cleaned.
 -  She was concentrating on not spilling anything on her blouse, which had been dry-cleaned the day before.
 -  It's not a myth; dry-cleaning your clothes too often isn't a good idea.
 -  Cashmere is also extremely delicate and, unless otherwise indicated, should always be dry-cleaned.
 -  In addition to all these benefits, by dry-cleaning your clothes, you'll support the steel industry and never run out of hangers!
 -  ‘Don't get your clothes dry-cleaned, eat organically, throw out the super-strength cleaners,’ she said.
 -  He'd take it to be dry-cleaned between Christmas and the New Year, he thought to himself, to remove the inevitable night-club stench of sweat, beer and smoke.
 -  It was made of really expensive material; the type that had to be dry-cleaned and could not get wet.
 -  Do I need to fumigate the entire house and dry-clean all of my clothes?
 -  The problem with metallics, however, is that they can't be dry-cleaned, nor are these hand-crafted costumes machine washable.
 -  Other discharges include 37,000 gallons of oily bilge water and 15 gallons of toxic waste from dry-cleaning, painting and photograph-processing.
 -  The first step is to discern which pieces should be dry-cleaned by reading the labels on your clothing.
 -  Trousers, which tend to thin in the crotch and in the seat, are dry-cleaned more often than suit jackets.
 -  There's also a shop - Retail Therapy - which offers everything from Costa Coffee and stuffed toys to dry-cleaning and a florist.
 
 Synonyms launder, clean, rinse, rinse out 
 Derivativesnounˌdrʌɪˈkliːnə  After my hair appointment, we had to go and pick up Chandler's suit from the dry-cleaners and stop by the bakery to pick up the cake. Example sentencesExamples -  For this project, I would definitely use the dry-cleaner.
 -  I realize that my dress, fresh from the dry-cleaners, is downstairs in the living room.
 -  Start off by locating the dry-cleaner and laundry service closest to where you will be staying.
 -  For a place to be a convenient one to live in, there needs to be somewhere to get keys made; there needs to be a dry-cleaner; there needs to be a place to have a car repaired.
 
 
 
    Definition of dry-clean in US English: dry-cleanverbˈdrīˌklēnˈdraɪˌklin [with object]usually be dry-cleanedClean (a garment) with an organic solvent, without using water. 干洗  I had my winter coat dry-cleaned recently 最近我把冬天穿的外衣送去干洗了一下。 Example sentencesExamples -  Launder or dry-clean all clothing and outerwear.
 -  Other discharges include 37,000 gallons of oily bilge water and 15 gallons of toxic waste from dry-cleaning, painting and photograph-processing.
 -  A legal secretary decided to use e-mail as a weapon to publicly humiliate her boss, who had asked her for £4 to dry-clean trousers on which she had accidentally spilled some tomato sauce.
 -  All sealants are permanent when washed and dry-cleaned except for No-Fray, which will dissolve in dry cleaning.
 -  Cashmere is also extremely delicate and, unless otherwise indicated, should always be dry-cleaned.
 -  It's not a myth; dry-cleaning your clothes too often isn't a good idea.
 -  When a customer left a pile of dirty things whoever was checking in determined what was to be washed and what to be dry-cleaned.
 -  ‘Don't get your clothes dry-cleaned, eat organically, throw out the super-strength cleaners,’ she said.
 -  In addition to all these benefits, by dry-cleaning your clothes, you'll support the steel industry and never run out of hangers!
 -  It was made of really expensive material; the type that had to be dry-cleaned and could not get wet.
 -  Trousers, which tend to thin in the crotch and in the seat, are dry-cleaned more often than suit jackets.
 -  He'd take it to be dry-cleaned between Christmas and the New Year, he thought to himself, to remove the inevitable night-club stench of sweat, beer and smoke.
 -  Her dress has no label, except for the one that claims this garment should be dry-cleaned.
 -  This type of bedding is usually very warm, and it should be dry-cleaned unless the manufacturer's label says otherwise.
 -  There's also a shop - Retail Therapy - which offers everything from Costa Coffee and stuffed toys to dry-cleaning and a florist.
 -  Do I need to fumigate the entire house and dry-clean all of my clothes?
 -  And she doesn't buy clothes that need to be dry-cleaned.
 -  The first step is to discern which pieces should be dry-cleaned by reading the labels on your clothing.
 -  The problem with metallics, however, is that they can't be dry-cleaned, nor are these hand-crafted costumes machine washable.
 -  She was concentrating on not spilling anything on her blouse, which had been dry-cleaned the day before.
 
 Synonyms launder, clean, rinse, rinse out     |