Swabs Meaning in English

word · lemma: swab

US

ˈswɑbz

SWAHBZ

UK

swˈɒbz

SWOBZ

التعريف

Small sticks with absorbent material at one end, used for cleaning, applying medicine, or collecting samples (such as in medical tests).

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Most commonly refers to medical use ('cotton swabs', 'nasal swabs'), but can also mean general cleaning/applying swabs. In the plural, often used for collecting samples ('PCR swabs'). Don't confuse with 'swab the deck' (verb, nautical).

• Spanish: hisopos - muestras con hisopo
• Portuguese (BR): cotonetes - amostras com cotonete
• Portuguese (PT): cotonetes - amostras com cotonete
• Chinese (Simplified): 棉签 - 拭子（医学取样）
• Chinese (Traditional): 棉花棒 - 拭子（醫學採樣）
• Hindi: रुई की छड़ियां - सैंपलिंग स्वैब
• Arabic: مسحات (طبية) - أعواد قطنية
• Bengali: সোয়াব - তুলার কাঠি
• Russian: тампоны - мазки
• Japanese: 綿棒 - スワブ
• Vietnamese: tăm bông - que lấy mẫu
• Korean: 면봉 - 스왑
• Turkish: pamuklu çubuk - sürüntü
• Urdu: روئی دار چھڑیاں - سواب
• Indonesian: korek kapas - swab

جمل نموذجية

The nurse collected two swabs for testing.

basic

Use clean swabs to clean your ear.

basic

Doctors take swabs from your mouth during a checkup.

basic

Can you bring a few extra swabs in case we run out?

natural

Covid tests usually require nasal swabs.

natural

We ran out of cotton swabs halfway through cleaning the cuts.

natural