及物动词

1. 清洗;清除;净化
To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.

2. 清理，清洗(皮肤或伤口)
If you cleanse your skin or a wound, you clean it.

3. (军队)清洗，驱逐
If armed forces cleanse an area, they use violent methods to force certain groups of people to leave it and go to live elsewhere. You can also say that people are cleansed from an area.

1. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

e.g. clean up before you see your grandparents
clean your fingernails before dinner

Synonym: clean

2. purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

e.g. Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins