洗刷打扫，把屋子收拾干净，英文该怎么说？

1. tidy/tidy up: to make a room, desk, or drawer tidy

例：

If you're not going to watch the football, you can tidy your room. （你不去看球赛的话，就留下收拾房间吧。）

I haven't had time to tidy up yet. （我这会儿还没时间做卫生。）

I want this whole place tidied before I get back, OK? （我回来前，你把这儿都收拾好，可以吗？）

tidy up something

You can start tidying up that mess you've made now. （你制造的混乱，你现在可以开始收拾了。）

She hung about after work, tidying up her desk. （她下班后留下来，把自己的桌子收拾了一下。）

tidy something up

Will you help me tidy the kitchen up a bit? （你能不能帮我把厨房稍微收拾一下？）

tidy something away (=put something in the place where you usually keep it)

Come on, let's have these toys tidied away now. （来，我们一起把这些玩具收起来。）

tidy up after somebody (=to have to clean a room and put things away after someone has been in there)

Both my sons think mothers are just here to tidy up after them. （我的两个儿子都觉得妈妈天生就要跟在孩子们屁股后面帮他们收拾卫生。）

2. straighten/straighten up: to make a place tidy and clean, by putting things in the right place or arranging them neatly

备注：''straighten/straighten up''常用于美式英语中。

例：

Mom told me to straighten my room. （妈妈叫我把自己的房间收拾一下。）

Make the bed and straighten up there. （你整理一下床铺。）

straighten something up

The city's janitors went on strike, leaving thousands of workers to straighten their own offices up and empty their own trash. （全市的清洁工大罢工，数以千计的办公室职员只好自己收拾办公室，自己倒垃圾。）

straighten up something

After the kids have left for school, I straighten up the house. （孩子们去上学后，我把房子收拾了一下。）

You're not leaving till you get your room straightened up. （你把房间收拾好才能走。）

3. get something straight: to tidy a place and put everything where it should be

备注：''get something straight''常用于英式英语中的非正式场合。

例：

I like to get the house straight while the kids are at the youth club. （我喜欢在孩子们都去青年俱乐部时收拾屋子。）

One of these days I'll get this garage straight. （我迟早要把车库收拾一下。）

4. clean up: to make a place tidy and clean, by putting things away and removing dust or dirt

例：

Do you want me to help clean up? （要我帮忙打扫吗？）

clean something up

Thanks for cleaning the place up - I really appreciate it. （谢谢你做卫生，我真的很感激。）

It took us two or three days to clean it all up. （我们花了2~3天时间才把这儿全部收拾干净。）

clean up something

Every time Tom cooked for me, he would carefully clean up all the pans and plates he'd used. （汤姆每次帮我煮完饭，都会把用过的锅碗瓢盆仔细收拾好。）

5. clear up: to get rid of all the things that are making a place dirty or untidy

备注：''clear up''常用于英式英语中。

例：

Who's going to clear up after the party? （派对结束后，谁来收拾现场？）

clear something up

It'll take ages to clear this up. （这儿得收拾好久好久。）

It looked as if Marie had already cleared the place up. （好像玛丽已经把这里收拾好了。）

clear up something

Someone's got to clear up this mess! （谁来收拾一下这堆脏东西！）

Wait for me; I just need to clear up my desk. （等我一下，我把桌子整理一下，马上就好。）

clear up after somebody (=tidy a place after someone else has made it untidy)

I spend my life clearing up after the children. （我所有时间都花在跟在孩子们屁股后面收拾。）

6. pick up: to put things away neatly in order to make a place tidy

例：

pick up something

Could you pick up the newspapers and magazines for me? （能帮我把这些报纸杂志收拾一下吗？）

pick something up

Help me pick these things up. We have company coming. （帮我把这些东西收拾一下，我们有客人要来。）

注："company"在这句中的意思同"guest"。

pick up after somebody (=put away things that someone else has used)（常用于美式英语中）

I feel like I spend all my time picking up after the kids. （我觉得我尽跟在孩子们屁股后面收拾了。）

7. sort out: to organize something that is mixed up or untidy

备注：''sort out''常用于英式英语中。

例：

sort something out

I'm going to sit down quietly and sort my CDs out. （我要安安静静地坐着把CD整理一下。）

sort out something

I need to sort out the food cupboard, and make a shopping list. （我要把食品柜整理一下，列一张购物清单。）