swab
意味
- 棒ぞうきん,モップ
- (治療用・塗布用の)消毒綿;綿棒(耳かきなど)
- …をモップで掃除する
- (薬などを)…に綿棒で塗る
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Mid 17th century (in the sense 'mop for cleaning the decks'): back-formation from Middle English swabber (“sailor detailed to swab decks”), from Middle Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning 'splash' or 'sway', also found as nautical German Schwabber and Volga German Schwabber ("scrubber, mop, swab")