（擦） rub; wipe:

• 抹桌子

  wipe a table clean;

• 在手巾上抹抹手

  wipe one's hands on a towel

（用手按着向下移动） slip sth. off:

• 抹下头巾

  slip one's scarf off;

• 把脸一抹

  pull a long face; be strict with sb.

（涂抹） smear; apply; put on:

• 抹浆糊

  smear paste;

• 抹点雪花膏

  put on a little vanishing cream;

• 涂脂抹粉

  apply facial make-up;

• 抹了一鼻子灰

  get an awkward rebuff;

• 面包上抹点奶油

  spread some butter on a piece of bread

（擦） wipe:

• 抹眼泪

  wipe one's eyes; be weeping;

• 抹把脸

  wipe one's face;

• 时间把她的形象从他的记忆中抹去了。

  Time had wiped her image from his memory.

（勾掉; 除去; 不计在内） cross out; strike out; cancel; erase:

• 抹去录音

  erase the recording from a tape;

• 把数字抹掉

  cancel a figure;

• 把最后那句抹了， 换上这一句。

  Cross out that last sentence and put this in instead.

（用抹子弄平泥或灰） daub; plaster:

• 抹地

  plaster floor;

• 抹墙

  plaster a wall; daub plaster on a wall

（紧挨着绕过） turn; bypass; skirt:

• 抹过暗礁

  skirt around a reef;

• 转弯抹角

  turn at different corners