资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mop \Mop\, n. [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal,
moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see {Map}, {Napkin}).]
1. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a
piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn,
fastened to a handle.
2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
{Mop head}.
(a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are
fastened.
(b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop.
[U.S.]