| 词汇 | sweep |
| 释义 | sweep verb uk /swiːp/ us /swiːp/swept | swept sweepverb (CLEAN)B2[ T ] to clean something, especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed: 打扫，清扫，扫除 sweep the floor扫地 to clean something cleanDid you clean the kitchen? washYou need to wash your hands before supper. clean upClean up this mess! clean outI spent the weekend cleaning out the kitchen cabinets. wipeShe wiped the mirrors until they shone. wipe downWe wipe down the tables after every customer leaves. She swept the ashes from the fireplace.她把壁炉的灰烬扫掉。 When I arrived he was sweeping the leaves from the driveway. Cleaning generally brush someone/something off cleaner cleaning cleanse cleansing groom hoovering mop pick pick someone/something up purification purifier rinse scrub sponge spring-cleaning squeegee steam-clean sterilizing swill sweepverb (MOVE)C2[ I+ adv/prep ] to move, especially quickly and powerfully: （尤指快速有力地）移动，冲 sweep intoEveryone looked up as she swept into the room.她冲进房间的时候，每个人都抬头看她。 sweep throughThe fire swept (= spread quickly) through the house.火势迅速在房子里蔓延开来。 sweep into powerThe National Party swept into power (= easily won the election) with a majority of almost 200.民族党以近200票的多数优势顺利当选。 [ T ] to quickly spread through and influence an area: 风行，风靡，迅速蔓延，迅速传播 A 1970s fashion revival is sweeping Europe.20世纪70年代的时尚复苏潮流正风靡整个欧洲。 [ T ] to travel across all of an area, especially when looking for something: （尤指为寻找某物而）横扫，掠过 American minesweepers are sweeping the Arabian Sea.美国的扫雷艇正在阿拉伯海扫雷。 [ Iusually+ adv/prep ] If a road, river, range of mountains, set of steps, etc. sweeps in a particular direction, they follow a particular curved path: 延伸，蜿蜒 The road sweeps down to the coast.这条路一直延伸到海岸。 The article describes the religious mania which is sweeping the US. A wave of strikes swept the country.罢工风潮席卷全国。 A wave of panic swept through the crowd and people started running. The hurricane swept across Japan. The fire brigade tried to bring the blaze under control but it swept quickly throughout the building. Moving quickly agility beetle belt bob up bowl down/along something cannonball gallop gun leg make a dash for something make good timeidiom make hasteidiom make off outrun outrush rush scorch scuttle shoot whizz You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Spreading and scattering sweepverb (REMOVE)B2[ Tusually+ adv/prep ] to remove and/or take in a particular direction, especially in a fast and powerful way: （尤指迅猛地）带走，卷走 sweep someone/something awayA large wave swept away half the sandcastle.一个巨浪卷走了沙堡的一半。 sweep something into somethingShe swept the pile of papers and books into her bag.她把一堆报纸和书胡乱塞进包里。 be swept out to seaThe boat was swept out to sea (= away from land) by the tide.那条船被潮水卷到了海中。 sweep someone/something asideGovernment troops swept aside the rebel forces (= caused them to move away from the area in which they were).政府军队迅速肃清了叛军。 Taking things away from someone or somewhere appropriate bear away carry someone away carry something off collect someone/something from somewhere debug divest someone of something drain drain (something) away drainage dredge expropriate relieve removal remove rob root something/someone out rout someone out seizure shear sweepverb (WIN)[ T ]USinformal to win all the parts of a competition, or to win very easily: 大获全胜，一举获胜，轻易获胜 The Yankees swept the four-game series with the Blue Jays.扬基队连续在四场比赛中大胜蓝鸟队。 Winning and defeating annihilate annihilation bank be gunning for someoneidiom be one in the eye for someoneidiom convincing mincemeat moral victory move/go/close in for the killidiom near thing outclass scrape sew slaughter sweep the boardidiom take someone down take someone to the cleaner'sidiom take something apart takedown thrash Idiomssweep someone off their feet sweep something under the carpet sweep the board Phrasal verbssweep someone along sweep something aside sweep noun uk /swiːp/ us /swiːp/ sweepnoun (MOVEMENT)[ C ] a movement, especially a quick, powerful one or one to search an area: 掠过;扫过 sweep ofWith a sweep (= horizontal movement) of its tail, the alligator knocked her under the water.鳄鱼尾巴一扫，将她打落水中。 [ C ] a long, often curved, area of land, sea, river, etc.: 一片（长长且弯曲的）土地（海域、河流等） sweep ofA broad sweep of flat countryside stretched to the horizon in all directions.平坦宽阔的乡村向四面延伸，一望无际。 Shaking, swinging and vibrating brandish earth-shaking flappy flourish fluff fluff something up reverberation reverberative ripple rock-a-bye shake out shakily shiver sway thrash trembly tremulously vibrate vibration vibratory You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Geography: areas of land in general Topics & areas of interest sweepnoun (CLEAN)[ Cusually singular ]UK the act of sweeping something to clean it: 打扫，清扫，扫除 a sweepI've given the kitchen floor a sweep (= I have swept it).我已经清扫了厨房的地板。 Sappasit Wongkhonkan/EyeEm/GettyImages [ C ] old-fashioned forchimney sweep烟囱清扫工（chimney sweep的老式说法） Cleaning generally brush someone/something off cleaner cleaning cleanse cleansing groom hoovering mop pick pick someone/something up purification purifier rinse scrub sponge spring-cleaning squeegee steam-clean sterilizing swill You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People who clean & tidy places & things sweepnoun (IN CRICKET)[ C ] sports specialized in cricket, an attacking hit in which the batter (= the player who tries to hit the ball) bends their knees and moves down while hitting the ball on the left side for a right-handed batter or on the right side for a left-handed batter: The batter top-edged a sweep and was caught at deep square leg. Most of his runs came from sweeps off the spinners. Cricket 12th man all out all-rounder arm ball asking rate batting bowl eleven hook infield jaffa king pair late cut leg break stonewall strike rate sundries switch-hit tail tailender sweepnoun (TV VIEWERS)sweeps[ plural ]US a period of time when measurements of the number of people watching different television stations are made so that the cost of advertising on each station can be set: 调查收视率的时段 It was deliberately broadcast during the sweeps for shock value. Idioma clean sweep sweep | American Dictionarysweep verb us/swip/past tense and past participlesweptus/swept/ sweepverb (CLEAN)[ I/T ] to clean a floor or other surface by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed: [ T ]She sweeps the street in front of her house. [ M ]The classroom is filthy – could you sweep it out? [ I ]I swept under every piece of furniture. sweepverb (REMOVE)[ Talways+ adv/prep ] to remove or take something in a particular direction, esp. suddenly and with force: She paused, sweeping a hair from her brow. [ M ]Floodwaters were sweeping away gardens and driving residents to higher ground. sweepverb (MOVE)[ I/T ] to move quickly and sometimes forcefully: [ Ialways+ adv/prep ]A stiff breeze swept across the parking lot. [ Ialways+ adv/prep ]He would sweep through the room shaking hands with everyone. [ T ]Our headlights were sweeping the trees ahead. sweepverb (WIN)[ T ] to win all the parts of a competition: New York swept their series with Vancouver, 3-0. Idiomssweep something under the rug sweep someone off their feet sweep noun[ C ] us/swip/ sweepnoun[C] (MOVEMENT)a large movement across an area: the sweep of the clock’s hour hand a police sweep The sweep of an idea or piece of writing is the range of its subject: He is aware of the epic sweep of this project. sweepnoun[C] (WIN)the fact of winning everything that is available or all parts of a competition: She prevented Republicans from making a clean sweep of the election by winning the race in District 27. Examples of sweepsweep It arose in the wake of punk, which sought to sweep away what its proponents saw as the empty virtuosity of rock dinosaurs. Finally, an excerpt including ascending and descending parts of the sweep is played. The result of the meeting was a vague agreement that the states would maintain a broad front against plans to sweep aside their rights. But these more moderate counsels were consistently swept aside. Especially for an inexperienced reader, the interruption in processing necessitated by a return sweep could be disrupting. After this comical entry, the problems of a sweep's life are soon apparent. A combination of apparent opposites - the provincial and the cosmopolitan - his music appropriates a global sweep of influences without being definable as 'world music'. Arthropods were also collected with a sweep net on three dates during 2002. These are due to small perturbations in the thermal boundary layers being swept into the plumes by the large-scale flow. No strong trends in leafhopper numbers were observed from samples collected by sweep net. Here, the surfactant is swept to the back of an advancing bubble and accumulates near the rear. These pitches are then connected in descending sweeps from the highest semitone in the series, creating fast chromatic scales. It is, in places, rather too sweeping in some of its conclusions, and glides over issues that might have merited more careful assessment. We simply sweep all the molecules once and assume that this gives an approximation of the realistic dynamics. For example, selective sweeps are unlikely to affect more than one locus, while all loci should be affected by demographic processes or population structure. See all examples of sweep These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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