| 词汇 | broom |
| 释义 | broom noun uk /bruːm//brʊm/ us /bruːm//brʊm/ broomnoun (BRUSH)[ C ] a brush with a long handle and bristles(= short, stiff hairs or pieces of plastic), used for cleaning the floor or the ground: 扫帚 On his first day at work he was given a broom and told to sweep the floor. Issaurinko/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages [ C ] a brush with a long handle made of a wooden stick and long parts for sweeping made of twigs(= small, thin tree branches), which is often connected with witches(= people, especially women, believed to have magical powers) in stories: The witch cackled and flew away on her broom. Synonym broomstick [ C ] sports specialized a tool for making the ice smooth in the sport of curling: The team captain tells teammates to sweep the ice in front of the moving stone with their brooms. You can rent curling equipment at $6 per hour for a stone and broom. See also new broom A stiff garden broom should clear most of the debris. The pond was drained so that the staff could sweep out the bottom with brooms. The witches were said to arrive at the meeting place on their brooms. Equipment used for cleaning bath towel besom broomstick carpet sweeper chamois garbage stick HEPA filter Hoover household goods J-cloth paper towel pressure washer rag scrubbing brush squeegee towelette vacuum cleaner waste picker wet wipe wire brush You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Winter sports broomnoun (PLANT)[ U ] a bush with small yellow flowers: 金雀花 The mountains are covered in a scrub of broom and myrtle. This broom grows up to 15 feet tall and forms impenetrable thickets. See also Scotch broom Federica Grassi/Moment/GettyImages Bushes & shrubs abelia abutilon angel's trumpet aronia artemisia dogwood eglantine ephedra firethorn forsythia manzanita mayflower Mexican orange mock orange multiflora rose snowberry spicebush staghorn sumac sumac sweetbriar You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Flowers & flowering plants broom | American Dictionarybroom noun[ C ] us/brum, brʊm/ a brush with a long handle, used for cleaning the floor: I use that broom to sweep the kitchen floor. Examples of broombroom He has opened a small factory for wood products such as brooms and cutting boards. All the handling practices planned for the crop, including removal of vegetative and cushion brooms, were carried out annually, except for fertilization. The article also finds that in some cases, old brooms can sweep too. They carried an identifying object of their group with them - sweet pastries, brooms or birdcages, for example. Early results of regional research have shown that high planting density favours witches' broom incidence, regardless of the cacao genotype. When the broom handle is pushed with a force of 20 newtons at 60°to the horizontal, the frictional force is 4 newtons. Her husband broke a broom hitting her, bruising one of her arms. Workers, union activists, managers and supervisors talk about strong and aggressive women who were apt to make quick use of the broom. At each harvest, the total number of fruits and the number of fruits infected with witches' broom per plot were recorded. However, high planting density also favoured witches' broom incidence. In other words, the president was e able to act as a new broom intervening in favour of reform and accelerating implementation. Tribals also prepared mattresses and brooms from leaves. A general licence has been in existence for some time in respect of brooms and brushes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why is it necessary to import brooms and brushes if our home industry is capable of supplying our own needs and more? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many new brooms are sweeping hard to achieve our objectives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of broom 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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