sweep

[英] [swi:p] [美] [swip] 生词本

vt.

vi.

n.

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1. VERB 扫;掸;打扫;清扫 If you sweep an area of floor or ground, you push dirt or rubbish off it using a brush with a long handle. 
  • The owner of the store was sweeping his floor when I walked in...

    当我走进商店的时候,店主正在扫地。

  • She was in the kitchen sweeping crumbs into a dust pan...

    她正在厨房把面包屑扫入簸箕里。

  • Norma picked up the broom and began sweeping.

    诺尔玛拿起扫帚开始扫了起来。

2. VERB 拂去;掸去 If you sweep things off something, you push them off with a quick smooth movement of your arm. 
  • I swept rainwater off the flat top of a gravestone...

    我拂去了墓碑顶上的雨水。

  • With a gesture of frustration, she swept the cards from the table...

    她懊恼地把桌子上的牌都拂到了地上。

  • 'Thanks friend,' he said, while sweeping the money into his pocket.

    “谢了,朋友,”他说着就把钱划拉进了口袋。

3. VERB 梳,拢(头发) If someone with long hair sweeps their hair into a particular style, they put it into that style. 
  • ...stylish ways of sweeping your hair off your face...

    露出脸形的时髦发式

  • Her long, fine hair was swept back in a ponytail.

    她长长的秀发在脑后梳成一个马尾。

4. V-ERG (使)(手臂)挥动 If your arm or hand sweeps in a particular direction, or if you sweep it there, it moves quickly and smoothly in that direction. 
  • His arm swept around the room...

    他伸出手臂绕着房间挥了一圈。

  • Daniels swept his arm over his friend's shoulder.

    丹尼尔斯把胳膊搭在了他朋友的肩上。

  • ...the long sweeping arm movements of a violinist.

    小提琴演奏者的大幅度挥臂动作

  • Sweep is also a noun.
    • With one sweep of her hand she threw back the sheets.

      她手一挥掀开了床单。

5. VERB (风、汹涌的海水等)席卷,横扫,掠过 If wind, a stormy sea, or another strong force sweeps someone or something along, it moves them quickly along. 
  • ...landslides that buried homes and swept cars into the sea...

    埋没家园并把汽车卷入大海的山体滑坡

  • Suddenly, she was swept along by the crowd.

    一时间,她被人群推搡着向前走。

6. VERB 将…迅速送到 If you are swept somewhere, you are taken there very quickly. 
  • The visitors were swept past various monuments...

    游客们被带着走马观花地参观了各种纪念碑。

  • A limousine swept her along the busy freeway to the airport.

    一辆豪华轿车载着她沿着拥挤的高速公路飞速驶向机场。

7. VERB 扫过;掠过;疾驰而过 If something sweeps from one place to another, it moves there extremely quickly. 
  • An icy wind swept through the streets...

    一阵寒风扫过街道。

  • The car swept past the gate house.

    汽车飞速穿过门楼。

8. VERB (事件、思想、信仰)迅速传播,席卷 If events, ideas, or beliefs sweep through a place, they spread quickly through it. 
  • A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow.

    流感正在莫斯科迅速蔓延。

  • ...the wave of patriotism sweeping the country.

    席卷全国的爱国主义热潮

9. VERB (通常指生气时)大模大样地走,趾高气扬地走 If someone sweeps into a place, they walk into it in a proud, confident way, often when they are angry. 
  • She swept into the conference room...

    她大模大样地走入会议室。

  • Scarlet with rage, she swept past her employer and stormed up the stairs...

    她气得涨红了脸,大摇大摆地经过她的上司,冲上了楼。

  • The Chief turned and swept out.

    机长转过身,气呼呼地夺门而去。

10. VERB 彻底删掉;迅速除去 If a person or thing sweeps something away or aside, they remove it quickly and completely. 
  • The commission's conclusions sweep away a decade of denials and cover-ups...

    委员会的结论将十年来的否认和掩饰无情地揭开。

  • In times of war, governments often sweep human rights aside...

    战争时期,政府经常对人权置之不顾。

  • He swept the names from his mind.

    他把这些名字抛诸脑后。

11. VERB (目光)扫视;(灯光)扫过,掠过 If lights or someone's eyes sweep an area, they move across the area from side to side. 
  • Helicopters with searchlights swept the park which was sealed off...

    直升飞机的探照灯来回扫射这个被封锁的公园。

  • Her gaze sweeps rapidly around the room.

    她快速地扫视了一下这个房间。

12. VERB 蜿蜒,延伸;绵延 If land or water sweeps somewhere, it stretches out in a long, wide, curved shape. 
  • The land sweeps away from long areas of greenery.

    这块地从草木茂盛的狭长地带一直伸展开来。

  • ...the arc of countries that sweeps down from South Korea to Indonesia.

    从韩国到印度尼西亚呈弧形伸展开来的几个国家

13. N-COUNT (道路、河流)绵延弯曲的地带,宽广而弯曲的一长段 A sweep of land or water forms a long, wide, curved shape. 
  • The ground fell away in a broad sweep down to the river.

    转过一处大弯后,地面消失在与河水相接处。

  • ...the great sweep of the bay.

    一大片海湾

14. VERB 轻松赢得(竞选等) If a person or group sweeps an election or sweeps to victory, they win the election easily. 
  • ...a man who's promised to make radical changes to benefit the poor has swept the election...

    承诺彻底改善贫困人口状况的候选人轻松赢得了选举。

  • In both republics, centre-right parties swept to power.

    两个共和国的中右派政党都轻而易举地夺取了政权。

  • ...voters nostalgic for the free-spending policies of the 1980s swept his Socialists back to power.

    选民们很怀念 20 世纪 80 年代的自由支出政策,这使得社会党人轻松重夺政权。

15. N-COUNT 搜查;搜索;扫荡 If someone makes a sweep of a place, they search it, usually because they are looking for people who are hiding or for an illegal activity. 
  • Two of the soldiers swiftly began making a sweep of the premises...

    两名士兵立即开始搜索该建筑物。

  • There may be periodic police 'sweeps' of crime in the area.

    警方可能对该地区的犯罪活动进行定时的“扫荡”。

16. N-SING 广泛性;广度 If you refer to the sweep of something, you are indicating that it includes a large number of different events, qualities, or opinions. 
  • ...the whole sweep of German social and political history.

    德国社会政治的完整历史

17. See also: sweeping; chimney sweep;  
18. PHRASE 掩盖;掩饰 If someone sweeps something bad or wrong under the carpet, or if they sweep it under the rug, they try to prevent people from hearing about it. 
  • For a long time this problem has been swept under the carpet.

    这一问题被掩盖了很长一段时间。

19. PHRASE 在(比赛中)大获全胜;横扫 If you make a clean sweep of something such as a series of games or tournaments, you win them all. 
  • ...the first club to make a clean sweep of all three trophies.

    第一个将3项杯赛奖杯悉数收入囊中的俱乐部。

20. PHRASE 使一见倾心;把…一下子迷住 If someone sweeps you off your feet, you fall in love with them very quickly because you find them very attractive or exciting.  to sweep the board→see: board
  • I was swept off my feet. I had always dreamed of being an officer's wife.

    我被迷得神魂颠倒,一直梦想着成为官太太。

相关词组:
sweep up 
Noun

1. a wide scope;

  • "the sweep of the plains"

2. someone who cleans soot from chimneys

3. winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

4. a long oar used in an open boat

5. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

6. a movement in an arc;

  • "a sweep of his arm"
Verb

1. sweep across or over;

  • "Her long skirt brushed the floor"
  • "A gasp swept cross the audience"

2. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions;

  • "The diva swept into the room"
  • "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"
  • "The searchlights swept across the sky"

3. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom;

  • "Sweep the crumbs off the table"
  • "Sweep under the bed"

4. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

  • "They were swept up by the events"
  • "don't drag me into this business"

5. to cover or extend over an area or time period;

  • "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"
  • "The novel spans three centuries"

6. clean by sweeping;

  • "Please sweep the floor"

7. win an overwhelming victory in or on;

  • "Her new show dog swept all championships"

8. cover the entire range of

9. make a big sweeping gesture or movement

体育

  • 1.全胜
  • 2.扫击
  • 3.踢

电子学

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  • 1.扫描
  • 2.又称 :扫描(scan)

电工

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  • 1.扫频

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1. Did you sweep up all the broken glass?
你有没有把碎玻璃都扫掉?

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2. Don't forget to sweep under the beds.
别忘记打扫床的下面。

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3. Dust quickly accumulates if we don't sweep our room.
我们如果不打扫房间,灰尘很快就会积聚起厚厚的一层。

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4. Give the room a good sweep.
好好打扫一下这间房间。

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5. He helplessly watched the wave sweep his cap away.
他眼巴巴地看着帽子被海浪卷走了。

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6. I can't sweep without a broom.
没有扫帚我无法扫。

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7. Newspaper editorials spoke of the need to sweep away corruption.
报纸社论论述了清除腐败的必要性。

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8. Our team made a clean sweep; we won every prize.
我们的队大获全胜,赢得所有的奖。

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9. Rise at dawn and sweep the courtyard.
黎明即起,洒扫庭除。

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10. Sprinkle some water before you sweep.
先泼点儿水再扫。

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11. Sweep the leaves into the corner where they won't be noticed.
把落叶扫到墙角去,那儿不会被人注意。

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12. Sweep the melon-seed shells into a dustpan.
把瓜子壳胡噜到簸箕里。

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13. Sweep up the crumbs, please.
请把面包屑擦掉。

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14. The rescue services did the last sweep to try and find the missing boy.
救援队展开最后一次大面积搜索,设法找到失踪的男孩。

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15. They made a clean sweep of their old furniture and replaced it with brand new pieces.
他们把旧家具全部去掉,换成全新的。

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16. They put their chairs on their desks so that the caretaker could sweep the floor.
他们将椅子放在桌子上,以便管理员清扫地板。

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17. This floor needs a good sweep.
这地板需要好好清扫一下。

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18. Three of us sweep and mop the floor and the remainder clean the window.
我们之中三人扫地拖地板,其余的人擦玻璃。

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19. With a sweep of his sword he cut through the rope.
他用剑一挥把绳子砍断了。

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20. You'd better damp down the ground and then sweep it.
你最好先在地上洒一层水,然后再打扫。

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