| 单词 | Sweep |
| 释义 | SweepCleaning, Nature sweep1 /swiːp/ ●●● W3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp swept /swept/) 1 clean STH 把某物弄干净 [transitiveT]DHC to clean the dust, dirt etc from the floor or ground, using a brush with a long handle 扫，打扫，清扫 SYN brush Bert swept the path in front of the house. 伯特清扫了屋前的小路。 sweep something off/out/up etc →5 see picture at 见图 clean2 Will you sweep the leaves off the patio? 你把露台上的落叶扫掉好吗？ 2 push STH somewhere 把某物推到某处 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to move things from a surface with a brushing movement 扫去，拂去 I swept the papers quickly into the drawer. 我迅速把那些文件扫进抽屉里。 3 push SB/STH with force 用力推某人/某物 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to force someone or something to move in a particular direction 卷走；冲走；移去；刮走 The windsurfer was swept out to sea. 那个玩风帆冲浪的人被卷入大海。 Jessie was swept along by the angry crowd. 杰西被愤怒的人群裹着向前走。 4 group moves 群体移动 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if a group of people or animals sweep somewhere, they quickly move there together 〔人群或动物群〕迅速移动，冲过 sweep through/along etc The crowd swept through the gates of the stadium. 人群蜂拥通过体育场的大门。 5 wind/waves etc 风/浪等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DN if winds, waves, fire etc sweep a place or sweep through, across etc a place, they move quickly and with a lot of force 〔风、浪、火等迅猛地〕扫过，掠过〔某地〕 Thunderstorms swept the country. 雷暴横扫全国。 sweep across/through etc Ninety-mile per hour winds swept across the plains. 时速 90 英里的强风横扫平原。 6 become popular 变得流行 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenPOPULAR if an idea, feeling, or activity sweeps a group of people or a place, it quickly becomes very popular or common 风行；（在…）迅速传播 sweep the country/nation/state etc a wave of nationalism sweeping the country 席卷全国的民族主义浪潮 sweep across/through etc the latest craze sweeping through the teenage population 风靡青少年的最新时尚 7 feeling 感情 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if a feeling sweeps over you, you are suddenly affected by it 突然袭来 sweep over A feeling of isolation swept over me. 忽然有一种孤独的感觉向我袭来。 8 person 人 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALK if someone sweeps somewhere, they move quickly and confidently, especially because they are impatient or like to seem important 阔步走，大模大样地走 sweep into/through etc Eva swept into the meeting and demanded to know what was going on. 伊娃大步冲进会场，要求知道正在发生什么事情。 9 politics 政治 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]WIN to win an election easily and in an impressive way 〔在选举中〕大获全胜 sweep to power/victory Nixon and Agnew swept to victory with 47 million votes. 尼克松和阿格纽以4,700万张选票大获全胜。 Herrera was swept into office on the promise of major reforms. 赫雷拉因承诺推行重大改革而一举掌权。 10 sports 体育运动 [transitiveT] American EnglishAmE to win all of the games in a series of games against a particular team 在〔系列比赛中〕获全胜 Houston swept Orlando to become NBA champions. 休斯敦火箭队以全胜战绩击败奥兰多魔术队，成为 NBA 冠军。 11. sweep the board WIN British EnglishBrE to win everything that can be won, especially very easily 〔尤指轻易地〕大获全胜，囊括全部奖项 Examples from the Corpus sweep the board• If the reformists emerge as the largest group, they will sweep the board.• Now comes a fine Teldec Digital Experience disc which sonically sweeps the board.• Still, when the outcome was finally confirmed, reformers had swept the board.• Last season, they swept the board with all four leading places. 12 form a curve 形成曲线 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]AVTURN to form a long curved shape 蜿蜒；延伸 sweep down/along etc The hills swept down to the sea. 山丘一直绵延到海边。 13 look 看 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]LOOK AT to look quickly at all of something 〔目光等〕扫视 The general’s eyes swept the horizon. 将军的目光扫过地平线。 sweep over/across/around etc the beam from the lighthouse sweeping across the sea 在海面上扫掠的灯塔光束 14 sweep somebody off their feet RELATIONSHIPto make someone feel suddenly and strongly attracted to you in a romantic way 把某人一下子迷住，使某人神魂颠倒 Jill’s been swept off her feet by an older man. 吉尔被一位年长的男子迷住了。 Examples from the Corpus sweep somebody off their feet• Donald absolutely swept me off my feet.• Then Peter came into my life and swept me off my feet.• She's just waiting to be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger. 15. sweep/brush something under the carpet (also sweep something under the rug American English)HIDE/NOT SHOW to try to keep something a secret, especially something you have done wrong 掩盖某事〔尤指错事〕 Examples from the Corpus sweep/brush something under the carpet• We knew that it wouldn't just go away if we swept it under the carpet.• Refuse to sweep difficulties under the carpet but sort things out even when it is painful. 16 hair 头发 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to pull your hair back from your face 把〔头发〕向后拢 PHRASAL VERBSsweep something back/up Kerry swept her hair back into a ponytail. 克丽把头发往后梳成了一个马尾辫。 17.sweep somebody along phrasal verbphr v to sweep someone away 令某人着迷 Examples from the Corpus sweep along• Apathy is an extreme feeling that we no longer have control over our lives or the things that sweep us along.• I was inexhaustible, consumed by a happiness that swept me along from one challenge to the next.• In fact mounting excitement sweeps him along impetuously enough to make you even wish for a little more restraint.• She tried to hold on to the heady rapture that was sweeping her along like a river in flood.• Hissing shells searched the dark thickets through, and shrapnel swept the road along which we moved. 18 sweep something ↔ aside phrasal verbphr v REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto refuse to pay attention to something someone says 拒不理会，无视 Branson swept all the objections aside. 布兰森对所有反对意见都置之不理。 Examples from the Corpus sweep aside• Anyway, by then she was sure that Julius would simply have swept any curbs aside.• But Branson swept all objections aside.• He had swept her shell aside and probed every bit of hunger inside her.• He swept her resistance aside as if it were a cobweb.• I swept the thought aside as others crowded. 19 sweep somebody/something away phrasal verbphr v a) sweep something ↔ awayDESTROY to completely destroy something or make something disappear 消灭；摧毁；扫除 houses swept away by the floods 被洪水摧毁的房屋 A sudden feeling of grief swept all my anger away. 一阵突如其来的悲伤使我怒气全消。 b) sweep somebody away (also sweep somebody along) if you are swept away or swept along by something, you are so excited that you do not think clearly or you forget about other things 〔感情、思想〕令某人着迷，使某人深受影响 We couldn’t help being swept away by Bette’s enthusiasm. 我们都不禁被贝特的热情打动了。 Nineteenth-century scientists were swept along on the tide of Darwin’s theories. 19 世纪的科学家深受达尔文理论思潮的影响。 n Grammar Sweep away or sweep along is usually passive in this meaning. 20 sweep up phrasal verbphr v a)CLEAN STH 把某物弄干净 DHCto clean the dust, dirt etc from the floor or ground using a brush with a long handle 打扫，清扫 The janitor was just sweeping up as I left the building. 我离开大楼时，看门人正在打扫。 sweep something ↔ up Jan was sweeping up the bits of paper and broken glass. 简在清扫纸屑和碎玻璃。 b) sweep somebody ↔ upLIFT to pick someone up in one quick movement 一下抱起某人 Harriet swept the child up in her arms and hugged her. 哈丽雅特一把抱起孩子，紧紧搂住她。 Cleaning, Occupations sweep2 noun [countableC] 1 MOVE something OR somebodya long swinging movement of your arm, a weapon etc 挥动 With a single sweep of his sword, he cut through the rope. 他只一挥剑，就砍断了绳索。 2 [usually singular] British EnglishBrEDHC the act of cleaning a room with a long-handled brush 打扫，清扫 The kitchen needs a good sweep. 厨房需要好好扫一扫了。 3 the sweep of something a) BENDa long curved line or area of land 长而弯曲的地带；连绵弯曲的土地 the wide sweep of lawn 一大片草坪 b) VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDSthe many different and important ideas, events, or qualities of something 〔某事物的〕广度，范围 the broad sweep of history 浩瀚的历史 Examples from the Corpus wide sweep• Jimmy made a wide sweep of the littered clearing, finding his own kind of kindling.• I counted more than 30 tufted ducks while at least 80 mallards were making wide sweeps round the pond before resettling.• Cut to the wide sweep of Hampstead Heath. 4 [usually singular]LOOK FORATTACK a search or attack that moves over a large area 〔大面积的〕搜索，搜查；扫荡 He watched the helicopter make a sweep over the beach. 他看着直升机在海滩上空搜索。 5. the sweeps (also sweeps month/period) American EnglishAmE a period of time during the year when television stations try to find out which shows are the most popular 电视收视率测定期 6. American EnglishAmE a series of several games that one team wins against another team 〔比赛的〕连胜，全胜 7. BODHCa chimney sweep 烟囱清扫工 → clean sweep at clean1(14)Examples from the Corpus sweep• You couldn't bear the thought of a chit of a girl sweeping in and scooping the jackpot.• He kind of swept me off my feet.• Phillario has already wished that the rain would sweep Mira away, and now Corydon is intent on getting rid of weeds.• Strong waves swept the boy out into the surf.• Linda swept the coins into her purse.• The Democrats had swept the fall elections and were about to take control of the Senate.• When everyone had left, Ed swept the floor.• I just finished sweeping the kitchen floor.• Just ask the experts, the cops who sweep them up afterward.• Can you help me sweep up all the pieces of glass?• While the keen amateurs struggle with maggots and nets on the bank ... these professionals cruise by sweeping up. sweep through/along etc• The line will sweep through a plane, and the circles will sweep through spheres.• The wind sweeps through and the hunched wolf shivers.• He had been swept along by Tommy's drunken madness.• Hundreds of local Dayaks have been sweeping through the city of Palangkaraya looking for settlers from the island of Madura.• I had made up my mind at the Scenic Overlook to make a clean sweep through the house.• The week before, a monsoonal deluge had swept through the river valley.• The flood exploded into the Santa Clara River, turned right, and swept through the valley toward the ocean.• The sunlight glimmered off these blades and when the sea breeze swept through they rippled like sequins on a party dress. sweep across/through etc• The line will sweep through a plane, and the circles will sweep through spheres.• Relief swept through her, followed immediately by anger.• Any dust or dirt was simply swept through the cracks and fell on the livestock below.• I had made up my mind at the Scenic Overlook to make a clean sweep through the house.• It was 1964, the civil rights movement was sweeping across the land, all the way into the halls of Congress.• The wind sighed again as it swept through the ruined temple, and a little shudder went through Caroline.• The sunlight glimmered off these blades and when the sea breeze swept through they rippled like sequins on a party dress. sweep across/through etc• The line will sweep through a plane, and the circles will sweep through spheres.• Relief swept through her, followed immediately by anger.• Any dust or dirt was simply swept through the cracks and fell on the livestock below.• I had made up my mind at the Scenic Overlook to make a clean sweep through the house.• It was 1964, the civil rights movement was sweeping across the land, all the way into the halls of Congress.• The wind sighed again as it swept through the ruined temple, and a little shudder went through Caroline.• The sunlight glimmered off these blades and when the sea breeze swept through they rippled like sequins on a party dress. sweep into/through etc• The line will sweep through a plane, and the circles will sweep through spheres.• Relief swept through her, followed immediately by anger.• She seldom would merely walk into our class but seemed always to sweep into it.• Accelerating down Goodwood's pit straight and sweeping into Madgwick Corner in this car is enough to convince you of that.• These chunks were swept into the entrance of the Niagara River, where the current bore them downstream.• When you sweep through the house guzzling gin.• The mess of pizza fragments, uneaten chips, beer-cans, papers, had been swept into the litter bin. swept into office• In addition to winning the presidency Carey also swept into office with him every member of his reformist slate of candidates. sweep down/along etc• Had he merely been swept along by the force of her own impulsive feelings?• He had been swept along by Tommy's drunken madness.• Maggie came upon a pile of massive boulders, which had been swept down off the hills.• He is sweeping along on a tide of revisionism.• He swept down the gorge, circled round, and made a second pass at the Falls to lose altitude.• Characters made their entrances from the two lifts and swept down the stairs to their appointed places.• As we swept down to the seam in the old iron lift we all grabbed each other's hands in simultaneous panic.• A thick hedge shielded her from the field which swept down towards the foot of the embankment. sweep over/across/around etc• As he got closer I could hear his breathing as well, and I saw his pink tongue sweep across his lips.• But on my way down the stairs, guilt sweeps over me.• The joy of having the upper hand swept over me.• A polar airstream has swept across the country on strong north-westerly winds.• The armies of Chaos had overrun Kislev and looked set to sweep over the lands of men.• But as they slept, a thunderstorm swept over the pass.• I turned in my chair to watch Tamar sweep across the room in her silk pyjamas.• Darren Sadler, 25, from Cleveleys Lancs was killed when he was swept over the sea wall in Blackpool. Sweepn n1. → see Sooty and Sweep Examples from the Corpus sweep• Police made a sweep of the area to arrest drug dealers.• This really means cutting in angled sweeps, allowing the double blade to cut on the forward and return arc.• Neighbors had complained that months went by and one never saw a chimney sweep.• Nevertheless, a foot sweep does require a lot of power to prevent it from degenerating into no more than a shin attack.• The Giants completed their four-game sweep of Atlanta.• The whale swam away with great sweeps of its tail.• I felt the slow sweep of geologic time.• A good deal of that has changed in the sweep of less than 100 years.• The sweep of the court's decision could affect all car manufacturers.• The sweep into Putumayo promises equally dire consequences. make ... sweep• Our company makes sweeps from the base, staying in the field for four, five days.• He made a sweeping gesture at the microphones, cameras and reporters.• It is this convergence of class, gender, and race that makes a sweeping attack on one segment of society possible.• Before we set up for the night, we made a sweep of the entire area. (1200-1300) Probably from sweop, the past tense of Old English swapan “to sweep” →n GRAMMAR1 →PHRASAL VERBS1sweep2 nounSweepn |
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