broom

Word family adjectivebroomynounbroomballbroomrapebroomstaffbroom

Related topics: Cleaning, Plants

broom /bruːm, brʊm/ noun

[countableC]DHC a large brush with a long handle, used for sweeping floors 扫帚 →4 See picture of 见图 BRUSH 1 →5 see picture at 见图 brush1

2. [uncountableU]HBP a large bush with small yellow flowers 金雀花

Examples from the Corpus

broom• There's pots to wash and a broom under the counter.• He would have reached for a broom or a piece of kindling.• Banister installs him in a broom closet upstairs.• Like the rituals of harvest and planting in pastoral societies, the desert broom tufts are a sign.• We compared the sizes of the gardeners' brooms with our own.• I mean, that bit in the broom cupboard - oh, you didn't see it, did you?• It's the same place Boris Becker got his mistress pregnant in the broom cupboard.• I looked back and saw them coming after me with the broom.

Origin broom

1. Old English brom “broom plant”;

2. because broom branches were used for making brushes

单词	broom
释义	broom Word family adjectivebroomynounbroomballbroomrapebroomstaffbroom Related topics: Cleaning, Plants broom /bruːm, brʊm/ ●●○ noun 1. [countableC]DHC a large brush with a long handle, used for sweeping floors 扫帚 →4 See picture of 见图 BRUSH 1 →5 see picture at 见图 brush1 2. [uncountableU]HBP a large bush with small yellow flowers 金雀花 Examples from the Corpus broom• There's pots to wash and a broom under the counter.• He would have reached for a broom or a piece of kindling.• Banister installs him in a broom closet upstairs.• Like the rituals of harvest and planting in pastoral societies, the desert broom tufts are a sign.• We compared the sizes of the gardeners' brooms with our own.• I mean, that bit in the broom cupboard - oh, you didn't see it, did you?• It's the same place Boris Becker got his mistress pregnant in the broom cupboard.• I looked back and saw them coming after me with the broom. Origin broom 1. Old English brom “broom plant”; 2. because broom branches were used for making brushes
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