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单词 broomstick
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Definition of broomstick in English:

broomstick

noun ˈbruːmstɪk
  • A brush with twigs at one end and a long handle, on which, in children's literature, witches are said to fly.

    (儿童文学作品中女巫骑坐在上面飞行的)扫帚柄

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, for most of us, Halloween is the night for witches and broomsticks, fire and black cats.
    • The refreshment table including several cakes, two shaped like pumpkins, two like headstones, and one circular cake was like a full moon with a cleverly iced witch on a broomstick flying in front of it.
    • All manner of witch paraphernalia adorn the walls and bar - there are stained-glass witch windows and witches on broomsticks hanging from the ceilings.
    • Around the cities TV and billboards sporting witches on broomsticks and wild scary false faces, dominate the run up to the first of November 1st.
    • No car, no broomstick, no other form of transportation came close to the ride that Kate had that morning.
    • Last year, over dinner, I mentioned that the stereotype of witches flying on broomsticks came about because they used to make a hallucinogenic poultice from deadly nightshade.
    • And Narnia idealises the simple things in life, while the more up-to-date, affluent Harry drools over the latest must-have broomstick, the Nimbus 2000.
    • According to German folklore, on April 30th witches fly their broomsticks to the mountains for a heathen festival, coinciding with the night the ancient deities conceived spring.
    • There were Dorothy look-alikes inspired by The Wizard of Oz, witches with broomsticks, and numerous bits of arbitrary, minimally edited business.
    • A huge witch, with her hooked nose, black cape and hat and broomstick stared out from an assortment of wonderful Hallowe'en creations, all made by the children.
    • From Harry's look of worry before walking onto the field, to the unbelievable flying broomstick scenes, the audience immediately gets caught up in the match between Gryffindor and Slytherin.
    • As they walked further inside the park, they saw some witches flying around with broomsticks and wizards chasing them high up the sky.
    • A six-metre high opening is known as the Witches Cave because the shadow cast by the lighting on the cave wall looks rather like a witch riding her broomstick.
    • The winner in the seven to 12 age group was Lea Eyre, with a picture of a witch on a broomstick.
    • Witches arrived on their broomsticks and skeletons travelled in large numbers to the party.
    • The witches would fly to the meeting riding their broomsticks accompanied by black cats.
    • Gryffindor seems headed for victory until Harry's broomstick turns into a bucking bronco.
    • When I arrived, I was standing outside a normal brick house, there were no witches passing by or broomsticks parked in the garden, so I felt brave enough to knock on the door, the door was answered by a lady not much older than me, I was in shock!
    • Then we'd collect withered dry leaves and cipins and light a bonfire around which we'd dance and make weird noises, dressed as witches and really imagining we were flying on broomsticks.
    • Maybe one day somebody will do right by the community, but at least this show portrays them as ‘good witches’ without a broomstick in sight.

Definition of broomstick in US English:

broomstick

noun
  • 1The long handle of a broom.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Little did he know that it had a broomstick stuck underneath the handle from the other side, to prevent it from being opened.
    • Grab a very lightweight bar or broomstick.
    • Generations of youngsters have grown up waving rulers, branches and broomsticks as they play out ninja or pirate fantasies.
    • Canvases for the Rite are spread on the floor, surrounded by buckets of paint, brushes and broomsticks with sponges.
    • Inside, he met the singer Bobby Byrd and formed a gospel quartet, using combs, broomsticks and washtubs for instruments.
    • We stormed Floyd's bedroom, hoping to drive the fiends from their nests with broomsticks.
    • We'd just chase them up the street with our broomsticks, laughing.
    • Part of the ceremony was for the couple to jump over a broomstick or brush across the threshold of the new living quarters.
    • ‘Then it's simply a matter of tying the flag to a pole, like an old broomstick or piece of bamboo‘.
    • The school is kept very clean with the use of broomsticks.
    • Did you know that if you unscrew the broomstick off the brush, it provides a makeshift crutch of sorts?
    • Mrs Purlan praised the ‘100 per cent effort’ of a group of schoolchildren, who made a giant bat with broomsticks and bin bags.
    • Who hasn't staged an impromptu stand-off with an umbrella, broomstick or the nearest domestic appliance to hand?
    • Fix up that dusty broomstick from the hall closet and use it for a besom.
    • Accompanied by Andrew Cruickshank's playful musical score the men embark on choreographed movement with broomsticks, feather dusters and an array of brushes to explore their relationship with their environment.
    • Andrea threw the pieces of broomstick to the floor and walked off.
    • A supervisor, instead of calling explosive experts, wrapped a broomstick handle with plastic and used it to stir the jelly.
    • I used nothing but broomsticks and corn stalks to make this piece of art.
    • ‘The broomsticks with plastic handles cost a bit more, - Rs.8 or 10,’ says Angammal.
    • I found a microphone covered in duct tape in the lost and found box, taped that to a broomstick and had the best shows of my life.
    1. 1.1 A broom (especially one made of twigs) on which, in children's literature, witches are said to fly.
      (儿童文学作品中女巫骑坐在上面飞行的)扫帚柄
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When I arrived, I was standing outside a normal brick house, there were no witches passing by or broomsticks parked in the garden, so I felt brave enough to knock on the door, the door was answered by a lady not much older than me, I was in shock!
      • The winner in the seven to 12 age group was Lea Eyre, with a picture of a witch on a broomstick.
      • Then we'd collect withered dry leaves and cipins and light a bonfire around which we'd dance and make weird noises, dressed as witches and really imagining we were flying on broomsticks.
      • Witches arrived on their broomsticks and skeletons travelled in large numbers to the party.
      • No car, no broomstick, no other form of transportation came close to the ride that Kate had that morning.
      • Last year, over dinner, I mentioned that the stereotype of witches flying on broomsticks came about because they used to make a hallucinogenic poultice from deadly nightshade.
      • And Narnia idealises the simple things in life, while the more up-to-date, affluent Harry drools over the latest must-have broomstick, the Nimbus 2000.
      • Gryffindor seems headed for victory until Harry's broomstick turns into a bucking bronco.
      • A six-metre high opening is known as the Witches Cave because the shadow cast by the lighting on the cave wall looks rather like a witch riding her broomstick.
      • However, for most of us, Halloween is the night for witches and broomsticks, fire and black cats.
      • The witches would fly to the meeting riding their broomsticks accompanied by black cats.
      • Around the cities TV and billboards sporting witches on broomsticks and wild scary false faces, dominate the run up to the first of November 1st.
      • There were Dorothy look-alikes inspired by The Wizard of Oz, witches with broomsticks, and numerous bits of arbitrary, minimally edited business.
      • Maybe one day somebody will do right by the community, but at least this show portrays them as ‘good witches’ without a broomstick in sight.
      • From Harry's look of worry before walking onto the field, to the unbelievable flying broomstick scenes, the audience immediately gets caught up in the match between Gryffindor and Slytherin.
      • According to German folklore, on April 30th witches fly their broomsticks to the mountains for a heathen festival, coinciding with the night the ancient deities conceived spring.
      • A huge witch, with her hooked nose, black cape and hat and broomstick stared out from an assortment of wonderful Hallowe'en creations, all made by the children.
      • All manner of witch paraphernalia adorn the walls and bar - there are stained-glass witch windows and witches on broomsticks hanging from the ceilings.
      • The refreshment table including several cakes, two shaped like pumpkins, two like headstones, and one circular cake was like a full moon with a cleverly iced witch on a broomstick flying in front of it.
      • As they walked further inside the park, they saw some witches flying around with broomsticks and wizards chasing them high up the sky.
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