- with obj. clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter扫; 拂：
I've swept the floor
我已经扫过地了
Greg swept out the kitchen.
格雷格打扫了厨房。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction move or remove (dirt or litter) in such a way扫去; 清除：
she swept the tea leaves into a dustpan.
她把茶叶扫进了簸箕里。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction move or push (someone or something) with great force猛力推：
I was swept along by the crowd.
我被人群推着向前走。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction brush (hair) back from one's face or upwards向上（或向后）梳头发：
long hair swept up into a high chignon.
梳成高高发髻的长发。
- search (an area) for something搜寻：
the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints.
侦探在房间里搜寻头发和指纹。
- examine (a place or thing) for electronic listening devices检查（某地, 某物）有无电子监听装置：
the line is swept every fifteen minutes.
每15分钟电话线就被检查一遍看有没有被监听。
- cover (an entire area) with a gun扫射：
they were trying to get the Lewis gun up behind some trees from where they would sweep the trench.
他们试图将刘易斯式机枪架高到树后, 从那里向战壕扫射。
- Cricket hit (the ball) on the leg side by bringing the bat across the body from a half-kneeling position; hit a ball delivered by (a bowler) with such a stroke【板球】以半跪的姿势将棍棒绕过身体, 在脚边打击板球; 用半跪挥棒的姿势打球。
- no obj., with adverbial of direction move swiftly and smoothly掠过：
a large black car swept past the open windows
一辆黑色大型轿车从打开的窗子前一晃而过
figurative 〈喻〉a wave of sympathy swept over him
一阵同情掠过他的心头。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction cause to move swiftly and smoothly使快速移动：
he swept his hand round the room.
他朝房间四周快速挥了一圈手。
- (of a person) move in a confident and stately manner（人）昂首阔步地走：
she swept magnificently from the hall.
她昂首阔步地从大厅里走出来。
- (of a geographical or natural feature) extend continuously in a particular direction, especially in a curve（地理, 自然特征）延伸（尤指成一曲线）：
green forests swept down the hillsides.
绿色的森林从山坡上延伸下来。
- with obj. look swiftly over扫视：
her eyes swept the room.
她扫视了一遍房间。
- affect (an area or place) swiftly and widely迅速蔓延（或席卷）：
violence swept the country
暴力席卷了全国
no obj. the rebellion had swept through all four of the country's provinces.叛乱席卷了该国全部4个省。
- with obj. N. Amer. win all the games in (a series); take each of the winning or main places in (a contest or event)〈北美〉屡战屡胜; 赢得所有的比赛：
we knew we had to sweep these three home games.
我们明白必须要赢得所有这3场主场比赛。
- an act of sweeping something with a brush扫：
I was giving the floor a quick sweep.
我正快速地扫地。
- short for CHIMNEY SWEEP.CHIMNEY SWEEP的简称。
- a long, swift, curving movement挥动：
a grandiose sweep of his hand.
他的手优雅地一挥。
- a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area彻底的搜查：
the police finished their sweep through the woods.
警察结束了对树林的搜索。
- Electronics the movement of a beam across the screen of a cathode ray tube【电子】扫描。
- （常作sweeps）N. Amer. a survey of the ratings of television stations, carried out at regular intervals to determine advertising rates〈北美〉电视收视率调查（用以决定广告费的多少）。
- Cricket an attacking stroke in which the bat is brought across the body from a half-kneeling position to hit the ball to leg【板球】以半跪姿势将棍棒绕过身体, 在脚边打击板球。
- a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, country, etc.（多指弯曲的路、河、田野等的）延伸, 绵延：
we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across.
我们可以看到一大片绵延约有100英里的田野。
- a curved part of a drive in front of a building楼前车道的弧形部分：
one fork of the drive continued on to the gravel sweep.
车道的一个分岔一直延伸到弧形沙砾路上。
- figurative the range or scope of something〈喻〉范围：
the whole sweep of the history of the USSR.
苏联的整段历史。
- informal a sweepstake〈非正式〉赌金全赢制。
- N. Amer. an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest〈北美〉囊括所有奖项：
a World Series sweep.
在世界职业棒球锦标赛中获全胜。
- a long heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel（用以操舵的）大桨：
as modifier a big, heavy sweep oar.又大又重的可以用来掌舵的桨。
- a sail of a windmill风车的翼板。
- a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well井边的杠杆式吊水设备的长杆。
sweep something away（或aside）
- remove, dispel, or abolish something in a swift and sudden way迅速地移走（或驱散、废止）：
Nahum's smile swept away the air of apprehensive gloom.
内厄姆的微笑一下子驱散了忐忑不安的忧伤气氛。