新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

sweep

英 [swiːp]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

sweeps
1. [C 可数名词] 挥动
A sweep is a quick and smooth movement of your hand or arm.
双语例句
例：
With one sweep of her hand she threw back the sheets.
她手一挥把那些床单扔了回来。
2. [C 可数名词] 搜查
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.
双语例句
例：
Two of the soldiers swiftly began making a sweep of the premises.
其中的两名士兵立即开始对该场所进行搜查。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

sweep up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 扫除干净
If you sweep up rubbish or dirt, you push it together with a brush and then remove it.
双语例句
例：
Get a broom and sweep up that glass will you?
拿一把扫帚把那些玻璃扫干净，行吗？

PHRASE. 习语

sweep something under the carpet , sweep something under the rug
1. 试图掩盖某事
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.
双语例句
例：
For a long time this problem has been swept under the carpet.
很长一段时间以来，这个问题都被隐瞒着。
a clean sweep
1. 彻底的胜利
If you make a clean sweep of something such as a series of games or tournaments, you win them all.
双语例句
例：
the first club to make a clean sweep of all three trophies.
首个赢得全部三座奖杯的俱乐部。

VERB. 动词

sweeps , sweeping , swept
1. [I 不及物动词] 打扫
If you sweep an area of floor or ground, you push dirt or rubbish off it using a brush with a long handle.
双语例句
例：
The owner of the shop was sweeping his floor when I walked in.
当我走进来时，店主正在清扫地板。
例：
She was in the kitchen sweeping crumbs into a dust pan.
她在厨房里正把面包屑扫进簸箕里。
2. [T 及物动词] 拂去
If you sweep things off something, you push them off with a quick smooth movement of your arm.
双语例句
例：
I swept rainwater off the flat top of a gravestone.
我拂去墓碑顶上的雨水。
例：
With a gesture of frustration, she swept the cards from the table.
她沮丧地把桌上的卡片拂开。
3. [T 及物动词] 梳（头发）
If someone with long hair sweeps their hair into a particular style, they put it into that style.
双语例句
例：
stylish ways of sweeping your hair off your face.
露出脸颊的时髦发型。
4. [I 不及物动词] 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.
双语例句
例：
His arm swept around the room.
他在房间里来回挥动手臂。
例：
Daniels swept his arm over his friend's shoulder.
丹尼尔斯一把将手臂搭在朋友的肩上。
5. [T 及物动词] （风、海浪等）卷走
If wind, a stormy sea, or another strong force sweeps someone or something along, it moves them quickly along.
双语例句
例：
landslides that buried homes and swept cars into the sea.
泥石流淹没了住宅，并将汽车卷入了大海。
6. [T 及物动词] 快速地带到
If you are swept somewhere, you are taken there very quickly.
双语例句
例：
The visitors were swept past various monuments.
游客们被带着快速地参观了各种纪念碑。
7. [I 不及物动词] 极快速地移动
If something sweeps from one place to another, it moves there extremely quickly.
双语例句
例：
An icy wind swept through the streets.
一阵寒风扫过街道。
8. [I 不及物动词] 使迅速传播 , 迅速传播
If events, ideas, or beliefs sweep through a place or sweep a place, they spread quickly through it.
双语例句
例：
A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow.
一场流感正在莫斯科迅速蔓延。
9. [I 不及物动词] 轻松赢得
If a person or group sweeps an election or sweeps to victory, they win the election easily.
双语例句
例：
a man who's promised to make radical changes to benefit the poor has swept the election.
承诺要进行彻底变革，造福穷人的候选人轻松赢得了选举。