Sweep

[swiːp] or [swip]

解释:

(noun.) a movement in an arc; 'a sweep of his arm'.

(noun.) a long oar used in an open boat.

(noun.) a wide scope; 'the sweep of the plains'.

(verb.) win an overwhelming victory in or on; 'Her new show dog swept all championships'.

(verb.) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; 'Sweep the crumbs off the table'; 'Sweep under the bed'.

(verb.) clean by sweeping; 'Please sweep the floor'.

(verb.) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; 'The diva swept into the room'; 'Shreds of paper sailed through the air'; 'The searchlights swept across the sky'.

(verb.) cover the entire range of.

阿曼达录入--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively.

(v. i.) To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes.

(v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

(v. i.) To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.

(v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.

(v. i.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.

(v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.

(v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.

(v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.

(v. i.) To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.

(n.) The act of sweeping.

(n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.

(n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.

(n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.

(n.) Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.

(n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.

(n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line.

(n.) One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.

(n.) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.

(n.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

(n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

(n.) The almond furnace.

(n.) A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.

(n.) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.

(n.) The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.

校对:利昂

同义词及近义词:

v. a. [1]. Clean (with a broom).[2]. Graze, touch (in passing), brush, rub over.[3]. Traverse, pass over.[4]. Carry off, sweep off, sweep away.

n. [1]. Range, compass, scope.[2]. Swipe, swape, well-sweep.[3]. Destruction, havoc, ravage, devastation.

整理:卢修斯

同义词及反义词:

SYN:Compass, range, stroke,[See CLEAN_and_DESTROY]

SYN:Remove, clean, brush, carry_off, destroy,[See EXUDATION]

哈利整理

解释:

v.t. to wipe or rub over with a brush or broom: to carry along or off by a long brushing stroke or force: to destroy or carry off at a stroke: to strike with a long stroke: to carry with pomp: to drag over: to pass rapidly over.—v.i. to pass swiftly and forcibly: to pass with pomp: to move with a long reach:—pa.t. and pa.p. swept.—n. act of sweeping: extent of a stroke or of anything turning or in motion: prevalence range: direction of a curve: the act of bringing into a general movement: rapid or wide-spread destructiveness: a curved approach before a building: a chimney-sweeper: (pl.) oars of great length used during a calm or in still water either to assist the rudder or to propel the vessel.—n. Sweep′er.—adv. Sweep′ingly in a sweeping manner.—n. Sweep′ingness.—n.pl. Sweep′ings things collected by sweeping: rubbish.—ns. Sweep′-net a net that embraces a large compass: Sweep′stake (Shak.) one who wins all—usually in pl. Sweep′stakes a method of gambling by which several persons contribute each certain stakes the whole of which fall to one in case of a certain event happening; Sweep′-wash′er one who scrapes a little gold or silver from the sweepings of refineries.—adj. Sweep′y swaying sweeping curving.

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