Sweeper
['swiːpə] or ['swipɚ]
解释:
(noun.) little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body.
(noun.) an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.).
编辑:朗达--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
整理:米莉
例句:
- The simplest form and most effective sweeper comprises a large cylinder armed with spiral rows of splints and hung diagonally on the under side and across a frame having two or four wheels. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- In the house, the folding bed, tilting chair, carpet sweeper, and the piano. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The middle-aged man in the pew knows scarcely more of the affairs of the peerage than any crossing-sweeper in Holborn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
编辑:洛拉