Sweep
[swiːp] or [swip]
解釋/意思:
(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.
阿曼达錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
校對:利昂
同義詞及近義詞:
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
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Compass, range, stroke,[See CLEAN_and_DESTROY]
SYN:Remove, clean, brush, carry_off, destroy,[See EXUDATION]
哈利整理
解釋/意思:
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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例句/造句/用法:
- A century later the same urgency was to sweep Germany into a series of bloody Peasant Wars. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- With the clearing of her vision the sweep of peril had extended, and she saw that the post of danger was no longer at Dorset's side. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- My first enjoyment, replied John Knightley, as they passed through the sweep-gate, will be to find myself safe at Hartfield again. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- It was in a window of what seemed to be an old-fashioned house with three peaks in the roof in front and a circular sweep leading to the porch. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I knew my traveller with his broad and jetty eyebrows; his square forehead, made squarer by the horizontal sweep of his black hair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Keep her well afore the sweep of it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He saw the latent sweep of her mind, which could easily (he thought) be led to embrace all the objects on which he had set his heart. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Every vestige of the gentler thoughts which had filled her mind hardly a minute since seemed to be swept from it now. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But the boat swept on. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Everything was in its place and order as he had always kept it, the little fire was newly trimmed, and the hearth was freshly swept. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- And as she swung her head, her fine mane of hair just swept his face, and all his nerves were on fire, as with a subtle friction of electricity. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- If a gust of wind swept the waste, I looked up, fearing it was the rush of a bull; if a plover whistled, I imagined it a man. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Gerty's compassionate instincts, responding to the swift call of habit, swept aside all her reluctances. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Her glance swept the horse-shoe curve of boxes. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- She went on sweeping all the time. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The fact that the oxygen of the air is diluted as it were with so large a proportion of nitrogen, prevents fires from sweeping over the world and destroying everything in their path. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- With dismay and anger they heard Jesus sweeping away their dear securities. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I will tell you the meaning of it, cried the lady, sweeping into the room with a proud, set face. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The sweeping style suits you best, and you must learn to trail your skirts gracefully. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Montagu, the relation of the lady in Gloucester Place, of chimney-sweeping notoriety, assisted to keep up the spirit of the dance. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- There was evidently nothing for it but to go, and Donne made his exodus, the heiress sweeping him a deep curtsy as she closed the gates on him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Ask the black that sweeps opposite Fleet Market, sir. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Jo sweeps his crossing all day long, unconscious of the link, if any link there be. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- About the chimney-sweeps? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He makes a feint of offering a protest, but she sweeps it away with her disdainful hand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- As a dark river sweeps by under a lightning flash, she saw her chance of happiness surge past under a flash of temptation. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- It is but a new broom at present, and sweeps clean enough. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The reader will note that the first paragraph sweeps away all plunder and blood feuds among the followers of Islam. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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