Sweeping
['swiːpɪŋ] or ['swipɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of cleaning with a broom.
(adj.) ignoring distinctions; 'sweeping generalizations'; 'wholesale destruction' .
(adj.) taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; 'a sweeping glance'; 'a wide-sweeping view of the river' .
錄入:卢卡斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sweep
(a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Destructive.[2]. Wholesale, extensive, broad.[3]. Unqualified, exaggerated.
錄入:米尔顿
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of sweeping, denotes that you will gain favor in the eyes of your husband, and children will find pleasure in the home. If you think the floors need sweeping, and you from some cause neglect them, there will be distresses and bitter disappointments awaiting you in the approaching days. To servants, sweeping is a sign of disagreements and suspicion of the intentions of others.
錄入:特丽萨
例句/造句/用法:
- 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.
- I heard her sweeping away; and soon after she was gone, I suppose I had a species of fit: unconsciousness closed the scene. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The reason given for not sweeping the dusty streets was, that the dust would fly into the windows of shops and houses. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- She hired a crossing-sweeping boy to show it her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Well,' said the old gentleman, 'I suppose he's fond of chimney-sweeping? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Now in making that statement, I am aware that it is a sweeping one, and I do not mean to imply that Mr. Wallas is the only modern man who has tried to think about politics psychologically. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It was not a bad day for a walk, if you were young and strong, and could breast the great gusts of wind which came sweeping in from the sea. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Over twenty years ago we formulated a sweeping taboo against trusts. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- When I had entered he was sweeping the shop, and he had sweetened his labors by sweeping over me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
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