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1. Oxford Dictionary

   sweep

   • IPA[swiːp]

   英式

   • v.
     clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter；move or remove (dirt or litter) by brushing it away
   • n.
     an act of sweeping something with a brush；short for chimney sweep

   • verb: sweep, 3rd person present: sweeps, gerund or present participle: sweeping, past tense: swept, past participle: swept

   • noun: sweep, plural noun: sweeps

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter I've swept the floor 同義詞 brush, clean, scrub, wipe, mop, ... 更多dust, scour, scrape, rake, buff, vacuum, hoover, informaldo
   • ▪ move or remove (dirt or litter) by brushing it away she swept the tea leaves into a dustpan 同義詞 remove, wash away, expel, dispose of, eliminate, ... 更多get rid of, brush, clean, clear, whisk
   • ▪ move or push (someone or something) with great force I was swept along by the crowd the party was swept from power 同義詞 carry, pull, drag, drive
   • ▪ brush (hair) back from one's face or upwards long hair swept up into a high chignon
   • ▪ hit (the ball) on the leg side by bringing the bat across the body from a half-kneeling position; hit a ball delivered by (a bowler) with such a stroke.
   • 2. move swiftly and smoothly a large black car swept past the open windows his cool grey eyes swept over her 同義詞 glide, sail, dash, charge, rush, ... 更多streak, speed, fly, zoom, swoop, whizz, hurtle, informaltear
   • ▪ cause to move swiftly and smoothly he swept his hand round the room
   • ▪ (of a person) move in a confident and stately manner she swept magnificently from the hall 同義詞 glide, sail, stride, breeze, stroll, ... 更多sally, swagger, drift, flit, flounce
   • ▪ affect (an area or place) swiftly and widely the rebellion had swept through all four of the country's provinces violence swept the country 同義詞 engulf, overwhelm, flood, flow across, surge over, ... 更多race, hurtle, streak, spread like lightning, informaltear, whip
   • ▪ (of a geographical or natural feature) extend continuously in a particular direction, especially in a curve green forests swept down the hillsides
   • ▪ North American win all the games in (a series); take each of the winning or main places in (a contest or event) we knew we had to sweep these three home games
   • 3. search (an area) for something the detective swept the room for hair and fingerprints 同義詞 search, probe, check, explore, hunt through, ... 更多look through, delve in, go through, sift through, scour, comb, go through with a fine-tooth comb, leave no stone unturned in
   • ▪ examine (a place or object) for electronic listening devices the line is swept every fifteen minutes
   • ▪ cover (an entire area) with a gun they were trying to get the Lewis gun up behind some trees from where they would sweep the trench

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an act of sweeping something with a brush I was giving the floor a quick sweep
   • ▪ short for chimney sweep
   • 2. a long, swift curving movement a grandiose sweep of his hand 同義詞 gesture, movement, move, action, stroke, ... 更多wave
   • ▪ the movement of a beam across the screen of a cathode ray tube.
   • ▪ an attacking stroke in which the bat is brought across the body from a half-kneeling position to hit the ball to leg.
   • 3. a procedure for inducing labour in a pregnant woman, in which a medical practitioner moves a finger around within the opening of the cervix to detach the amniotic membranes I went in for a sweep at 41 weeks she asked if I wanted a membrane sweep to get labour going
   • 4. a comprehensive search or survey of a place or area the police finished their sweep through the woods 同義詞 search, hunt, exploration, probe, forage, ... 更多pursuit, quest
   • ▪ North American a survey of the ratings of television stations, carried out at regular intervals to determine advertising rates.
   • 5. a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land we could see a wide sweep of country perhaps a hundred miles across 同義詞 expanse, tract, stretch, space, plain, ... 更多extent, vastness, vista
   • ▪ a curved part of a drive in front of a building one fork of the drive continued on to the gravel sweep 同義詞 curve, curvature, bend, arc, arch, ... 更多bow, turn
   • ▪ the range or scope of something the whole sweep of the history of the USSR 同義詞 range, span, scope, compass, reach, ... 更多spread, ambit, remit, gamut, orbit, spectrum, sphere, purview, limit, extent
   • 6. informal a sweepstake.
   • 7. North American an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest a World Series sweep
   • 8. a long, heavy oar used to row a barge or other vessel a big, heavy sweep oar
   • 9. a sail of a windmill.
   • 10. a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.

   swept

   • past and past participle of sweep

   Oxford American Dictionary

   swept

   • past and past participle of sweep

   Oxford Dictionary

   sweep away

   • ph.
     remove, dispel, or abolish something in a swift and sudden way

   Oxford Dictionary

   sweep away

   • ph.
     remove, dispel, or abolish something in a swift and sudden way

   Oxford American Dictionary

   sweep up

   • ph.
     remove dirt or litter by sweeping

   Oxford Dictionary

   sweep out

   • ph.
     clean an area thoroughly by brushing away all dirt or litter

   Oxford American Dictionary

   sweep up

   • ph.
     remove dirt or litter by sweeping

   Oxford American Dictionary

   chimney sweep

   • n.
     a person whose job is cleaning out the soot from chimneys.

   Oxford Dictionary

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   片語

   • sweep the board
   • sweep something under the carpet
   • sweep away
   • sweep out
   • sweep up
3. • 更多解釋

   sweep

   • IPA[swēp]

   美式

   • v.
     clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter: I've swept the floor
   • n.
     an act of sweeping something with a brush: I was giving the floor a quick sweep

   Oxford American Dictionary