sweep
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they sweep | |
| he / she / it sweeps | |
| past simple swept | |
| past participle swept | |
| -ing form sweeping |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to clean a room, surface, etc. using a broom (= a type of brush on a long handle) 掃；打掃；清掃 - sweep (something)
to sweep the floor 清掃地板 Chimneys should be swept regularly. 煙囪應該定期清掃。 I don't have to sweep and mop every day. 我不用每天掃地拖地。 - sweep up
Don't just stand around—grab a broom and sweep up. 不要只是站在那裏——拿把掃帚掃一掃。 - sweep something + adj.
The showroom had been emptied and swept clean. 陳列室已經清理出來，打掃幹淨了。
- sweep (something)
- [transitive] sweep something + adv./prep.
to remove something from a surface using a brush, your hand, etc. 掃去；清除 She swept the crumbs into the wastebasket. 她把面包屑掃進廢紙簍裏。 He swept the leaves up into a pile. 他把樹葉掃成一堆。 She swept the clothes onto the floor and invited him to sit down. 她把衣服掃到地板上，請他坐下。
- [transitive] sweep somebody/something + adv./prep.
to move or push somebody/something suddenly and with a lot of force （迅猛地）推送，吹走，沖走，帶走 - [intransitive, transitive]
(of weather, fire, etc. 風、雨、雪、火等 to move suddenly and/or with force over an area or in a particular direction 猛烈吹過；掠過；席卷；橫掃 - [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to move quickly and/or smoothly, especially in a way that impresses or is intended to impress other people 步態輕盈地走；大模大樣地走 Without another word she swept out of the room. 她再沒說話，大模大樣地走出房間。 Two police motorcycles swept through the village. 兩輛警車在村子裏疾馳。 A pair of golden eagles swept across the sky. 一對金雕掠過天空。 She swept past the photographers without a glance. 她從攝影師身邊掠過，沒有看一眼。 - (figurative)
He swept into the lead with an almost perfect performance. 他以幾近完美的表現跨入領先位置。
- [transitive] sweep something + adv./prep.
to move something, especially your hand or arm, quickly and smoothly in a particular direction 揮動，舞動（手、臂等） Extra ExamplesShe swept a hand through her hair. 她用手捋了捋頭發。 The traveller swept a hand toward the endless expanse of water. 旅行者朝着一望無際的水域揮了揮手。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to suddenly affect somebody strongly 突然襲來 - [intransitive, transitive]
to spread quickly 迅速傳播 - [intransitive, transitive]
to move over an area, especially in order to look for something 掃視；掠過；搜索 - [transitive] sweep something
to move, or move something, over a surface, touching it lightly （使）輕輕掠過，輕輕擦過 - [transitive] sweep something + adv./prep.
to brush, comb, etc. your hair in a particular direction 梳；刷；掠 - [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to form a long, smooth curve 蜿蜒；呈緩坡延伸 - [transitive] sweep something (North American English)
to win all the games in a series of games against another team or all the parts of a contest （在系列比賽中）獲得全部勝利，囊括各項冠軍
with brush or hand用刷子或手
move quickly/with force快速／猛烈移動
of a person人
of feelings感受
of ideas/fashions思想；時尚
look/move over area掃視；掠過
touch surface輕觸表面
hair頭發
of landscape地貌
in sport體育運動
Word OriginOld English swāpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schweifen ‘sweep in a curve’.
Idioms
sweep the board
to win all the prizes, etc. in a competition （在比賽中）囊括所有獎項
sweep somebody off their feet
to make somebody fall suddenly and deeply in love with you 使某人立刻迷上自己；使某人對自己一見傾心 She’s waiting for some hero to come and sweep her off her feet. 她在等待某個英雄的到來，讓她神魂颠倒。
sweep (somebody) to power
to win an election by a large number of votes; to make somebody win an election with a large number of votes （使某人）以壓倒性優勢在選舉中獲勝
sweep to victory
to win a contest easily 輕易赢得（競賽） Macron swept to victory in 2017. 馬克龍在2017年大獲全勝。
sweep something under the carpet
(North American English also sweep something under the rug)
to try to stop people from finding out about something wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done 掩蓋某事 An earlier report, implicating the government, had been conveniently swept under the carpet. 早先一份牽連政府的報告被輕易地掩蓋了。