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) 扫；打扫；清扫 - sweep (something)
to sweep the floor 清扫地板 Chimneys should be swept regularly. 烟囱应该定期清扫。 I don't have to sweep and mop every day. 我不用每天扫地拖地。 - sweep up
Don't just stand around—grab a broom and sweep up. 不要只是站在那里——拿把扫帚扫一扫。 - sweep something + adj.
The showroom had been emptied and swept clean. 陈列室已经清理出来，打扫干净了。
- sweep (something)
- [transitive] sweep something + adv./prep.
to remove something from a surface using a brush, your hand, etc. 扫去；清除 She swept the crumbs into the wastebasket. 她把面包屑扫进废纸篓里。 He swept the leaves up into a pile. 他把树叶扫成一堆。 She swept the clothes onto the floor and invited him to sit down. 她把衣服扫到地板上，请他坐下。
- [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，冲走，带走 - [intransitive, transitive]
(of weather, fire, etc. 风、雨、雪、火等 to move suddenly and/or with force over an area or in a particular direction 猛烈吹过；掠过；席卷；横扫 - [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to move quickly and/or smoothly, especially in a way that impresses or is intended to impress other people 步态轻盈地走；大模大样地走 Without another word she swept out of the room. 她再没说话，大模大样地走出房间。 Two police motorcycles swept through the village. 两辆警车在村子里疾驰。 A pair of golden eagles swept across the sky. 一对金雕掠过天空。 She swept past the photographers without a glance. 她从摄影师身边掠过，没有看一眼。 - (figurative)
He swept into the lead with an almost perfect performance. 他以几近完美的表现跨入领先位置。
- [transitive] sweep something + adv./prep.
to move something, especially your hand or arm, quickly and smoothly in a particular direction 挥动，舞动（手、臂等） Extra ExamplesShe swept a hand through her hair. 她用手捋了捋头发。 The traveller swept a hand toward the endless expanse of water. 旅行者朝着一望无际的水域挥了挥手。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to suddenly affect somebody strongly 突然袭来 - [intransitive, transitive]
to spread quickly 迅速传播 - [intransitive, transitive]
to move over an area, especially in order to look for something 扫视；掠过；搜索 - [transitive] sweep something
to move, or move something, over a surface, touching it lightly （使）轻轻掠过，轻轻擦过 - [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；呈缓坡延伸 - [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 （在系列比赛中）获得全部胜利，囊括各项冠军
with brush or hand用刷子或手
move quickly/with force快速／猛烈移动
of a person人
of feelings感受
of ideas/fashions思想；时尚
look/move over area扫视；掠过
touch surface轻触表面
hair头发
of landscape地貌
in sport体育运动
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 （在比赛中）囊括所有奖项
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；使某人对自己一见倾心 She’s waiting for some hero to come and sweep her off her feet. 她在等待某个英雄的到来，让她神魂颠倒。
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）以压倒性优势在选举中获胜
sweep to victory
to win a contest easily 轻易赢得（竞赛） Macron swept to victory in 2017. 马克龙在2017年大获全胜。
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 掩盖某事 An earlier report, implicating the government, had been conveniently swept under the carpet. 早先一份牵连政府的报告被轻易地掩盖了。