单词 | sweep |
释义 | sweepsweepssweptsweepingsweepsweep1 /swiːp/ verb (past tense and past participle swept /swept/)1 [intransitive and transitive] to clean a floor or the ground, using a brush ➔ brush: I’ve just swept the kitchen floor.sweep我刚刚打扫过厨房地板。2[transitive] if a crowd of people sweeps somewhere, it moves there quicklysweep through/across etcThe crowd swept through the gates.sweepgate人群蜂拥通过大门。3[intransitive and transitive] if a feeling, idea, or type of weather sweeps an area, it spreads quickly across itsweep the country/nationthe latest fitness craze to sweep the nationlate最近风靡全国的健身时尚Storms swept through the mountains.stormsweepmountain暴风雨在山中肆虐。4[transitive] to move quickly in a way that shows you are very confident or annoyed: She swept into the room.sweep她大步冲进房间。 5[transitive] to move someone or something quickly in a particular directionsweep somebody/something into/out/along etcI swept the papers quickly into the drawer.sweeppaper 我迅速地把文件扫进抽屉里。Jessie was swept along by the angry crowd.besweep 杰西被愤怒的人群推着向前走。He swept his hair back with his hand.sweep他用手把头发往后拂去。Phrasessweep somebody off their feet to make someone feel very attracted to you romantically, in a short time: He absolutely swept me off my feet.sweepfoot他顷刻让我神魂颠倒。sweep something under the carpet especially British English (also sweep something under the rug especially American English) to try to hide something bad that has happened: All the evidence pointing to his guilt has been swept under the carpet.pointhavebesweep所有指向他有罪的证据都被掩盖了。Phrasal verbssweep something ↔ away phrasal verb to completely destroy something or make something disappear: Many houses were swept away by the floods.housebesweepflood许多房子都被洪水冲走了。sweep up phrasal verb to remove dirt from the floor or ground using a brushsweep something ↔ upCould you sweep up the leaves?canleave你扫一下树叶好吗? |
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