sweep

verb

/swiːp/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they sweep	/swiːp/ /swiːp/
he / she / it sweeps	/swiːps/ /swiːps/
past simple swept	/swept/ /swept/
past participle swept	/swept/ /swept/
-ing form sweeping	/ˈswiːpɪŋ/ /ˈswiːpɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

with brush or hand用刷子或手

[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。

Topics Houses and homesb2

[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。

move quickly/with force快速／猛烈移动

[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

The little boat was swept out to sea.小船被吹到大海里去了。
Their tent was swept away in the storm.他们的帐篷在暴风雨中被卷走了。
She let herself be swept along by the crowd.她任由自己被人流挟裹着前行。

[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

+ adv./prep. Rain swept in through the broken windows.雨水从破窗户灌进屋内。
A fire swept through the store on Tuesday night.周二晚上，一场大火席卷了整个商店。
sweep something Strong winds regularly sweep the islands.这些岛上经常刮大风。

of a person人

[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）

He rushed to greet her, sweeping his arms wide.他张开双臂舞动着，冲过去迎接她。

She 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。

of feelings感受

[intransitive] + adv./prep. to suddenly affect somebody strongly突然袭来

A wave of tiredness swept over her.她感到浑身疲惫。
Memories came sweeping back.往事倏地又浮现在脑海中。

of ideas/fashions思想；时尚

[intransitive, transitive] to spread quickly迅速传播

+ adv./prep. Rumours of his resignation swept through the company.他辞职的传言在全公司传播开了。
sweep something the latest craze sweeping the nation席卷全国的最新热潮

look/move over area扫视；掠过

[intransitive, transitive] to move over an area, especially in order to look for something扫视；掠过；搜索

+ adv./prep. His eyes swept around the room.他把房间扫视了一遍。
The car headlights swept across the front of the building.汽车前灯扫过大楼的正面。
sweep something Searchlights swept the sky.探照灯在空中扫来扫去。
She swept the crowd with her binoculars.她用双筒望远镜扫视人群。

touch surface轻触表面

[transitive] sweep something to move, or move something, over a surface, touching it lightly（使）轻轻掠过，轻轻擦过

Her dress swept the ground as she walked.她行走时衣裙拖在地上。

hair头发

[transitive] sweep something + adv./prep. to brush, comb, etc. your hair in a particular direction梳；刷；掠

Her hair was swept back from her face.她的头发是从前边往后梳的。

Topics Appearancec2

of landscape地貌

[intransitive] + adv./prep. to form a long, smooth curve蜿蜒；呈缓坡延伸

The hotel gardens sweep down to the beach.旅馆的花园呈缓坡一直延伸到海滩。

in sport体育运动

[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

The Blue Jays have a chance to sweep the series.蓝鸟队有机会横扫系列赛。
New Jersey swept Detroit last season.在上个赛季，新泽西队全胜底特律队。

词源Old 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。
Topics Feelingsc2

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。

sweep

noun

/swiːp/

Idioms

with brush用刷子

[countable, usually singular] an act of cleaning a room, surface, etc. using a broom扫；打扫；清扫

Give the room a good sweep.把房间好好打扫一下。

curving movement挥动

[countable] a smooth curving movement挥动；掠

He indicated the door with a sweep of his arm.他一挥胳膊指向门。

He dismissed his assistant with a grandiose sweep of his hand.他傲慢地摆了摆手把助手打发走了。
(figurative) Thousands of jobs were lost in one broad sweep.一次大范围的调整使数千人失去了工作。

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

great
long
wide
…

verb + sweep

make
take

preposition

in one sweep
with a sweep

landscape地貌

[countable, usually singular] a long, often curved, piece of road, river, coast, etc.（道路、河流、海岸等）一长段，绵延弯曲的地带，呈缓坡状的地带

the broad sweep of white cliffs around the bay环绕海湾的一段白色悬崖

The house overlooks the great sweep of the St Lawrence River.这所房子俯瞰着圣劳伦斯河的辽阔水面。
An elegant sweep of lawn led up to the house.一片优雅的草坪通向房子。

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

great
long
wide
…

verb + sweep

make
take

preposition

in one sweep
with a sweep

range范围

[uncountable] the range of an idea, a piece of writing, etc. that considers many different things广泛性；广博的范围；广度

Her book covers the long sweep of the country's history.她的著作涵盖了该国漫长的历史。
the broad cultural sweep of Flaubert's novel福楼拜小说广博的文化内涵

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

great
long
wide
…

verb + sweep

make
take

preposition

in one sweep
with a sweep

movement/search over area巡行；搜索

[countable] a movement over an area, for example in order to search for something or attack something巡行；搜索；扫荡

The rescue helicopter made another sweep over the bay.救援直升机在海湾上空又搜索了一遍。

Her eyes made a comprehensive sweep of the room.她扫视了房间的各个角落。
We made a wide sweep south to the River Dee.我们向南进行大范围搜索，直到迪河。

chimney烟囱

(also chimney sweep)

[countable] a person whose job is to clean the inside of chimneys烟囱清扫工Topics Jobsc2

gambling赌博

[countable]

(North American English also sweeps)

(informal) a sweepstake (= a type of betting in which the winner gets all the money bet by everyone else)赌金全赢制

in sport体育运动

[countable] (North American English) a series of games that a team wins against another team; the fact of winning all the parts of a contest（两支球队对赛其中一方）全胜的一系列比赛；囊括冠军

a World Series sweep在世界职业棒球系列赛中囊括冠军

television电视

the sweeps

[plural] (North American English) a time when television companies examine their programmes to find out which ones are the most popular, especially in order to calculate advertising rates收视率调查（电视台为查明节目受欢迎度，尤为计算广告费）

the May ratings sweeps五月收视率横扫

词源Old English swāpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schweifen ‘sweep in a curve’.

Idioms

(make) a clean sweep (of something)

to remove all the people or things from an organization that are thought to be unnecessary or need changing全部撤换；彻底清除
- The new manager made a clean sweep of the department.新经理清除了部门中的冗员。
to win all the prizes or parts of a game or competition; to win an election completely（比赛或竞赛中）大获全胜，包揽（所有奖项）；获得选举全胜
- China made a clean sweep of the medals in the gymnastics events.中国队在体操比赛中包揽了所有的奖牌。
- The opinion poll suggests a clean sweep for the Democrats.民意测验表明民主党有可能大获全胜。