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🔑sweepsweep1 /swip / verb (past tense, past participle swept /swɛpt /)- [intransitive, transitive] to clean a room, surface, etc. using a brush with a long handle (a broom)扫；清扫；打扫◆Could you sweep under the table too?请你把桌子下面也打扫一下好吗？◆Take your shoes off! I just swept the floor.把鞋脱掉！我刚扫过地。◆I'm going to sweep the leaves off the sidewalk.我要把人行道上的树叶扫走。➨ WHICH WORD？词语辨析Clean is a general word for removing dirt from something. * clean 泛指清除某物上的污垢。If you wash something, you clean it with water and often soap. * wash 指用水清洁某物，一般用肥皂洗。You can wipe a surface by rubbing it with a wet cloth; you dust a surface by rubbing it with a dry cloth. * wipe 表示用湿布擦拭物体表面，dust 指用干布掸去灰尘。If you brush something, you clean it with a brush that has a short handle; if you sweep the floor, you use a broom with a long handle. * brush 指用短柄刷清洁，sweep 指用长柄的扫帚扫地。
- [transitive] to push, move, or remove someone or something quickly and smoothly（快速利落地）推送，吹走，冲走，带走◆He swept the money into his pocket and left.他迅速把钱塞进口袋里离开了。◆The huge waves swept her overboard.巨浪将她冲下了甲板。
- [intransitive, transitive] to move quickly and smoothly over the area or in the direction mentioned横扫；席卷；掠过；迅速蔓延◆Fire swept through the building.大火迅速席卷了整座大楼。◆The epidemic swept the country within weeks.流行病在几周之内便蔓延到了全国各地。
- [intransitive] to move in a proud or impressive way大模大样地走；神气活现地走◆Five black limousines swept past us.五辆黑色豪华轿车浩浩荡荡地从我们身边驶过。◆She swept angrily out of the room.她气呼呼地大步走出房间。
 ●sweep (sth) upto remove something from a surface using a brush, your hand, etc.（用刷子、手等）清除，扫去，拂去
sweepsweep2 /swip / noun [countable] a long, curving shape or movement（形状或运动）绵延弯曲◆a bay with a broad sweep of golden sand一片金色沙滩绵延环绕的海湾◆“Some day, all this will be yours, ” she said with a sweep of her hand.“将来有一天，所有这些都是你的。”她挥挥手说道。 ●a clean sweep- a complete victory in a sports competition, election, etc. that you get by winning all the different parts of it（竞赛、选举等）大获全胜◆The Russians made a clean sweep of all the gymnastics events.俄罗斯队在体操项目中包揽了所有奖牌。
- a complete removal of things or people that you think are no longer necessary彻底清除（不需要的人或事物）；裁减◆The new director plans to make a clean sweep and fire everyone in this department.新来的经理打算来个大清除，解雇这个部门的所有人员。
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