释义 |
oversweep, v.|-ˈswiːp| [over- 9, 12.] trans. To sweep over or across (a surface, boundary, etc.); to pass over with a sweeping motion.
1611Speed Theat. Gt. Brit. (1614) 123/1 The Sun to dissolve them and the windes to over-sweepe them. 1820Byron Mar. Fal. i. ii. 147 To see your anger, like our Adrian waves, O'ersweep all bounds. |