单词 | the sweep of something |
释义 | the sweep of something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe sweep of somethingthe sweep of somethinga) BENDa long curved line or area of landwide sweep of lawn the b) VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDSthe many different and important ideas, events, or qualities of somethingbroad sweep of history the → sweepExamples from the Corpuswide sweep• Jimmy made a wide sweep of the littered clearing, finding his own kind of kindling.• I counted more than 30 tufted ducks while at least 80 mallards were making wide sweeps round the pond before resettling.• Cut to the wide sweep of Hampstead Heath. |
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