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单词 sweeping
释义 sweep·ing
I. \ˈswēpiŋ, -pēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sweping, from gerund of swepen to sweep
1. : the act or action of one that sweeps
 < gave the room a good sweeping >
2. sweepings plural : things collected by sweeping : refuse, rubbish
 < contaminated by sweepings, fly, and trash — M.R.Harden >
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of sweep (I)
1.
 a. : moving or extending in a wide curve or over a wide area
  < threw the end of the cigar, with a large sweeping gesture, into the fire — Arnold Bennett >
  < has many old white houses and a sweeping view of the river valley — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >
 b. : having a curving line or form
  < the robe lies smoothly on the upper part of the body, and falls into sweeping folds below — O. Elfrida Saunders >
2.
 a. : on a large scale : wide-ranging : extensive
  < voted sweeping election reforms — Andrew Morsund >
  < the expense … had made sweeping economies necessary — T.B.Costain >
  < won a sweeping victory >
 b. : indiscriminate, wholesale
  < this condemnation of an entire age sounds even more sweeping than the indictment of a nation — William Anderson >
  < sweeping charges >
  < sweeping generalizations >
sweep·ing·ly adverb
sweep·ing·ness noun -es
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