| 释义 |
sweep /swēp/ intransitive verb (pat and pap swept)- To pass swiftly or forcibly, esp with a swinging movement or in a curve
- To move with trailing or flowing drapery, hence with pomp, indignation, etc
- To extend in a long curve
- To range systematically or searchingly
- To play a sweep stroke (cricket)
- To row with sweeps
transitive verb- To pass something brushingly over
- To elicit by so doing (poetic)
- To pass brushingly
- To wipe, clean, move or remove with a broom
- To carry along or off with a long brushing stroke, swiftly and/or with force
- To wipe out or remove at a stroke (often with away or up)
- To perform with a sweeping movement
- To trail with a curving movement
- To drag as with a net or rope
- To search
- To describe, generate or swing through (eg a curve, angle or area)
- To range or move over exploratively or searchingly
- To play a sweep stroke at (cricket)
- To row with sweeps
noun- An act of sweeping
- A swinging movement, swing
- An onrush, surge
- Impetus
- A clearance
- Range, compass
- A curved stair
- A curved drive in front of a building
- That which is swept, sweepings
- A sweepstake
- A search
- A pump-handle
- A long oar
- A sail of a windmill
- A wire drag used in searching for shoals, mines, etc
- A chimney-sweep
- A cricket stroke in which the batter goes down on one knee to play the ball to the legside with a horizontal bat
- A periodic survey of the audience ratings of television stations, used in fixing rates for advertising (N American)
- A blackguard (old slang)
- Sweepback (aeronautics)
ORIGIN: Prob from a lost OE word related to swāpan to sweep, and geswǣpe sweepings; cf soop and swoop sweepˈer noun - A person who, or thing which, sweeps
- (in association football) a defensive player with no marking responsibility who assists the other defenders
- (in cricket) a fielder positioned on the boundary in front of square to stop balls hit through the infield
sweepˈing noun - The action of the verb in any sense
- (usu in pl) things collected by sweeping, rubbish
adjective- Performing the action of sweeping in any sense
- Of wide scope, wholesale, indiscriminate
sweepˈingly adverb sweepˈingness noun sweepˈy adjective Swaying, sweeping, curving sweepˈback noun (aeronautics) The angle at which an aeroplane wing is set back relatively to the axis sweep hand or sweep second hand noun A hand on a clock or watch that indicates seconds sweepˈ-net or sweepˈ-seine noun - A long net paid out in a curve and dragged ashore
- An insect net with a handle
sweepˈ-saw noun A turning-saw (qv under turn) sweepˈstake or sweepˈstakes noun - A method of gambling by which participators' stakes are pooled, numbers, horses, etc assigned by lot, and prize(s) awarded accordingly on decision of event
- Such a prize, race, etc
sweepˈ-washer noun A person who recovers gold or silver from the sweepings of refineries sweptˈback adjective Sweptwing sweptˈwing adjective (of an aircraft, etc) having wings that are swept back make a clean sweep (of) - To clear out completely
- To win all the awards, prizes, etc
sweep the board see under board |