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单词 broomed
释义

broom /broom/

noun
  1. A long-handled domestic sweeping brush
  2. A yellow-flowered papilionaceous shrub, Cytisus scoparius, or a related plant
  3. A besom made of its twigs or of anything similar
transitive verb

To sweep with a broom

ORIGIN: OE brōm

broomˈy adjective

Covered with or consisting of broom

broomˈball noun

A team game played on ice, orig by British diplomatic staff in Moscow, using brooms and a plastic ball

broomˈ-corn noun

A kind of millet of whose stalks brooms are made

broomˈrape noun

(L rapum a knob) a genus (Orobanche) of plants, parasitic on broom and other roots

broomˈstaff (archaic) or broomˈstick noun

The handle of a broom

marry over the broomstick or jump the besom or broomstick

To go through an irregular form of marriage in which both jump over a broomstick

new brooms sweep clean

People newly appointed to a position work very conscientiously, or try to sweep away abuses, old attitudes, old methods, etc

not know a B from a broomstick

To be very ignorant

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