Word · Frequency #2636
Sweep
扫;打扫
An act of sweeping with a broom or similar implement.
- 1.
A single action of sweeping.
一次扫的动作
- 2.
The person who steers a dragon boat.
龙舟舵手
- 3.
A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
在冲浪船尾部站立,用舵桨操控并指挥船员的人
- 4.
A chimney sweep.
烟囱清扫工
- 5.
A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
通常为寻找窃听器的系统搜索
- 6.
A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
击球手跪地用水平挥动的球棒击球
- 7.
A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
通常与体育赛事结果相关的彩票,随机选中获胜队伍者获胜
- 8.
A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
由海浪在海滩或岬角处引起的平行于岸的水流
- 9.
The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
飞机机翼从机身连接处向后(或偶尔向前)倾斜的角度
- 10.
A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
主要用腿攻击对手腿部的摔跤或摔倒动作
- 11.
Violent and general destruction.
猛烈而全面的破坏
- 12.
A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
在粘土铸造中用于制作模具的可移动模板
- 13.
In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
在赌场游戏中,从桌上抓取所有明牌的动作
- 14.
The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
任何旋转物体或运动的范围
- 15.
Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
曲线、道路、拱门等偏离直线的方向或偏移
- 16.
A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
小船上用于部分推进和部分操控的大桨
- 17.
A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
每个划船者在左舷或右舷划桨的划船风格
- 18.
A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
固定在高杆上的水平支点上移动的长杆或木材,用于在井中提水
- 19.
Any of the blades of a windmill.
风车的任何叶片
- 20.
The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
含有金属屑的贵金属加工车间的扫除物
- 21.
Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
几种属于鲷科(副科 Scorpidinae)的海鲷鱼。
- 22.
An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
一片或一条土地。
彻底搜查;扫查;烟囱清洁工;扫烟囱的人;抽彩;赌金独得;(板球)横扫击球;舵手
In use
She gave the living room floor a quick sweep before the guests arrived.
The old barn needed a good sweep to clear out the dust and cobwebs.
One sweep of the broom sent the broken glass into the dustpan.
Connections
Collocations
- clean sweep
- 全胜;彻底清除
- She made a clean sweep of all the awards.她包揽了所有奖项。
- chimney sweep
- 扫烟囱的人
- The chimney sweep climbed onto the roof.扫烟囱的人爬上了屋顶。
- quick sweep
- 快速清扫
- I gave the kitchen a quick sweep.我快速打扫了厨房。
- sweep of the hand
- 手一挥;手的挥动
- With a sweep of his hand, he invited us in.他一挥手请我们进去。
- thorough sweep
- 彻底搜查
- Police made a thorough sweep of the building.警方彻底搜查了那栋大楼。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sweep 中的 s 像扫帚,w 像扫过的弧线;记住名词‘一次扫除’,如 give the floor a sweep。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:housework、everyday description 这里指‘扫、打扫’的名词用法,通常用于日常清洁场景,多出现在口语或一般叙述中;正式文体中较少单独使用这个词义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
sweep (/swiːp/) rhymes with sheep, deep, keep, and sleep: they all end in /iːp/. Sweet (/swiːt/) and sweat (/swet/) look similar because they start with swe, but they do not rhyme with sweep: sweet ends in /t/, and sweat has the short vowel /e/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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