Word · Frequency #15566
sweeper
清洁工；清扫工
an employee who sweeps floors or streets
- 1.
One who sweeps.
清扫者；打扫的人。
- 2.
One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
清扫地板或烟囱的人。
- 3.
A detector for mines.
扫雷器；地雷探测器。
- 4.
Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
单鳍鱼科的小型热带海洋鲈形目鱼类,通常体侧扁、眼大。
- 5.
A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
清道夫；最后一道防线上的防守队员(位于守门员之前)。
- 6.
A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
冰壶运动中在冰壶前面刷冰的人。
- 7.
A batsman who plays sweep shots.
打横扫球的板球击球手。
- 8.
A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
板球中边界线上的防守位置；该位置的守场员。
- 9.
A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
倒在水面上且树枝伸入水中的树。
- 10.
A carpet sweeper.
地毯清扫器。
- 11.
The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
徒步队伍中走在最后的收尾者,负责确保无人离队。
- 12.
A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
游戏中能连续击倒多个敌人的角色,通常具有高攻击力和高速度。
单鳍鱼；清扫者；打扫的人。；清扫地板或烟囱的人。；扫雷器；地雷探测器。；单鳍鱼科的小型热带海洋鲈形目鱼类,通常体侧扁、眼大。
In use
The street sweeper starts work before dawn every day.
The sweeper cleaned the warehouse floor after the night shift.
Our office hired a new sweeper to keep the corridors tidy.
work as a sweeper
sweeper 指以清扫为职业的人，是可数名词，work as 后接职业名称。
He works as a sweeper at a factory.
他在一家工厂做清洁工。
a sweeper who [verb]
用 who 引导定语从句，可以具体说明是哪一位清洁工。
The sweeper who cleans our street is always early.
清扫我们街道的清洁工总是来得很早。
sweepers live in [place]
sweeper 也可指单鳍鱼科的鱼；表示这类鱼时常用复数 sweepers。
Connections
Collocations
- street sweeper
- 街道清洁工
- A street sweeper was using a broom to clear the fallen leaves.一名街道清洁工正在用扫帚清扫落叶。
- chimney sweeper
- 扫烟囱工人
- The chimney sweeper climbed onto the roof with a long brush.扫烟囱的工人带着一把长刷子爬上了屋顶。
- carpet sweeper
- 地毯清扫器
- She pushed the carpet sweeper across the living room floor.她推着地毯清扫器在客厅地板上清扫。
- sweeper fish
- 单鳍鱼
- The sweeper fish comes out to feed only after dark.单鳍鱼只在天黑后才出来觅食。
Pop culture & quotes
- That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of them locked up in coffins of black.
- 那里有成千上万的扫烟囱孩子——迪克、乔、内德和杰克——全都被锁进了黑色的棺材。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象清洁工拿着扫帚sweep（扫）地，-er表示人，就是sweeper（清扫夫）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：floor cleaning、street cleaning 本条目取“清扫工”这一常用义。该词属于中性表达，在正式和非正式场合都比较自然，多用于指清扫街道、地板或大楼的雇员。作为名词使用时没有明显褒贬色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 sweeper /ˈswiːpə/ 押韵，都以 /iːpə/ 结尾。注意 -eeper 拼写在 keeper、sleeper、deeper、leaper、reaper 中出现，而 cheaper 拼写为 -ea- 但发音同样是长 /iː/。注意形近但发音不同的词：sweater /ˈswetə/（-ea- 发 /e/）、swipe /swaɪp/（元音和尾音都不同）、sweep /swiːp/（相关动词，但末尾没有 /ə/）。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.