sweep
扫荡,扫除,清扫,打扫
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Definitions
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swept, sweep·ing.
- : to move or remove with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
- : to clear or clean of dirt, litter, or the like, by means of a broom or brush.
- : to drive or carry by some steady force, as of a wind or wave: The wind swept the snow into drifts.
- : to pass or draw over a surface with a continuous stroke or movement: The painter swept a brush over his canvas.
- : to make by clearing a space with or as if with a broom.
- : to clear of something on or in it: to sweep a sea of enemy ships.
- : to pass over with a steady, driving movement or unimpeded course, as winds, floods, etc.: sandstorms sweeping the plains.
- : to search thoroughly: Soldiers swept the town, looking for deserters.
- : to pass the gaze, eyes, etc., over: His eyes swept the countryside.
- : to direct over a region, surface, or the like: He swept his eyes over the countryside.
- : to examine electronically, as to search for a hidden listening device.
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Phrases
- sweep off someone's feet
- sweep under the rug
- make a clean sweep
- new broom sweeps clean
- (sweep) off someone's feet
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Unless it’s a clean sweep by the Democrats, none of this will happen.
The chytrid pandemic was selecting frogs based on their microbes—a selective sweep in which amphibians harboring one microbial community survived above all others.
This gravel handlebar keeps the controls in the same neutral position as a standard road handlebar and creates sweep below the controls for a wider, more confident hand position when riding in the drops.
There’s also no evidence that a single sweep of the virus through the population would lead to herd immunity, says Sten Vermund, dean of the Yale School of Public Health.
Although several players have gotten close, and several others seem like they’ve played for every single team in a league, there are surprisingly few who have made a clean sweep of a given division.
Decorative yes, but a daily handbag that will sweep through the closets of women worldwide?
In the long sweep of LGBT equality, it could have stood as a seminal moment.
The “24-hour news cycle” just makes them harder to sweep under the rug and ignore.
It was a street-sweep, and violence had broken out, and the government was cracking down.
The remains were shipped to Fiji just as the war was about to sweep the region.
To talk German was beyond the sweep of my dizziest ambition, but an Italian runner or porter instantly presented himself.