sweep是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to clean especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed -- 打掃，清掃，掃除

  • sweep the floor 掃地

• 1 to move, especially quickly and powerfully -- （尤指快速有力地）移動，衝

  • Everyone looked up as she swept into the room. 她衝進房間時，每個人都抬頭看她。

  • The fire swept (= spread quickly) through the house. 火勢迅速在房子裡蔓延開來。

  • The National Party swept into power (= easily won the election) with a majority of almost 200. 民族黨以近200票的領先優勢順利當選。

  • A 1970s fashion revival is sweeping Europe. 20世紀70年代的時尚復古潮流正風靡整個歐洲。

  • American minesweepers are sweeping the Arabian Sea. 美國的掃雷艇正在阿拉伯海掃雷。

  • The road sweeps down to the coast. 這條路一直延伸到海岸邊。

• 2 to remove and/or take in a particular direction, especially in a fast and powerful way -- （尤指迅猛地）帶走，捲走

  • A large wave swept away half the sandcastle. 一道巨浪捲走了一半的沙堡。

  • She swept the pile of papers and books into her bag. 她把一堆報紙和書胡亂塞進袋子裡。

  • The boat was swept out to sea (= away from land) by the tide. 那艘船被潮水捲到海裡。

  • Government troops swept aside the rebel forces (= caused them to move away from the area in which they were). 政府軍隊迅速肅清了叛軍。

• 3 to win all the parts of a competition, or to win very easily -- 大獲全勝，一舉獲勝，輕易獲勝

  • The Yankees swept the four-game series with the Blue Jays. 洋基隊在四連戰中大勝藍鳥隊。

• 4 a movement, especially a quick, powerful one or one to search an area -- 掠過；掃過

  • With a sweep (= horizontal movement) of its tail, the alligator knocked her under the water. 鱷魚尾巴一掃，將她打到水中。

  • A broad sweep of flat countryside stretched to the horizon in all directions. 平坦寬闊的鄉村向四面延伸，一望無際。

• 5 the act of sweeping something to clean it -- 打掃，清掃，掃除

  • I've given the kitchen floor a sweep (= I have swept it). 我已經掃了廚房的地板。

• 6 a situation in which one player, team, etc. wins everything that is available -- 全勝，囊括所有獎項

  • Romania made a clean sweep of the medals. 羅馬尼亞囊括了所有獎牌。

• 7 a period of time when measurements of the number of people watching different television stations are made so that the cost of advertising on each station can be set -- 調查收視率的時段