sweep
noun · verb · adjectiveA1- Tiếng Việt:
- quét
quét. Họ từ SWEEP — danh từ: sweep; động từ: sweep; tính từ: swept.
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney
- 2.
(intransitive)To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
The wind sweeps across the plain.
The offended countess swept out of the ballroom.
Đồng nghĩa: swing
- 3.
(transitive)To search (a place) methodically.
- 4.
(figuratively, intransitive)To travel quickly.
- 5.
(cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- 6.
(curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- 7.
(ergative, transitive)To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- 8.
(transitive)(sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- 9.
(transitive)(sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- 10.
(military) To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
The channel was swept twice before the battlefleet proceeded through it.
- 11.
(transitive)To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
She swept the peelings off the table onto the floor.
The wind sweeps the snow from the hills.
The flooded river swept away the wooden dam.
- 12.
To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A single action of sweeping.
Give the front steps a quick sweep to get rid of those fallen leaves.
- 2.
The person who steers a dragon boat.
- 3.
A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- 4.
A chimney sweep.
- 5.
A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
- 6.
(cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
Bradman attempted a sweep, but in fact top edged the ball to the wicket keeper
- 7.
A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
Jim will win fifty dollars in the office sweep if Japan wins the World Cup.
- 8.
A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- 9.
(aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
The MiG-17's inner wing has 45 degrees of sweep.
- 10.
(martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
- 11.
Violent and general destruction.
the sweep of an epidemic disease
- 12.
(metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
Cụm từ thường dùng
sweep away
giới từ đi kèm
sweep the floor
cụm thông dụng
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From Middle English swepen, from *swaipijan (unattested in Old English), from Proto-Germanic *swaipijaną. Cognate with Early Modern swiepe, from swēpa, suepa (sweep). More distantly related to sveipa (whence svepa). See also swoop.