Sweep

(noun.) a movement in an arc; 'a sweep of his arm'.

(noun.) a long oar used in an open boat.

(noun.) a wide scope; 'the sweep of the plains'.

(verb.) win an overwhelming victory in or on; 'Her new show dog swept all championships'.

(verb.) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; 'Sweep the crumbs off the table'; 'Sweep under the bed'.

(verb.) clean by sweeping; 'Please sweep the floor'.

(verb.) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; 'The diva swept into the room'; 'Shreds of paper sailed through the air'; 'The searchlights swept across the sky'.

(verb.) cover the entire range of.

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• A century later the same urgency was to sweep Germany into a series of bloody Peasant Wars. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• With the clearing of her vision the sweep of peril had extended, and she saw that the post of danger was no longer at Dorset's side. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• My first enjoyment, replied John Knightley, as they passed through the sweep-gate, will be to find myself safe at Hartfield again. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• It was in a window of what seemed to be an old-fashioned house with three peaks in the roof in front and a circular sweep leading to the porch. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I knew my traveller with his broad and jetty eyebrows; his square forehead, made squarer by the horizontal sweep of his black hair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Keep her well afore the sweep of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He saw the latent sweep of her mind, which could easily (he thought) be led to embrace all the objects on which he had set his heart. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Every vestige of the gentler thoughts which had filled her mind hardly a minute since seemed to be swept from it now. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But the boat swept on. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Everything was in its place and order as he had always kept it, the little fire was newly trimmed, and the hearth was freshly swept. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• And as she swung her head, her fine mane of hair just swept his face, and all his nerves were on fire, as with a subtle friction of electricity. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• If a gust of wind swept the waste, I looked up, fearing it was the rush of a bull; if a plover whistled, I imagined it a man. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Gerty's compassionate instincts, responding to the swift call of habit, swept aside all her reluctances. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Her glance swept the horse-shoe curve of boxes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• She went on sweeping all the time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The fact that the oxygen of the air is diluted as it were with so large a proportion of nitrogen, prevents fires from sweeping over the world and destroying everything in their path. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• With dismay and anger they heard Jesus sweeping away their dear securities. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I will tell you the meaning of it, cried the lady, sweeping into the room with a proud, set face. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The sweeping style suits you best, and you must learn to trail your skirts gracefully. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Montagu, the relation of the lady in Gloucester Place, of chimney-sweeping notoriety, assisted to keep up the spirit of the dance. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• There was evidently nothing for it but to go, and Donne made his exodus, the heiress sweeping him a deep curtsy as she closed the gates on him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Ask the black that sweeps opposite Fleet Market, sir. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Jo sweeps his crossing all day long, unconscious of the link, if any link there be. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• About the chimney-sweeps? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He makes a feint of offering a protest, but she sweeps it away with her disdainful hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• As a dark river sweeps by under a lightning flash, she saw her chance of happiness surge past under a flash of temptation. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It is but a new broom at present, and sweeps clean enough. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The reader will note that the first paragraph sweeps away all plunder and blood feuds among the followers of Islam. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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