sweeping

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n. 扫除, 垃圾 a. 扫荡的, 彻底的, 广泛的

发音

其它 /ˈswiːpɪŋ/

词形变化

sweepings 复数 sweepings more sweeping 比较级 most sweeping 最高级

别名

sweepin'

教材释义与例句

名词

扫除；垃圾

动词

打扫；扫除（sweep的现在分词形式）

形容词

彻底的；广泛的；扫荡的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instance of sweeping.

    可数 不可数

    The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.

  2. 2.

    The activity of sweeping.

    不可数 可数

    Sweeping took all morning.

    The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of sweep

adj.
  1. 1.

    Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.

    The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.

    He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence.

  2. 2.

    Completely overwhelming.

    He claimed a sweeping victory.

  3. 3.

    Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

cleaning cleanup cleansing
形容词

同义词 1

wholesale

近义相关 3

wide broad indiscriminate

相关短语

sweep aside 不予理会；放到一边；扫除 sweep away 扫除; 刮走; 冲走; 清除 sweeping away sweeping the floor with someone sweeping aside sweeping along sweeping out sweeping up sweeping something under the rug sweeping the deck sweeping the board sweeping someone off their feet sweeping in sweep someone off their feet

词源

By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.

来源：wiktionary