vt.

1. 掃；清掃，打掃[O8]
   He sweeps the room every day.

   他每天打掃房間。

2. 掃去；清除[O][（+away/off/from）]
   The boy helped Mother sweep the dirt away.

   男孩幫助母親清除塵土。

3. （風等）刮起；（浪等）沖走；席捲[O][（+off/along/away）]
   The wind swept the leaves away.

   風把樹葉刮走。

4. 猛烈移動，猛推，猛拉[O][（+aside/aross）]
5. 掃蕩；肅清，消滅
6. 環視，眺望
   Her eyes swept the room.

   她的目光掃視著房間。

7. 掃過，掠過，擦過
   Willow branches swept the river's surface.

   柳枝拂掠著河面。

8. 【軍】掃射；掃（雷）
9. 在……中獲全勝
10. 用電子設備掃查（房屋、建築）有無監聽裝置或炸彈

vi.

1. 掃，打掃，掃除
2. 襲擊，（風等）刮起；席捲[Q][（+across/over/through）]
   A cold wind swept through the north.

   寒風席捲北方。

3. 環視，掃視；掠過；急速移動[Q][（+past/to）]
   Hunter's keen eyes swept from left to right.

   漢特尖銳的目光從左到右掃視了一下。

4. 衣裙搖曳地走，堂皇地走動[Q][（+past/out of）]
5. 連綿，延伸[Q][（+round/up/down/to）]
   The broad driveway sweeps around the lake.

   這條寬闊的汽車道環湖伸展。

n.[C]

1. 打掃，清掃
   Let's give our room a good sweep.

   讓我們把房間好好打掃一下。

2. （手等的）一揮
3. 綿亙，延伸，伸展[the S]
   There was a sweep of glistening snow on the hillside.

   山坡上有一片連綿的閃閃發亮的積雪。

4. 曲線；轉彎；彎曲；彎路[S]
5. 壓倒性的勝利，全勝
   It's a clean sweep; we've won all the prizes.

   我們大獲全勝；我們贏得了所有的獎品。

6. （風，潮水等的）流動
7. （物的）蜂擁推進，突進
8. 【口】掃煙囪工人

v.

1. clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.
   ▸move or remove by brushing.
   ▸move or push with great force.
   ▸ (sweep someone/thing away/aside) remove or abolish someone or something swiftly and suddenly.
2. search or survey (an area) for something.
   ▸cover (an entire area) with a gun.
3. move or traverse swiftly and smoothly.
   ▸affect (a place) swiftly and widely:

   violence swept the country.
   ▸extend continuously, especially in an arc or curve.
   ▸Cricket  hit to the leg side by bringing the bat across the body from a half-kneeling position.
4. N. Amer. be victorious in (a series of games).

n.

1. an act of sweeping.
   ▸a chimney sweep.
2. a long, swift, curving movement.
   ▸Electronics  the movement of a beam across the screen of a cathode ray tube.
3. a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, etc.
4. the range or scope of something.
5. informal a sweepstake.
6. N. Amer. an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest.
7. a long heavy oar.
8. a sail of a windmill.
9. a long pole mounted as a lever for raising buckets from a well.