sweep up

英 [swiːp ʌp]

美 [swiːp ʌp]

扫除; 清扫

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 扫除;清扫
  If yousweep uprubbish or dirt, you push it together with a brush and then remove it.
  1. Get a broom and sweep up that glass will you?...
     拿扫帚把那些玻璃清扫干净好吗？
  2. He started working for a gallery sweeping up and making the tea.
     他开始在画廊做扫地沏茶的工作。

英英释义

verb

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
  1. She embraced Catholicism
  2. They adopted the Jewish faith
  Synonym:espouseembraceadopt
• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
  1. They were swept up by the events
  2. don't drag me into this business
  Synonym:embroiltanglesweepdragdrag in

双语例句

• He started working for a gallery sweeping up and making the tea.
  他开始在画廊做扫地沏茶的工作。
• Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves.
  暴风雨会横扫过大西洋向上掀起层层巨浪。
• I was definitely waiting for something, especially when I felt a chill breeze sweep up from the water.
  我绝对是在等待着什么，尤其是当我感到一阵寒冷的微风从水面上吹来时。
• We'd better sweep up all the bits of broken glass quickly.
  我们最好快点把玻璃碴子扫干净。
• It may take months or even years to see the full sweep of what you achieved during this period, so keep your chin up and keep marching forward with determination.
  你需要数月甚至数年的时间才能察觉到你在此期间的收获，所以保持干劲，坚定决心向前迈进吧。
• The boys said they would sweep up the leaves.
  男孩们说他们会把落叶扫掉的。
• His is a Book of epic sweep, like a novel made up of multiple strands.
  他的书简直就是一本史诗全集，就像一本有着多条主线的小说。
• In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.
  在这段时间里，卡车司机不得不清扫那几百只破瓶子。
• Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
  把海水抽乾，把林木扫掉。
• I sweep up the broken dishes and go outside.
  我把打碎的盘子扫起来，走出屋去。