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

• 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。
• Sweep flame around tube in short strokes up and down at right angles to run of tube.
  垂直环绕着管道上下来回短促扫着火焰。
• Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
  把海水抽乾，把林木扫掉。
• Let's pile up the fallen leaves in the corner and sweep up the floor.
  我们把落叶堆在角落里，然后把地打扫干净。
• 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。
• Sweep up the crumbs from under the table.
  把桌下的碎屑扫起来。
• Application of Sounding and Sweep Survey to Dredging up and Clearing High Points of Seaport and Seaway
  水深、扫海测量应用于港池、航道疏浚清浅
• 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。
• Bet on the Mets to sweep a doubleheader against the Phillies with two kids brought up from AA pitching against Halliday and Lee?
  大都会里俩孩子是青少年棒球赛出来的，可以挡挡哈勒戴和李，横扫费城人两场应该没问题。
• Extremists on the left and the right exaggerate that picture, but it rings true enough to provide the makings of a political swing against big business that could sweep up the two main parties.
  左翼和右翼的极端人士夸大了这一情形，但听起来确实是这么一回事，这可能导致美国两党政治立场的转向，调转矛头，指向大企业。