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sweeping 音標拼音: [sw'ipɪŋ] n. 掃除,垃圾
a. 掃蕩的,徹底的,廣泛的 掃除,垃圾掃蕩的,徹底的,廣泛的 sweeping adj 1: taking in or moving over ( or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; " a sweeping glance"; " a wide- sweeping view of the river" 2: ignoring distinctions; " sweeping generalizations"; " wholesale destruction" [ synonym: { sweeping}, { wholesale}] n 1: the act of cleaning with a broomSweep \ Sweep\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Swept}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Sweeping}.] [ OE. swepen; akin to AS. sw[= a] pan. See { Swoop}, v. i.] 1. To pass a broom across ( a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively. [ 1913 Webster] I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. -- Isa. xiv. 23. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes. [ 1913 Webster] The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies. -- Isa. xxviii. 17. [ 1913 Webster] I have already swept the stakes. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. [ 1913 Webster] Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. [ 1913 Webster] And like a peacock sweep along his tail. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To strike with a long stroke. [ 1913 Webster] Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Naut.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. [ 1913 Webster] { To sweep a mold} or { To sweep up a mold} ( Founding), to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern. [ 1913 Webster]
Sweeping \ Sweep" ing\, a. Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation. -- { Sweep" ing* ly}, adv. -{ Sweep" ing* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 163 Moby Thesaurus words for " sweeping": absolute, across the board, across- the- board, aleatoric, aleatory, all- comprehensive, all- embracing, all- encompassing, all- inclusive, all- out, all- pervading, amorphous, blanket, blobby, blurred, blurry, born, broad, broad- based, cataclysmic, catastrophic, catholic, chance, chancy, chaotic, clean, clear, coasting, compendious, complete, comprehensive, confused, congenital, consummate, debris, decisive, deep- dyed, diffuse, disordered, downright, dust, dyed- in- the- wool, egregious, encyclopedic, exhaustive, extensive, far- embracing, far- extending, far- flung, far- flying, far- going, far- ranging, far- reaching, flow, flowing, foggy, fuzzy, garbage, general, glide, gliding, global, hazy, hit- or- miss, ill- defined, imprecise, inaccurate, inchoate, incoherent, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indiscriminate, indistinct, inexact, insurrectionary, intensive, junk, large- scale, lax, liberal, litter, loose, nonspecific, obscure, omnibus, omnipresent, orderless, out- and- out, outright, over- all, overwhelming, panoramic, perfect, pervasive, plain, plumb, pure, radical, random, regular, revolutional, revolutionary, revulsionary, revulsive, rubbish, sailing, shadowed forth, shadowy, shapeless, sheer, skating, skiing, skim, sledding, slide, sliding, slipping, slither, slithering, stochastic, straight, sweep, synoptic, thorough, thoroughgoing, through- and- through, tobogganing, total, transilient, trash, ubiquitous, umbrella, unclear, unconditional, undefined, undestined, undetermined, universal, unmitigated, unplain, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, unspecified, utter, vague, veiled, veritable, waste, whole, wholesale, wide, wide- extended, wide- extending, wide- ranging, wide- reaching, wide- stretching, widespread, without exception, without omission
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