sweep /swi:p/ vt. & vi. (swept /swept/, swept /swept/) I.扫，打扫；拂去：sweep the floor 扫地； sweep away feudalism 扫除封建制度 The house is swept every day. 这房子每天都打扫。 2.(风)吹，(浪等)冲：The wind swept the clouds away. 风吹散了云。 3. 掠过：The searchlights swept the sky. 探照灯掠过天空。 3. 快速移动：The wind swept along carrying the leaves with it. 风卷着树叶呼啸而过The winner swept past the finish line. 获胜者迅速跑过终点。