sweep up

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To clean by sweeping. ambitransitive
    — I'll wash the floor after sweeping up.
  2. To transport to shore by waves. transitive
    — The only thing that frees the country from this curse is a favorable wind; this blows them into the sea, where they drown and are swept up on the beach for days afterwards in great heaps
  3. to overwhelm, to cause to become overly involved in. passive,transitive,usually
    — We got swept up in the excitement.

词形变化

sweeps up present,singular,third-person sweeping up participle,present swept up participle,past swept up past
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