sweeping

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of sweeping. countable
    — The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
  2. The activity of sweeping. uncountable
    — Sweeping took all morning.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of sweep form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
    — The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.
  2. Completely overwhelming.
    — He claimed a sweeping victory.
  3. Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)

词形变化

sweepings plural more sweeping comparative most sweeping superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
at a sweeping reduction minesweeping sweeping day sweeping flood sweeping-machine sweeping rain sweepings oversweeping sweepingly sweepingness

词源

词源 1
By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.
词源 2
By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.
词源 3
By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.
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