broom的意思

基本释义

• n 扫帚

  a large brush with a long handle, used for sweeping floors

例句

1. The lobby is empty but for the postman and his broom.

   大厅里除了邮差和他的扫帚以外别无他人。

2. As a rule, where the broom does not reach the dust will not vanish of itself.

   扫帚不到, 灰尘照例不会自己跑掉。

3. One afternoon, he enters the post office two minutes before closing. The lobby is empty but for the postman and his broom.

   一天下午，他在邮局关门前两分钟赶了进去。大厅里除了邮差和他的扫帚以外别无他人。

短语

• new broom 新上任者；新晋升者
• broom corn millet 黍， 稷

近义词

英英释义

broom noun 1. a cleaning implement for sweeping bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle 2. common Old World heath represented by many varieties low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere Synonym: heatherlingScots heatherCalluna vulgaris 3. any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers verb 1. finish with a broom 2. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom e.g. Sweep the crumbs off the table Sweep under the bed Synonym: sweep

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