sweep

/swiːp/

意味: 掃くこと、一掃

例文: Aki gave the floor a quick sweep.
　　  アキは床をさっと掃いた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: sweep the floor(床を掃く), sweep away(一掃する), sweep through(通り抜ける)

定義: ほうきやブラシで床や地面を掃除すること。何かを一気に取り除くことや、広い範囲を素早く動くことも指します。

sweepは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a wide scope
Noun: someone who cleans soot from chimneys
Noun: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
Noun: a long oar used in an open boat
Noun: (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
Noun: a movement in an arc
Verb: sweep across or over
Verb: move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
Verb: sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
Verb: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Verb: to cover or extend over an area or time period; ,
Verb: clean by sweeping
Verb: win an overwhelming victory in or on
Verb: cover the entire range of
Verb: make a big sweeping gesture or movement

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: the sweep of the plains
Noun: a sweep of his arm
Verb: Her long skirt brushed the floor
Verb: A gasp swept cross the audience
Verb: The diva swept into the room
Verb: Shreds of paper sailed through the air
Verb: The searchlights swept across the sky
Verb: Sweep the crumbs off the table
Verb: Sweep under the bed
Verb: They were swept up by the events
Verb: don’t drag me into this business
Verb: Rivers traverse the valley floor
Verb: The parking lot spans 3 acres
Verb: The novel spans three centuries
Verb: Please sweep the floor
Verb: Her new show dog swept all championships

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): broom, brush, chimneysweep, chimneysweeper, cross, drag, drag in, embroil, end run, expanse, sail, slam, span, sweep, sweep oar, sweep up, swing, swing out, tangle, traverse

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): clean, cleaner, cover, involve, motion, move, oar, run, scope, victory, wield, win, wipe

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abduction, adduction, agitation, approximate range, arouse, assume, beat, bob, body english, bolt, bream, brush, buck, bustle, cant, careen, carry, charwoman, checkmate, chimneysweeper, chop, churn, circumduction, climb, close, confines, contrast, crash, cross, cut, cut to, dance, disinfect, disturbance, diverge, dodge, dot, draw, drop back, dry clean, duck, dust, embroil, end run, entangle, eurythmy, exit, eye movement, fall, falter, fetal movement, fidget, flex, flinch, fling, flip, flit, flow, flurry, fly, gamut, gesture, get down, grab, gravitate, headshake, heave, hit the dirt, hop, hop on, horizon, inclination, independence, internationality, inversion, jerk, jolt, jump, kick, kneel, landslide, last laugh, latitude, linger, list, lunge, lurch, make way, mill, mope, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, nod, opening, overlap, paddle, palette, pipe-clay, ply, preen, prevail, prostration, pulsate, pump, putter, pyrrhic victory, quicken, reach, reciprocate, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, return, reverse, ridge, roll, romp, rotation, run, runaway, rush, sanitize, scavenge, scourer, scull, seesaw, separate, service break, shake, shutting, sidle, sitting, slam, slip, snap, spectrum, sponge, spread, squat, squeegee, standing, startle, steal, steam, stir, straddle, streak, street cleaner, stretch, strike out, stroke, stumble, sweep, swing, swoop, take, take the cake, teeter, throw, thunder, toss, towel, turn, vacuum, vibrate, vibration, walk-in, wallow, wamble, wash, wash up, wave, waver, whirl, whisk, wiggle, win, window cleaner, wobble, writhe

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): grand slam, little slam, rake, swan

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: broom, embroilment, span, sweep, sweeper, sweeping, swing

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: