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单词 sweeper
释义
sweeper
noun[C]
uk
/ˈswiː.pər/us
/ˈswiː.pɚ/

sweepernoun[C](CLEANING)

someone or something thatsweepssomethingclean:
清扫工；扫除机，清扫机
acarpetsweeper(= amachineforcleaningcarpets)地毯清扫机
aroadsweeper(= apersonwhosejobiscleaningtheroads)清道夫，马路清洁工
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Equipment used for cleaning
  • bath towel
  • besom
  • broom
  • broomstick
  • carpet sweeper
  • fogger
  • garbage stick
  • HEPA filter
  • Hoover
  • household goods
  • mop
  • paper towel
  • pressure washer
  • rag
  • scrubbing brush
  • vacuum
  • vacuum cleaner
  • waste picker
  • wet wipe
  • wire brush
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People who clean & tidy places & things

sweepernoun[C](FOOTBALL)

Infootball, a sweeper is aplayerwhosepositionis behind the otherdefenders(=playerswhosemainaimis tostoppointsfrom beingscored).
（足球）清道夫，拖后中卫
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Football/soccer
  • 18-yard box
  • 2 3 5
  • 4 3 2 1
  • 4 4 2
  • 4 5 1
  • football pools
  • footgolfer
  • formation
  • foul throw
  • four five one
  • four four two
  • nutmeg
  • premiership
  • professional foul
  • promedios
  • rabona
  • reducer
  • relegation zone
  • treble
  • woodwork
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(Definition ofsweeperfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsweeper

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The information asked for is as follows: 10 destroyers, 20 sweepers, 6 sloops, 16 drifters, and 28 trawlers.
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Many are doing magnificent work with mine sweepers.
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There is also the case of lieutenants who are serving on mine sweepers.
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No one can have the slightest objection to mine-sweepers being included.
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The two mine-sweepers and one survey sloop belong to the latter class.
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Why, for example, are non-electrical carpet sweepers sensitive, but electric carpet sweepers, presumably, are not?
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Four steam fishing trawlers have been purchased for conversion into mine sweepers.
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While employed as mine-sweepers these trawlers will cease entirely to be fishing craft.
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After that we are lucky if we get only four carpet sweepers, and still luckier if they take only half an hour each.
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Two years later there is still no sign of those mine-sweepers, which are desperately needed to replace the ageing fleet.
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In some cases their starting salaries are little better than those of the cleaners and sweepers in the same factory.
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Whether they are royal persons or road sweepers, people are all liable occasionally to go off the rails, or to go wrong.
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When we are in our constituencies, the bus drivers, street sweepers, home helps and policemen are our employers.
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Why are we relying entirely on the coastal and inshore mine sweepers?
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The allocation of the orders for the sloop mine-sweepers will be announced within the next few days.
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