sweep
/swiːp/
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US voice -> sweep
(v) လှည်းကျင်း
sweep /swi:p/ v (pt, pp swept /swept/)
၁။ (က) ~ sth (from , off , into , etc sth) ; ~ sth (away , up , etc) လှည်းကျင်းသည်။ တံမြက်လှည်းသည်။ Have you swept in here? ❍ sweep the crumbs off the table/ into the dustpan ❍ sweep the dead leaves up. (ခ) ~ sth (out) လှည်းကျင်းသည်။ sweep the carpet/ floor/ yard ❍ sweep cut the porch ❍ Has this room been swept clean?
၂။ တိုက်ချသည်။ တွန်းပို့သည်။ တွန်းဖယ်သည်။ ဖယ်ရှားသည်။ The current swept the logs down the river. ❍ We were almost swept off our feet by the waves. ❍ (fig ) He was swept to power on a wave of popular support. ❍ She got swept along by the crowd. ❍ Many bridges were swept away by the floods. ❍ (fig ) Many old laws and institutions were swept aside/ away by the revolution.
၃။ ရိုက်သည်။ ပုတ်သည်။ ရိုက်ခတ် သည်။ လွှမ်းမိုးသည်။ A huge wave swept over the deck. ❍ Rumours swept through the town. ❍ Cold winds swept the plains. ❍ (fig )A wave of panic swept the country. ❍ (fig ) The party swept the country (ie won the election by a large majority).
၄။ ဣနြေ္ဒတစ်ခွဲသားနှင့် (သို့) ခံ့ခံ့ညားညား သွားလာရွေ့လျားသည်။ Without another word she swept out. ❍ The car swept up the drive to the front of the house.
၅။ ပတ်သွားသည်။ ဝေ့ဝိုက်သွားသည်။ The road sweeps round the lake. ❍ The beach sweeps (away) northwards as far as one can see.
၆။ ရှာဖွေသည်။ မွှေ သည်။ Searchlights swept the sky.
၇။ တရွတ်တိုက်သည်။ Her dress swept the ground as she walked.
n
၁။ [C usu sing ] တံမြက်လှည်းခြင်း။ Give the room a good sweep.
၂။ [C] ဝေ့ခြင်း။ ဝှေ့ခြင်း။ မွှေ့ခြင်း။ with a sweep of his arm/ scythe.
၃။ [C usu sing ] တစ်ခွင်တစ်ပြင်။ တစ်ကြော။ the broad sweep of white cliffs round the bay.
၄။ [U] တစ်ခွင်။ တစ်ကြော။ တစ်လျှောက်။ His book covers the long sweep of the country's history.
၅။ [C] တစ်ပတ်။ တစ်ကျော့။ The rescue helicopter made another sweep over the bay.
၆။ [C] = CHIMNEY-SWEEP
၇။ [C] = SWEEPSTAKE
❏ sweep sth back [PHRV ] နောက်လှန်ဖြီးသည်။ Her auburn hair was swept back into an untidy bun.
❏ sweep the board [IDM ] သိမ်းကျုံးယူသည်။ Switzerland swept the board in the winter Olympics.
❏ sweeper n
၁။ (in football) နောက်ဆုံးတန်းမှ ခုခံကာကွယ် ကစားသူ။
၂။ (က) တံမြက်လှည်းသမား။ a road sweeper. (ခ) တံမြက်လှည်းစက်။ a carpet sweeper. See also MINESWEEPER
❏ sweepings n [pl] လှည်းထုတ်ပစ်သော အမှိုက်သရိုက်။
❏ sweep sb off their feet [IDM ] စွဲမက်သွားသည်။ I was swept off my feet by her beauty and charm.
❏ sweep sth under the carpet [IDM ] ဖုံးဖိထားသည်။ The government are trying to sweep the affair under the carpet.
- After you’ve swept, you can do the washing-up.
- Her work consisted mainly of making coffee and sweeping the floor.
- I want you to sweep up the garage.
- Little children used to be used to sweep chimneys.
- Youngsters are risking their lives in a dangerous craze which is sweeping the country.
- [sweep across] : The hurricane swept across the Gulf of California.
- [sweep through] : Fire swept through the building.
- The flood waters swept the car downstream.
- He was swept along the street by dozens of supporters.
- He swept his son into his arms.
- [sweep into/past/by etc] : She swept into the office and announced she could only stay ten minutes.
- [sweep past/through/along etc] : The limousine carrying the ambassador swept through the gates.
- Her gaze swept the room and she frowned.
- As she spoke, her eyes swept over her daughter.
- The scenery was beautiful, with cool green forests sweeping down the hillsides.
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