broom

英 [bruːm]

美 [bruːm]

n.  扫把; 扫帚; 金雀花(野生，开小黄花)

复数：brooms　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9809 / COCA.9418

习惯用语

n.

a new broom
• 新就职者；（尤指）刚上任的新官
  a person who has just started to work for an organization, department, etc., especially in a senior job, and who is likely to make a lot of changes
• Well, you know what they say. A new broom sweeps clean.
  唉，你知道他们说什么。新官上任三把火。

柯林斯词典

• 扫帚
  Abroomis a kind of brush with a long handle. You use a broom for sweeping the floor.
• 金雀花（一种野生灌木，开许多黄色小花）
  Broomis a wild bush with a lot of tiny yellow flowers.

英英释义

noun

• a cleaning implement for sweeping
• common Old World heath represented by many varieties
  Synonym:heatherlingScots heatherCalluna vulgaris
• any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

verb

• finish with a broom
• sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
  1. Sweep the crumbs off the table
  2. Sweep under the bed
  Synonym:sweep

双语例句

• The first time I rode a broom.
  我第一次骑飞天帚的情形。
• Then I'm lucky I got me a broom.
  那么我就走运了我拿了把扫把。
• We need a broom to clean up the mess left when I knocked over the ashtray.
  我打翻了烟灰缸，所以我们需要个笤帚把那儿的脏东西清理一下。
• Harry bought a new broom.
  哈里买了一个新的扫帚。
• She has a broom and she can fly.
  她有一个扫帚，她能飞。
• I kept on shoveling and sweeping with a spade and broom.
  我手里拿着铁锨和扫帚不停地铲啊，扫啊。
• And I like you with this broom in your hand.
  我也喜欢你手里拿着这把扫帚。
• I can't sweep without a broom.
  没有扫帚我无法扫。
• She will be holding a broom, mop, and so on mezzanine floor cleaning tool.
  于是她便拿着扫把、拖把等打扫工具上了阁楼。
• A new broom sweeps clean.
  新官上任三把火。