扫（掃）sǎo ❶ (扫除； 打扫) sweep; clear away: ～ 雪 sweep away the snow; 没有扫帚我无法 ～。 I can't sweep without a broom. 他们在把小径上的枯树叶 ～ 在一起。 They were sweeping up the dead leaves from the paths.
❷ （很快地左右移动） pass quickly along or over; sweep: 他向人群 ～ 了一眼。 He swept his eyes over the crowd. 探照灯光 ～ 过夜空。 The searchlights swept across the night sky.
❸ （归拢在一起） put all together: ～ 数归还 the whole amount returned
另见 see also sào。
◆扫除 cleaning; cleanup; clear away; remove; wipe out；
扫荡 mop up; wipe out；
扫地 sweep the floor; reach rock bottom; reach an all-time low; be dragged in the dust；
扫地出门 drive sb. out of his house and deprive him of everything; be swept out like rubbish; drive out sb. in dire poverty; eject sb. from the house; force a family to leave their home without taking anything with them；
扫地以尽 be thrown away and swept clean; (of one's dignity, prestige, fame) to be swept away [destroyed]; the forfeit of dignity and prestige；
扫海船 sweeper；
扫黄 wipe out pornography; crack down pornography; crack down pornographic products or publications; antipornography campaign；
扫黄运动 anti-porn drive; 扫雷 mine sweeping; mine clearance; sweep；
扫路车 sweeping machine；
扫路机 motor sweeper; broom; road sweeper; street sweeper；
扫掠 {电子} scanner; scan; sweep; trace; setarch; scaning；
扫盲 eliminate illiteracy; wipe out illiracy；
扫描 scan; scanning; scansion; sweep; exploring；
扫墓 sweep a grave; pay respects to a dead person at his tomb; visit grave；
扫频 sweep frequency；
扫平 put down; crush; suppress；
扫清 clear away；
扫射 {军} strafe; swinging traverse; rake；
扫视 run down；
扫数归公 The entire amount was contributed to [confiscated for] the public.；
扫尾 wind up; round off; complete the last stage of the work；
扫兴 have one's spirits dampened; feel disappointed；
扫兴而归 come back [return] disappointed；
扫雪板 flanger；
扫雪车 snow removal truck
扫（掃）sào（构词成分）: ～ 帚 [- zhou] broom; besom; handbroom
另见 see also sǎo。
◆扫帚把 broomstick；
扫帚病 witches' broom; broom￣ing disease；
扫帚花 escobita；
扫帚刷 broom；
扫帚星 {天} comet；
扫帚须芒草 prairie beardgrass |