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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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 new director has changed many of the Department rules. a new broom sweeps clean.
  新主任更改了这个部的很多规定。真是新官上任三把火！
• As a rule, where the broom does not reach the dust will not vanish of itself.
  扫帚不到，灰尘照例不会自己跑掉。
• 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 then he realized that his broom was completely out of his control.
  接着他发现他的飞天扫帚完全不受控制了。
• The wizard chanted a spell and the cat turned into a broom.
  巫师念了一句咒语，把小猫变成了扫帚。
• They find a broom in the room.
  他们在房间里发现了一个扫帚。
• 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。
• I can't sweep without a broom.
  没有扫帚我无法扫。
• She broke the broom handle over her knee with a loud snap.
  喀嚓一声，她用膝盖折断了扫帚柄。