broom

英 [bruːm]

美 [bruːm]

n. 扫把; 扫帚; 金雀花(野生，开小黄花)

复数：brooms　

Collins.1 / BNC.9809 / COCA.9418

习惯用语

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。

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.

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

They find a broom in the room.
他们在房间里发现了一个扫帚。
So we had to keep a distance to touch him with a broom.
为了和他交流，我和老公只能和他保持一段距离，用笤帚抚摸他。
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。
Then I'm lucky I got me a broom.
那么我就走运了我拿了把扫把。
The first time I rode a broom.
我第一次骑飞天帚的情形。
Use a broom to sweep the leaves from the path!
用扫帚把路上的东西扫干净！
A broom and dustpan.
扫帚和簸箕。
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。
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。
Finished, she picked up a broom and shovel, to continue working.
说完，她又拿起了笤帚和铲子，继续工作。