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

Use a broom to sweep the leaves from the path!
用扫帚把路上的东西扫干净！
I can't sweep without a broom.
没有扫帚我无法扫。
I broke a glass! Please get me the broom.
我打碎了一个玻璃杯，请把扫帚递给我。
The company seemed set to make a fresh start under a new broom.
公司似乎准备在新任领导的带领下开创新局面。
He trod on the head of the broom and the handles flew up and hit him in the face.
他一脚踩着扫帚头，扫帚柄飞快地翘了起来，打在他的脸上。
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。
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 has a broom and she can fly.
她有一个扫帚，她能飞。
We calmed down and then we cleaned the room with a broom, a mop and a bucket.
我们冷静下来，然后我们用一支扫把、一支拖把和一只水桶来打扫房间。
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。