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broom

noun
/bruːm/
/bruːm/
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  1. [countable] a brush on the end of a long handle, used for sweeping floors扫把；扫帚
    • Grab a broom and let’s clean up.拿起扫帚，我们来大扫除吧。
    Topics Houses and homesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • witch’s
    • stiff
    verb + broom
    • sweep something with
    • use
    • grab
    • …
    broom + noun
    • closet
    • cupboard
    • handle
    • …
    phrases
    • broom and dustpan
    • dustpan and broom
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  2. [uncountable] a wild bush with small yellow flowers金雀花（野生，开小黄花）
    3. Word OriginOld English brōm (in sense (2)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch braam, also to bramble.
Idioms
a new broom
  1. (British English, often disapproving) 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新就职者；（尤指）刚上任的新官
    • 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。

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