sweep

• vt. 掃除する；激しく引っ張る；払い落とす
• vi.一掃する；掃く；掃く；攻める
• n. 一掃する；一掃する；範囲を広げる；完全勝利する

古英語のswapan（掃く、掃除する）から、原ゲルマン語*swaipana（掃く、掃除する）から、PIE*swei（曲げる、回す、振る）から、語源的にはswoop（急降下する、揺れ動く）と同じ。

sweep

sweep: [13] The Old English word for ‘sweep’ was swāpan, which evolved into Middle English swope. Modern English sweep, which began to emerge in the 13th century, probably came from the old past tense swepe, a descendant of Old English swēop. Swāpan itself came from a prehistoric Germanic base *swei- ‘swing, bend’, which also produced German schweifen ‘wander’ and English swift. Swipe [19] probably originated as a dialectal variant of sweep.
=> swift, swipe

sweep (v.)

early 14c., "make clean by sweeping with a broom;" mid-14c., "perform the act of sweeping," of uncertain origin, perhaps from a past tense form of Middle English swope "sweep," from Old English swapan "to sweep" (transitive & intransitive); see swoop (v.), or perhaps from a Scandinavian source. Related: Swept; sweeping.

From late 14c. as "hasten, rush, move swiftly and strongly;" also "collect by sweeping." From c. 1400 in transitive sense "drive quickly, impel, move or carry forward by force;" mid-15c. as "clear (something) away." Meaning "win all the events" is 1960, American English. Sense of "pass systematically over in search of something" is from 1966. To sweep (someone) off (his or her) feet "affect with infatuation" is from 1913.

sweep (n.)

mid-13c., "stroke, force," from sweep (v.). Meaning "act of sweeping" is from 1550s. From 1670s as "range, extent of a continued motion." In reference to police or military actions, it is attested from 1837. Sense of "a winning of all the tricks in a card game" is from 1814 (see sweepstakes); extended to other sports by 1960. Meaning "rapid survey or inspection" is from 1966. As a shortened form of chimney-sweeper, first attested 1796.

1. With one sweep of her hand she threw back the sheets.

彼女は手を振ってシーツをめくった。

2.The anti-drug sweep had netted nearly 900 kilogrammes of cocaine.

麻薬除去行動は900キログラム近くのコカインを押収した。

3.Get a broom and sweep up that glass will you？

箒でガラスをきれいに掃除してくれませんか。

4.Two of the soldiers swiftly began Making a sweep of the premises.

兵士2人は直ちに建物の捜索を開始した。

5.In times of war，governments often sweep human rights aside.

戦時中、政府は常に人権を無視していた。