the sweep of somethinga) BENDa long curved line or area of land 长而弯曲的地带；连绵弯曲的土地 the wide sweep of lawn 一大片草坪
b) VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDSthe many different and important ideas, events, or qualities of something 〔某事物的〕广度，范围 the broad sweep of history 浩瀚的历史
wide sweep• Jimmy made a wide sweep of the littered clearing, finding his own kind of kindling.• I counted more than 30 tufted ducks while at least 80 mallards were making wide sweeps round the pond before resettling.• Cut to the wide sweep of Hampstead Heath.
→ the sweep of something at sweep2(1)