n. 长扫帚, 清洗

vt. 扫

[ noun ]
a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
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Besom \Be"som\, n. [OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D.
bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.]
A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps
away or destroys. [Archaic or Fig.]

I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. --Isa.
xiv. 23.

The housemaid with her besom. --W. Irving.


Besom \Be"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besomed}.]
To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] --Cowper.

Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain.
--Barlow.