broom

ほうき

長い柄と硬い毛があり、床のごみを掃く道具。

やさしい英語で： A cleaning tool with a long handle and stiff hairs, used to sweep floors.

• Get the broom, please.
• She swept the kitchen with a broom.
• The old brooms were stored behind the door.

類義語： sweeping brush

よく使う表現： use a broom, broom handle, wooden broom

掃く

ほうきで表面のほこりやごみを払いのけてきれいにする。

やさしい英語で： To clean a surface by pushing dust or dirt away with a sweeping tool.

• He broomed the floor.
• She broomed the leaves off the path.
• Please broom away the dust before we paint.

使い方： broom something off something (He broomed the sand off the steps.)

類義語： sweep

よく使う表現： broom the floor, broom something away, broom something off