sweep down

基本解释

THE parade of film stars that will sweep down the red carpet of the Kodak Theatre to the Oscar ceremony on Sunday February 24th may be winners already.
能走上2月24日柯达剧院前的红毯的奥斯卡明星们也许已经算是成功者了。
An offshore pipeline had to be rerouted to avoid the feeding ground of an endangered whale and the onshore pipes cross more than 1,000 rivers and streams as they sweep down the skinny island.
为了避开一种濒临灭绝的鲸鱼的觅食地，他们不得不重新铺设一条海底管线。
The hands reach up either to the right or left of the body and the fingers move or wiggle like falling water as the hands sweep down to waist level.
双手伸出，一只向身体的右边一只向身体的左边，当双手向下经过腰部手指动起来或摆动像水落下。

What of it, if some old hunks of a sea-captain orders me to get a broom and sweep down the decks?
NPR: Excerpt: 'Moby-Dick'
Each time a man stands for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest of walls of oppression and resistance.
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