C 扫帚　 a large sweeping brush, usually with a long handle

1. broom指扫地用的长柄“扫帚”，是可数名词，可用冠词修饰。
2. broom用于比喻时可作“新人上任”解。

　take ～　拿着扫帚
　use ～　用扫帚
　new ～　新人，新官
　～ stick　扫帚柄

　She sweeps the room with a broom.　她拿着扫帚打扫房间。
　Use a broom to sweep the leaves from the path!　用扫帚把路上的东西扫干净！
　A new broom sweeps clean.　扫帚新，扫得净。
　The new director has changed many of the department rules. A new broom sweeps clean.　新主任更改了这个部的很多规定。真是新官上任三把火！

［词源］　古英语brom（灌木）