For example,African-American weddings may include "jumping the broom."

VOA: special.2010.08.09

Here's another, Broom. This is a magazine just slightly later.

这里有另外一本杂志叫《扫帚》，出版稍微晚点儿。

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Broom meant to make a clean sweep of things, a clean sweep of what had come before.

扫帚》的寓意是将事情做个彻底的了结，对曾经发生过的事情一扫而空。

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Police say rival groups of asylum seekers attacked each other with tree branches, pool cues and broom handles.

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

This is October 1922, comes out just before Broom is created.

它于1922年十月出版，刚好比《扫帚》早了一些。

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I don't know how well you can make it out but there's a little broom guy there with glasses, playing air guitar with his broom, and I guess this is meant to capture the spirit of the contributors.

我不知道你们能理解到什么程度,但是在那儿有一个戴着眼镜的男孩，用他的扫帚在弹着吉他，我猜这个的寓意是指要抓住那些发起人的精神内涵。

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This is a long way from Broom.

和《扫帚》的创立宗旨大相径庭。

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