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swept

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席捲 / 橫掃 (v.)

動詞 `sweep`（打掃/掃除）的過去式。在這裡形容異鬼像風暴一樣「席捲、橫掃」了整片大陸。

In that darkness, the White Walkers came for the first time.

They swept through cities and kingdoms, riding their dead horses,

hunting with their packs of pale spiders, big as hounds.