expanses

英 [ɪksˈpænsɪz]

美 [ɪkˈspænsɪz]

n.  一大片，广阔，宽广，浩瀚(尤指陆地或海洋)
expanse的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 广袤;辽阔;浩瀚
  Anexpanse ofsomething, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it.
  1. ...a vast expanse of grassland.
     广阔的草原

双语例句

• Researchers have pinpointed the trigger that turns a disordered assembly of locusts into a coordinated marching army capable of devastating vast expanses of crops and natural vegetation.
  科学家发现了让一大群无序的蝗虫变为有秩序行军的蝗群的原因。这种蝗群可以破坏大面积的作物和自然植被。
• On a recent rainy afternoon, Zeng Guohui, a41-year-old laborer, walked to an abandoned mine where he used to shovel ore, and pointed out still-barren expanses of dirt and mud.
  在一个即将下雨的下午，曾国辉，这个41岁的工人，来到了在他过去工作过的废弃矿井旁，这里仍然是一片泥泞的荒凉的地方。
• Impressionism changed to Fauvism in Braque's hallucinatory forests, where solitary walkers lose themselves in oneiric expanses of yellow and purple& and then to Cubism.
  在布拉克幻觉的森林里，印象派变成了野兽派，孤独的行者迷失在黄色与紫色的茫茫大梦中。
• Determined to pursue greater natural expanses and the origins of life, at age24 Yayanagi embarked on a two year journey through the Mediterranean, Brazil, finally chasing the sun to Africa.
  为了追寻更广阔的自然及生命的起源，矢柳氏于廿四岁那年开始了为期两年的旅程。他周游地中海、巴西，更为著艳阳到过非洲。
• Its vast expanses are relentlessly being tamed and subdivided into plots for family homes, as couples seek inexpensive property and good schools near the city.
  广阔的土地被全部开垦并且分给一个个家庭，居民们在城市周边寻找着便宜的房子和较好的学校。
• The universe we know a set of distinct bodies separated by vast expanses of essentially empty space is a fairly recent development, cosmologically speaking.
  就宇宙学而言，我们所熟知的宇宙一个由众多相距遥远的独立个体所占据的广袤空间这其实是在宇宙演化的晚期才形成。
• The video shows the rim of the Endeavour crater becoming visible as the Rover neared its goal-but the drive did include detours, as Opportunity had to drive round large expanses of treacherous terrain.
  视频显示，随着探测器越来越接近其目标，奋进撞击坑的边缘变得越来越清晰可见。但是这段路程也包括绕路，机遇号不得不绕开大范围的危险地形。
• Vast expanses of untamed wilderness punish intruders with feral brutality.
  广阔无边的无羁荒野用野性的残忍惩罚入侵者。
• We are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
  我国资源丰富，沃野千里。
• There is soil that looks like broad expanses of red silk, decorated with the long curving rows of pink and white flowers of the cotton plant.
  此地还有红绸般的大片土壤，上面点缀着棉地里的粉红色和白色花朵。