swathes

英 [sweɪðz]

美 [sweɪðz]

n.  (尤指割了庄稼的)一长条田地; 一长条; 一长片
v.  包; 裹; 覆盖
swathe的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The noun is also spelled swath.


• N-COUNT (土地的)一长条，一长片
  Aswathe ofland is a long strip of land.
  1. On May 1st the army took over another swathe of territory...
     军队在5月1号又接管了另一长条领土。
  2. Year by year great swathes of this small nation's countryside disappear.
     年复一年,这个小国家的乡村面积正在一片片地大量消失。
• N-COUNT 一长条(尤指用来包裹某人或某物的布料)
  Aswathe ofcloth is a long strip of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something.
  1. ...swathes of white silk.
     几条白丝缎
• VERB (用布料)把…包裹住，把…围住
  Toswathesomeone or somethingincloth means to wrap them in it completely.
  1. She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics...
     她用薄薄的黑色织物裹住了自己硕大的身躯。
  2. His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet.
     他的头上缠满了一层层用床单撕成的绷带。
• PHRASE 使遭到严重破坏;使发生巨变
  If a person or thingcuts a swathe throughsomething, they pass through it causing great destruction or change.
  1. The storm cut a swathe through southern England...
     风暴重创了英格兰南部。
  2. Keegan's team have been cutting an irresistible swathe through the first division.
     基冈的球队在甲级赛中所向披靡。

双语例句

• The proposals would limit the size of the future investor base for complex financial products, bring large swathes of the derivatives markets into regulators 'sights and require banks to spend significantly more on technology and risk management.
  提议将限制未来复杂金融产品的投资者基础，将大片衍生品市场纳入监管机构的视野，并要求银行在技术和风险管理方面大举加大投入。
• When the particles are swept towards the poles and react with ions in the atmosphere, the result creates Mother Nature's amazing light show as vivid swathes of bright colour shoot across the night sky.
  当这些粒子被太阳风扫射向南北极并与大气层中的离子发生反应时，生动明亮光线会划过夜空，就像是自然精彩的灯光表演。
• Gambling is the heart of Macao, employing swathes of the workforce and supplying by far the bulk of government revenues.
  博彩业是澳门的心脏，聘用了大量劳动力，迄今一直是澳门政府的重要收入来源。
• The couple wore matching traditional Malay dress, with the bride's veil constructed of swathes of intricate lace.
  这对新婚夫妇穿着配套的传统的马来服饰，新娘的头纱由大片精致的蕾丝构成。
• Each year hundreds of volunteers and villagers plant four different varieties of rice in late May across huge swathes of paddy fields.
  志愿者和村民植物四个不同品种的水稻中的每一年五月下旬数以百计的巨大跨越大片稻田。
• Large swathes of China is seismically unstable, although most earthquakes occur in the relatively sparsely populated western regions.
  中国有大面积国土位于地震多发地带，不过多数地震都发生在人烟稀少的西部地区。
• The fire reduced vast swathes of the city to ruins.
  大火使城里大片地方成为废墟。
• Mr Pitera has ideas for how Detroit might use its swathes of abandoned land, whether for farms or artists, theatres or wind projects.
  Pitera已就如何利用废弃土地有了主意，可用作农田或者艺术馆，剧院或者风力项目。
• And began to collect swathes of the gods and the top of the killed human soul and strength.
  并开始收集散落的众神和战死的人类中的佼佼者的灵魂和力量。
• Rizal used a door latch he found to prise open coconuts floating by amid swathes of debris.
  在树上的日子里，里萨尔用一把门锁敲开偶尔漂到他身边的椰果为食。