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 fire reduced vast swathes of the city to ruins.
  大火使城里大片地方成为废墟。
• The manufacture of traditional delicacies, ornaments and medicinal ingredients has helped to cut swathes through populations of sharks, elephants, seahorses and other species across the world and that demand is only expected to increase.
  传统美食、饰品及药材的制作，助长了对鲨鱼、大象、海马和世界上其它物种的捕杀，而这种需求预计只会增长，不会下降。
• Rushing through large swathes of new legislation is not the answer.
  草草通过大量新法规并不能解决问题。
• She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
  她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
• Moreover, for "wasteland", like swathes of Tawa's mountain slopes, auctions are common.
  而且，对于“荒地”，正如塔洼山坡上的土地，拍卖很常见。
• 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。
• The resulting economic shrinkage is leaving large swathes of property in negative equity.
  随之而来的经济萎缩，使大量房地产都变成了负资产。
• The rebels control swathes of land in the north and east, where the regime shells towns and villages and sends its aircraft to bomb military and civilian targets.
  自由军占据了北部和东部大片的土地，而政府军以城镇与乡村为掩护，并且派出飞机炸毁军事目标和民众。
• A cold wave sweeping across large swathes of China has forced power rationing in some provinces.
  侵袭我国多个地区的寒潮已导致部分省份拉闸限电。
• In these places, large swathes of industry ( transportation, banking, retail, construction and manufacturing) are under the control of the overseas Chinese.
  在这些地方，大量产业（交通、银行、零售、建筑和制造业）都由海外华人控制。