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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

  • What applies with champagne applies across whole swathes of industries: the top end is suffering.
    香槟酒的遭遇正在所有行业内上演:高端市场正受到影响。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • But as guarantees, both explicit and implicit, are withdrawn, the hope is that self-discipline will be imposed on banks, not just swathes of new regulation.
    但随着政府收回明确和含蓄的担保,我们希望银行业能懂得自律,而不仅仅是换一套新规则。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • Millions of people in Asia will see the longest total solar eclipse this century as swathes of India and China are plunged into darkness.
    亚洲数百万人将会看到本世纪持续时间最长的一次日全食,届时印度和中国将会被笼罩在黑暗之中。
  • 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。
  • These heavy bolters provide a storm of fire, to cut swathes through enemy infantry and light vehicles.
    这些重型爆矢枪喷吐的火网足以将任何敌人的步兵与轻装甲车辆撕成碎片。