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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Artificial auroras lit up the night across swathes of ocean.
  人工造成的极光照亮了大洋上广阔的夜空。
• 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。
• The Papuan development will involve clearing vast swathes of virgin rainforest, including additional areas for support facilities.
  巴布亚开发项目将涉及到清除大片原始雨林的工作，其中包括作为支持设施的额外区域。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fires damaged huge swathes of southern spain.
  大火毁坏了西班牙南部的大片地区。