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 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。
• He is clear about the need for the state to stay in control of so-called strategic sectors which, in China, translates into large swathes of the economy.
  他明确表示，国家需要保持对所谓战略行业的控制权，这些行业在中国经济中占据了很大的比重。
• All 10 major sectors are expected to record lower profits, with basic materials, energy and financials leading the retreat, as the global economic downturn and tough financing markets take their toll on vast swathes of corporate America.
  由于全球经济衰退和融资市场形势严峻影响众多美国企业，预计10个主要行业的利润都会下降。基础材料、能源和金融部门将处于降幅前列。
• The event shut down swathes of Madison Avenue and Bond Street.
  本次盛典封锁了麦迪逊大道和邦德街。
• 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。
• The fire reduced vast swathes of the city to ruins.
  大火使城里大片地方成为废墟。
• She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
  她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
• 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。
• Swathes of the country now appear to be out of Gaddafi's control.
  这个国家相当大的一部分看起来已经脱离了卡扎菲的控制。
• 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。