expanses

英 [ɪksˈpænsɪz]

美 [ɪkˈspænsɪz]

n. 一大片，广阔，宽广，浩瀚(尤指陆地或海洋)
expanse的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 广袤;辽阔;浩瀚
Anexpanse ofsomething, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it.
1. ...a vast expanse of grassland.
  广阔的草原

双语例句

In the vast expanses of the Gobi desert, the straight highway never ends.
茫茫的戈壁映入眼帘，与天相接与地同广。
Determined to pursue greater natural expanses and the origins of life, at age24 Yayanagi embarked on a two year journey through the Mediterranean, Brazil, finally chasing the sun to Africa.
为了追寻更广阔的自然及生命的起源，矢柳氏于廿四岁那年开始了为期两年的旅程。他周游地中海、巴西，更为著艳阳到过非洲。
The wide expanses of ocean on three sides of South Africa have a moderating influence on its climate.
三面靠海的地形对南非的气候有缓和的作用。
That the endless expanses of the Gobi Desert, then through the ages people died in the Gobi Desert heartbreaking.
那一望无际的戈壁滩，那古往今来令人魂断心碎的戈壁滩。
Impressionism changed to Fauvism in Braque's hallucinatory forests, where solitary walkers lose themselves in oneiric expanses of yellow and purple& and then to Cubism.
在布拉克幻觉的森林里，印象派变成了野兽派，孤独的行者迷失在黄色与紫色的茫茫大梦中。
An air photograph taken at that time would have revealed spotted villages, linked together by unsurfaced roads and separated by expanses of forest or swamp.
那个年代里做的空中拍照能显示出错落有致的村庄，用凹凸不平的道路连着，也被铺展的一片片森林或沼泽彼此隔开着。
We drove to the 'Free Body Culture' property, which involved a body of fresh water, expanses of bedraggled grass richly festooned with goose and duck droppings and a few stunted trees.
我们驾车前往自由身体文化的活动场地，那里有一片淡水湖，广阔的草地上满是鹅和鸭的粪便，还有几棵矮小的树木。
Ergs are vast expanses of sand dunes like this area in Oman.
尔格是巨大的广阔的沙丘就像这样的地区在阿曼。
Its vast expanses are relentlessly being tamed and subdivided into plots for family homes, as couples seek inexpensive property and good schools near the city.
广阔的土地被全部开垦并且分给一个个家庭，居民们在城市周边寻找着便宜的房子和较好的学校。
They often contains wide expanses of plate glass in steel or concrete frames. This contrasted with the ( largely Victorian) red brick universities and the older ancient universities.
它们的校舍通常在混凝土结构中大量使用平板玻璃，和以维多利亚风格为主的红砖大学以及更古老的古典大学形成对比。