swathe
英 [sweɪð]
美 [sweɪð]
n. (尤指割了庄稼的)一长条田地; 一长条; 一长片
v. 包; 裹; 覆盖
复数:swathes 过去式:swathed 过去分词:swathed 第三人称单数:swathes
Collins.1 / BNC.14208 / COCA.20881
习惯用语
n.
- cut a swathe through sth
- 把(某地的一片)夷为平地;使…大部分遭受破坏
to pass through a particular area destroying a large part of it
牛津词典
noun
- (尤指割了庄稼的)一长条田地
a long strip of land, especially one on which the plants or crops have been cut- The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field.
联合收割机把庄稼绕田边割了一长条。 - Development has affected vast swathes of our countryside.
开发建设影响了乡村广大地区。
- The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field.
- 一长条;一长片
a large strip or area of sth- The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud.
群峰耸立在云海之上。
- The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud.
verb
- 包;裹;覆盖
to wrap or cover sb/sth in sth- He was lying on the hospital bed, swathed in bandages.
他裹着绷带,躺在医院的病床上。
- He was lying on the hospital bed, swathed in bandages.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (土地的)一长条,一长片
Aswathe ofland is a long strip of land.- 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。 - 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。
- On May 1st the army took over another swathe of territory...
- 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.- ...swathes of white silk.
几条白丝缎
- ...swathes of white silk.
- VERB (用布料)把…包裹住,把…围住
Toswathesomeone or somethingincloth means to wrap them in it completely.- 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。 - 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。
- She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics...
- 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.- The storm cut a swathe through southern England...
风暴重创了英格兰南部。 - 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。
- The storm cut a swathe through southern England...
The noun is also spelled swath.
英英释义
noun
- an enveloping bandage
verb
- wrap in swaddling clothes
- swaddled the infant
双语例句
- Australian officials estimate that about 160 Australians are assisting terrorist groups in the Middle East, and parliament has recently passed a swathe of tough new anti-terrorist laws.
澳大利亚官员估计,约有160名澳大利亚人正在协助中东的恐怖组织,澳大利亚议会最近新通过了一系列严格的反恐法律。 - The trend points to a much bigger pattern developing in the capital markets, not just in the loan space, but a swathe of other asset classes as well.
此种趋势表明了在资本市场不仅仅是贷款领域,还包括许多其它资产类别正在出现的一种模式。 - She said: 'I find it quite shocking that the fashion industry seems to have forgotten a huge swathe of women who are middle-aged but not ready to wear cardigans just yet.
卡洛琳说,我感到很奇怪,时尚圈似乎忘记了很多中年女性,她们还不打算穿开衫。 - The storm cut a swathe through southern England
风暴重创了英格兰南部。 - 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。 - However, regulatory pressure and the plunging appetite for risk have wiped out a swathe of lucrative businesses, ranging from securitisation to proprietary trading.
然而,监管压力以及对风险偏好的骤降,已经抹去了从证券化到自营交易等一系列利润丰厚的业务。 - 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。 - Last year, ash clouds from another Icelandic volcano led to the closure of a huge swathe of airspace across Europe and chaos at airports around the world.
去年,冰岛另外一座火山喷发形成的火山灰导致欧洲大范围空中交通关闭,引发全世界机场的混乱。 - The Kazakhs are a nomadic people spread throughout not just Kazakhstan but a swathe of Central Asia.
哈萨克人是游牧民族,他们并非仅限于生活在哈萨克斯坦,而是散布于中亚的大片区域。 - The height of a swathe of the Himalayas has dropped by around one metre as a result of the devastating Nepal earthquake, scientists say.
科学家指出,在尼泊尔大地震后,喜马拉雅山脉下降了大约1米。