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　

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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
  1. 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。
  2. Development has affected vast swathes of our countryside.
     开发建设影响了乡村广大地区。
• 一长条；一长片
  a large strip or area of sth
  1. The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud.
     群峰耸立在云海之上。

verb

• 包；裹；覆盖
  to wrap or cover sb/sth in sth
  1. He was lying on the hospital bed, swathed in bandages.
     他裹着绷带，躺在医院的病床上。

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。

英英释义

noun

• an enveloping bandage
  Synonym:wrapping

verb

• wrap in swaddling clothes
  1. swaddled the infant
  Synonym:swaddle

双语例句

• The first requires a swathe of bold structural reforms to boost jobs and growth, the second a credible plan to balance the books in the medium term that does not wreck the economy in the short term.
  第一个问题需要一系列的大胆的结构改革来促进就业和经济增长，第二个问题则需要一个可信的方案来实现中期收支平衡而不能危害短期经济。
• 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。
• The bodies of these mammoths were found throughout a wide swathe of northern Siberia.
  这些猛犸的尸体发现地点散在于西伯利亚。
• I love to swathe myself in silk.
  我爱穿真丝服装。
• China's interest in Iceland came to the fore in 2011 when a Chinese property tycoon tried to buy a large swathe of land in the north of the country for a tourism project.
  中国最早在2011年开始对冰岛产生兴趣，当时，一名中国地产大亨试图在冰岛北部地区买下一大片地，开发旅游项目。
• 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。
• In towns and villages across a swathe of Sichuan, heart-rending scenes were played out as grief-stricken families searched for missing loved ones.
  在城镇和村庄，跨越大片四川，心rending场面发挥出作为悲痛受灾家庭寻找失踪的亲人。
• 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。
• They wanted the president to "demilitarise" a swathe of territory to allow talks.
  他们希望总统开辟一块“安全地带”来进行和谈。
• 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。