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

Wallow in money We are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
[口]在钱里打滚，非常富有我国资源丰富，沃野千里。
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。
Instead of spray paint though, bits of white coral harvested from local beaches are arranged into messages, which seem to glow against the islands black lava expanses.
尽可能避免油漆喷射，小块白色珊瑚虫是在局域海滩收获的被安排作为讯息使用，那个似乎发出光亮“心形珊瑚虫”构造和岛屿上的黑色火山岩形成强烈反差。
Visitors to the test events have marvelled at the space age structures but were surprised at the expanses of concrete and lack of greenery.
参与测试活动的人们都对奥运场馆宇宙概念的架构表示惊叹，不过他们也指出混凝土的使用范围太广，场馆中缺乏绿色元素。
On a recent rainy afternoon, Zeng Guohui, a41-year-old laborer, walked to an abandoned mine where he used to shovel ore, and pointed out still-barren expanses of dirt and mud.
在一个即将下雨的下午，曾国辉，这个41岁的工人，来到了在他过去工作过的废弃矿井旁，这里仍然是一片泥泞的荒凉的地方。
The video shows the rim of the Endeavour crater becoming visible as the Rover neared its goal-but the drive did include detours, as Opportunity had to drive round large expanses of treacherous terrain.
视频显示，随着探测器越来越接近其目标，奋进撞击坑的边缘变得越来越清晰可见。但是这段路程也包括绕路，机遇号不得不绕开大范围的危险地形。
Patrolling vast expanses, this wanderer of the far north has adapted to cycles of feast or famine.
巡逻着宽广的地域，来自北方的流浪者早已习惯了饱餐与饥饿的轮回。
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。
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。
Vast expanses of marsh that used to abound with reeds have been converted into arable land.
曾经是芦苇丛生的大片沼泽地已经变成了耕地。