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

• Bureaucratic blunders have cost the economy dearly, and Japan needs a swathe of reforms to trade and competition without which the economy will continue to disappoint.
  政府部门犯下的一系列错误使日本经济损失惨重。日本现在需要一系列贸易和竞争机制改革，否则的话，日本经济将继续令人失望。
• Aid agencies are appealing for funds to help the victims of recent floods in a swathe of African countries.
  救援组织正在上诉让基金在一个非洲国家的包扎用布中帮助最近洪水的受害人。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• In the ensuing months, a swathe of emerging market countries, including Brazil, Thailand and South Korea, introduced capital controls to attempt to stem portfolio inflows threatening to push their currencies higher, creating barriers for foreign investment houses.
  在随后的几个月，包括巴西、泰国和韩国在内的一系列新兴市场国家开始实行资本管制，为外国投资机构设置障碍，试图遏制有可能推高本币汇率的投资组合的流入。
• I love to swathe myself in silk.
  我爱穿真丝服装。
• 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。
• 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。
• The blankets that swathe his disabled limbs.
  裹住他残肢的毯子。