swathe

[US]/sweɪð/
[UK]/sweɪð/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 包围;紧绑;裹
n. 带子,绷带;包装品
Word Forms
复数swathes
过去式swathed
过去分词swathed
第三人称单数swathes
现在分词

Phrases & Collocations

swathe of fabric

一大片织物

swathe of land

一大片土地

Example Sentences

a significant swathe of popular opinion.

公众舆论的一大部分。

vast swathes of countryside.

一条条宽阔的乡下田地。

The new road cut a swathe through the countryside.

新修的道路毁坏了这片村庄。

His head was swathed in bandages.

他的头用绷带缠着。

her leg was swathed in bandages.

她的腿裹在绷带里。

a cot swathed in draperies and blue ribbons.

一张裹盖着褶裥布和蓝丝带的小床。

the combine had cut a deep swathe around the border of the fields.

联合收割机在田地周围留下了一条深深的割刈带。

his hands were swathed in bandages.

他的手被绷带层层裹起来。

Aids has cut a swathe through battalions of ordinary people.

艾滋病已经夺去了无数平民百姓的生命。

A doctor swathed in protective gear checks a patient in Manchuria during the 1910-11 outbreak of pneumatic plague, the last before the discovery of sulpha drugs in 1933.

意译:鼠疫灾祸图片。一名医生在穿上严密的防护装备后,检查一位病人在中国东北地区于1910至11年爆发的肺鼠疫,最后在发现磺胺类药品于1933年。

Real-world Examples

His armies had cut a swathe through Christian Europe.

他的军队横扫欧洲基督世界。

Source: BBC documentary "Civilization"

Every year, fires ravage more swathes of the rain forest.

每一年,大火都在毁坏更多的热带雨林。

Source: Environment and Science

But the case by case system leaves large swathes of Americans uncovered.

但这种逐案审理的制度让很多美国人没有得到保障。

Source: The story of origin

China's heat waves have blanketed large swathes of the country this year.

今年,中国的热浪席卷了大部分地区。

Source: Intermediate English short passage

Huge swathes of land, farms and towns, remain underwater.

大片土地、农场和城镇仍浸泡在水中。

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

Now, gentlemen, frankly, this Department has got to cut a great swathe through all this stuffy Whitehall bureaucracy.

好了,先生们,看来这个部门必须冲破紧绑的官僚体制的束缚。

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

They swathed their too much power.

赋予过多的神力给它们。

Source: Selected Literary Poems

Radar and satellites can cover swathes of land, yet they lack detail.

雷达和卫星可以覆盖很多地带,但是缺乏细节性。

Source: The Economist - Technology

Whole swathes of the nation seeped in practices aliens of the American occupiers.

整个国家都浸透了美国占领者的异己行为。

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

Then, in the 1950s, the government nationalised great swathes of forests, presenting further obstacles to their nomadic life.

接着,在20世纪50年代,政府国有化了大片的森林,进一步阻碍了他们的游牧生活。

Source: Selected English short passages

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