swathe

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

Translation

vt. 包圍;緊綁;裹
n. 帶子,繃帶;包裝品
Word Forms
複數swathes
過去式swathed
過去分詞swathed
第三人稱單數swathes
現在分詞

Phrases & Collocations

swathe of fabric

一大片織物

swathe of land

一大片土地

Example Sentences

a significant swathe of popular opinion.

公衆輿論的一大部分。

vast swathes of countryside.

一條條寬闊的鄉下田地。

The new road cut a swathe through the countryside.

新修的道路毀壞了這片村莊。

His head was swathed in bandages.

他的頭用繃帶纏着。

her leg was swathed in bandages.

她的腿裹在繃帶裏。

a cot swathed in draperies and blue ribbons.

一張裹蓋着褶襉布和藍絲帶的小牀。

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

聯合收割機在田地周圍留下了一條深深的割刈帶。

his hands were swathed in bandages.

他的手被繃帶層層裹起來。

Aids has cut a swathe through battalions of ordinary people.

艾滋病已經奪去了無數平民百姓的生命。

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.

意譯:鼠疫災禍圖片。一名醫生在穿上嚴密的防護裝備後,檢查一位病人在中國東北地區於1910至11年爆發的肺鼠疫,最後在發現磺胺類藥品於1933年。

Real-world Examples

His armies had cut a swathe through Christian Europe.

他的軍隊橫掃歐洲基督世界。

Source: BBC documentary "Civilization"

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

每一年,大火都在毀壞更多的熱帶雨林。

Source: Environment and Science

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

但這種逐案審理的制度讓很多美國人沒有得到保障。

Source: The story of origin

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

今年,中國的熱浪席捲了大部分地區。

Source: Intermediate English short passage

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

大片土地、農場和城鎮仍浸泡在水中。

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,先生們,看來這個部門必須衝破緊綁的官僚體制的束縛。

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

They swathed their too much power.

賦予過多的神力給它們。

Source: Selected Literary Poems

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

雷達和衛星可以覆蓋很多地帶,但是缺乏細節性。

Source: The Economist - Technology

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

整個國家都浸透了美國佔領者的異己行爲。

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世紀50年代,政府國有化了大片的森林,進一步阻礙了他們的遊牧生活。

Source: Selected English short passages

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