swathe
- n. （割了庄稼的）一长条田地；一长条；绷带，包装物
- v. 包，裹；紧绑
[ 复数 swathes 第三人称单数 swathes 现在分词 swathing 过去式 swathed 过去分词 swathed ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
swathe /sweɪð/ ( swathing, swathed, swathes )
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N-COUNT A swathe of land is a long strip of land. (土地的)一长条; 一长片 [usu N 'of' n]
例：Year by year great swathes of this small nation's countryside disappear.
这个小国家的乡村面积正逐年成片地大量消失。
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N-COUNT A swathe of cloth is a long strip of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something. (包裹用布料)一长条 [usu N 'of' n]
例：...swathes of white silk.
...几条白色丝缎。
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V-T To swathe someone or something in cloth means to wrap them in it completely. (用布料)把…包裹住
例：She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics.
她用薄薄的黑色织物裹住了她巨大的身躯。
例：His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet.
他的头上缠满了许多用床单撕成的绷带。
双语例句权威例句
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He clambered into his bunk and rolled himself well up in the blankets, as a swathe of barley is folded into the arms of the reaping machine.
河鼠爬进他的床铺，用毯子把自己紧紧裹住，就像一行大麦落进了收割机的怀抱一样。
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The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud.
群峰耸立在云海之上。
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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。
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