swathe /sweɪð/ ( swathing, swathed, swathes )

• 1. 

  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。

• 2. 

  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。

• 3. 

  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。