swathe是什么意思？

swathe

英[sweɪð] 美[swɑð, swɔð, sweð]

• vt. 用布裹，缠，包裹或压缩；
• n. 带子，绷带，包装品，“swath”的变体，包扎绷带，包布；

复数：swathes;

第三人称单数：swathes;

过去式：swathed;

过去分词：swathed;

现在分词：swathing;

例句

• The storm cut a swathe through southern England. 风暴重创了英格兰南部。
• 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。
• 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。
• The storm cut a swathe through southern England... 风暴重创了英格兰南部。
• 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。
• Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country. 狂风暴雨横扫全国，所到之处，一片狼藉。

词组

• cut a swathe through
  pass through (something) causing great damage, destruction, or change 横扫而过（造成破坏，改变）；夷为平地
• cut a wide swath
  (US)attract a great deal of attention by trying to impress others (美)炫耀，招摇过市，出风头

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (土地的)一长条，一长片
  A swathe of land is a long strip of land.
  例句
  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。 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)
  A swathe of cloth is a long strip of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something.
  例句
  ...swathes of white silk. 几条白丝缎
• VERB
  (用布料)把…包裹住，把…围住
  To swathe someone or something in cloth means to wrap them in it completely.
  例句
  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。 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 thing cuts a swathe through something, they pass through it causing great destruction or change.
  例句
  The storm cut a swathe through southern England... 风暴重创了英格兰南部。 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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  用布裹, 缠
  His head was swathed in bandages. 他的头用绷带缠着。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an enveloping bandage
• Verb
  1. wrap in swaddling clothes;
  "swadddle the infant"