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单词 swathe
释义
swathe
noun
(alsoswath)
uk
/sweɪð/us
/sweɪð/

swathenoun(AREA)

[C]
alongstriporlargeareaespeciallyofland:
长条区域，大块区域；（尤指）长条田地，大块田地
Huge swathesofrainforestare beingclearedforfarmingandmining.为了耕种和采矿，大片大片的雨林被砍伐。
[S]literary
alargepartof something thatincludesseveral different things:
部分；范围
Thesepeoplerepresentabroad/wideswatheofpublicopinion.这些人代表了广大人民的意见。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geography: areas of land in general
  • berm
  • bioregion
  • curtilage
  • demesne
  • ecoregion
  • enclosure
  • ground
  • inland
  • interior
  • interlacustrine
  • intermountain
  • landbank
  • non-desert
  • orography
  • parcel
  • patch
  • pocket
  • reach
  • sweep
  • tract
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Groups and collections of things

swathenoun(CLOTH)

[C]
alongstripofcloth:
绷带，布条，带子
Hisheadwaswrappedin swathesofbandages.他的头上缠着绷带。
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Bands, straps and strips
  • armband
  • band
  • bar
  • binding
  • blindfold
  • braid
  • collar
  • dog collar
  • duct tape
  • gag
  • loom bands
  • masking tape
  • raffia
  • riband
  • ribbon
  • straight edge
  • strap
  • streamer
  • stripe
  • sweatband
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swathe
verb[T]
uk
/sweɪð/us
/sweɪð/
towraparound orcoverwithcloth:
（用布）裹，绑，包，缠
He came out of thehospitalswathedinbandages.他从医院出来时身上缠满了绷带。
Iloveto swathe(=dress)myselfinsilk.我喜欢穿丝绸做的衣服。
Synonyms
swaddle
wrap
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to put something over someone or something
  • coverI covered her with a blanket to keep her warm.
  • spreadI spread peanut butter on my bread.
  • smother something in/with somethingThe chicken was absolutely smothered in butter sauce.
  • coatCoat the cherries in chocolate.
  • plasterHis laptop cover was completely plastered with stickers.
  • cakeHis shoes were caked in mud.
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
  • beleaguer
  • beleaguered
  • beset
  • border
  • boxsomeone/somethingin
  • dunk
  • fencesomethingin
  • fencesomethingoff
  • flooding
  • gather
  • gift wrap
  • gift-wrapped
  • siege
  • steep
  • steepsomething/someoneinsomething
  • submersion
  • surround
  • swaddle
  • swallow
  • swamp
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Covering and adding layers
(Definition ofswathefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofswathe

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The history of debates on the matter shows that every such activity that is currently legal is swathed in a reassuring glow of familiarity.
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In the next two years, we will see huge, swathing cuts in our schools.
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The business community, of which the creative industries are a part, has been swathed in red tape and suffered increased regulatory burdens during the past four years.
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Roughly 13,345 acres (5,400 hectares) of forests and agricultural land was affected by the storm; some swathes of trees experienced defoliation.
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There is an icecap in the middle of the island but large swathes of land are unglacierized in the north and southwest.
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Even farming has been reduced to an occupation of lesser importance now that vast swathes of farmland are worked by only a few operations.
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Oak, birch and occasional hornbeam grow alongside swathes of rhododendron.
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As the continent dried, rainforest trees dwindled and were replaced by swathes of open woodland, thickets and grassland.
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He destroyed vast swathes of land that never recovered.
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Vast swathes of the forest were burned and cleared for sugar plantations.
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Large swathes of the southwestern part of the island are unglacierized.
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Willowherbs are typically very quick to carpet large swathes of ground and may become key or dominant species of local ecosystems.
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Visitors report seeing dancers swathed in many yards of tapa, enough to increase their circumference substantially.
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In late spring, swathes of bluebells transform the woodland floor.
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He appeared before the court with one leg and his surviving arm swathed in bandages.
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