swathes
n. 用布裹,缠( swathe的名词复数 )
v. 用布裹,缠( swathe的第三人称单数 )
A swathe of land is a long strip of land.
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。
A swathe of cloth is a long strip of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something.
...swathes of white silk.
几条白丝缎
To swathe someone or something in cloth means to wrap them in it completely.
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。
If a person or thing cuts a swathe through something, they pass through it causing great destruction or change.
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。
She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
What applies with champagne applies across whole swathes of industries the top end is suffering.
香槟酒的遭遇正在所有行业内上演:高端市场正受到影响.
These heavy bolters storm of fire , to cut swathes through enemy infantry and light vehicles.
这些重型爆矢枪喷吐的火网足以将任何敌人的步兵与轻装甲车辆撕成碎片.
In New York he re - zoned huge swathes of land from commercial to residential use.
在纽约他重新从商业用地中划分出大片住宅用地.
The resulting economic shrinkage is leaving large swathes of property in negative equity.
随之而来的经济萎缩,使大量房地产都变成了负资产.