swathing
n. 包扎,包裹,包扎物
v. 用布裹,缠( swathe的现在分词 )
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。
1. cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound or a baby)
Sleep enveloped him like the swathing mirages that were wrestling with the brilliance of the lagoon.
睡意笼罩着他,就象缠绵脑际的蜃楼幻影正在同五光十色的环礁湖景致一比高低.