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(土地的)一長條，一長片
A swathe of land is a long strip of land.
例句
On May 1st the army took over another swathe of territory...
軍隊(duì)在5月1號又接管了另一長條領(lǐng)土。
Year by year great swathes of this small nation's countryside disappear.
年復(fù)一年,這個小國家的鄉(xiāng)村面積正在一片片地大量消失。
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一長條(尤指用來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.
幾條白絲緞
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VERB
(用布料)把…包裹住，把…圍住
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...
她用薄薄的黑色織物裹住了自己碩大的身軀。
His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet.
他的頭上纏滿了一層層用床單撕成的繃帶。
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PHRASE
使遭到嚴(yán)重破壞;使發(fā)生巨變
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...
風(fēng)暴重創(chuàng)了英格蘭南部。
Keegan's team have been cutting an irresistible swathe through the first division.
基岡的球隊(duì)在甲級賽中所向披靡。