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小词详解 | swathe
swathe 英 [sweɪð] 美 [sweɪð]
In recent days heatwaves have turned swathes of America and Europe into furnaces.
近日,热浪将美国和欧洲的大片地区都变成了火炉。
——《经济学人》I was swathed in black and hadn’t put on any makeup, so my naturally fair skin looked ghostly and wan.
我一身黑,没化妆,因此我白皙的皮肤看起来像鬼一般苍白。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 包裹某物的一片或一条材料
联合收割机把庄稼绕田边割了一长条。
The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field.群峰耸立在云海之上。
The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud.
她用薄薄的黑色织物裹住了自己硕大的身躯。
She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics.月亮全部被云遮住。
The moon was swathed in clouds.
风暴重创了英格兰南部。
The storm cut a swathe through southern England.基冈的球队在甲级赛中所向披靡。
Keegan's team have been cutting an irresistible swathe through the first division.
You can't go through sustained cruelty and terror for a large swathe of your life and not talk about it and be okay.
人不可能在生命中的一大段时间里经历持续的残酷和恐怖之后,而不去谈论它,然后就没事了。
strip: a long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material band: a flat, thin strip or loop of material put around something, typically to hold it together or to decorate it ribbon: a long, narrow strip of fabric, used for tying something or for decoration