expanses

英 [ɪksˈpænsɪz] 美 [ɪkˈspænsɪz]

n.  一大片，广阔，宽广，浩瀚(尤指陆地或海洋)
expanse的复数

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 广袤;辽阔;浩瀚
    An expanse of something, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it.
    1. ...a vast expanse of grassland.
      广阔的草原
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双语例句

  1. It has an extensive expanses of forest and gardens, an active tea plantation, and plots devoted to cultivation of a variety of Chinese vegetables for the picturesque resort's own use.
    酒店里绿树成荫，花园繁茂，还有一间生机勃勃的茶坊和几片种着各式中国蔬菜的菜园，供这家风景如画的度假酒店自给自足。
  2. The video shows the rim of the Endeavour crater becoming visible as the Rover neared its goal-but the drive did include detours, as Opportunity had to drive round large expanses of treacherous terrain.
    视频显示，随着探测器越来越接近其目标，奋进撞击坑的边缘变得越来越清晰可见。但是这段路程也包括绕路，机遇号不得不绕开大范围的危险地形。
  3. They often contains wide expanses of plate glass in steel or concrete frames. This contrasted with the ( largely Victorian) red brick universities and the older ancient universities.
    它们的校舍通常在混凝土结构中大量使用平板玻璃，和以维多利亚风格为主的红砖大学以及更古老的古典大学形成对比。
  4. We drove to the 'Free Body Culture' property, which involved a body of fresh water, expanses of bedraggled grass richly festooned with goose and duck droppings and a few stunted trees.
    我们驾车前往自由身体文化的活动场地，那里有一片淡水湖，广阔的草地上满是鹅和鸭的粪便，还有几棵矮小的树木。
  5. Impressionism changed to Fauvism in Braque's hallucinatory forests, where solitary walkers lose themselves in oneiric expanses of yellow and purple& and then to Cubism.
    在布拉克幻觉的森林里，印象派变成了野兽派，孤独的行者迷失在黄色与紫色的茫茫大梦中。
  6. Visitors to the test events have marvelled at the space age structures but were surprised at the expanses of concrete and lack of greenery.
    参与测试活动的人们都对奥运场馆宇宙概念的架构表示惊叹，不过他们也指出混凝土的使用范围太广，场馆中缺乏绿色元素。
  7. Instead of spray paint though, bits of white coral harvested from local beaches are arranged into messages, which seem to glow against the islands black lava expanses.
    尽可能避免油漆喷射，小块白色珊瑚虫是在局域海滩收获的被安排作为讯息使用，那个似乎发出光亮“心形珊瑚虫”构造和岛屿上的黑色火山岩形成强烈反差。
  8. On a recent rainy afternoon, Zeng Guohui, a41-year-old laborer, walked to an abandoned mine where he used to shovel ore, and pointed out still-barren expanses of dirt and mud.
    在一个即将下雨的下午，曾国辉，这个41岁的工人，来到了在他过去工作过的废弃矿井旁，这里仍然是一片泥泞的荒凉的地方。
  9. For example, many of California's prisons are sited in the Central Valley's wide expanses, in what is sometimes called an "archipelago".
    例如，加利福尼亚许多监狱像人们有时候所说的“群岛”一样分布于中央谷广袤的土地上。
  10. We are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
    我国资源丰富，沃野千里。
  11. Ergs are vast expanses of sand dunes like this area in Oman.
    尔格是巨大的广阔的沙丘就像这样的地区在阿曼。
  12. An air photograph taken at that time would have revealed spotted villages, linked together by unsurfaced roads and separated by expanses of forest or swamp.
    那个年代里做的空中拍照能显示出错落有致的村庄，用凹凸不平的道路连着，也被铺展的一片片森林或沼泽彼此隔开着。
  13. But for the rest of us, the vast expanses of black text make the print version something to be consulted, not enjoyed.
    但对我们其余人来说，其庞大的内容使印刷版只能用于查询，而不能用于享受阅读的乐趣。
  14. In the vast expanses of the Gobi desert, the straight highway never ends.
    茫茫的戈壁映入眼帘，与天相接与地同广。
  15. Wallow in money We are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
    [口]在钱里打滚，非常富有我国资源丰富，沃野千里。
  16. In the endless expanses of sea, with a heart filled with tears, struggling in the tide.
    在一望无际的海洋里，带着满心的泪水在潮水中挣扎。
  17. Determined to pursue greater natural expanses and the origins of life, at age24 Yayanagi embarked on a two year journey through the Mediterranean, Brazil, finally chasing the sun to Africa.
    为了追寻更广阔的自然及生命的起源，矢柳氏于廿四岁那年开始了为期两年的旅程。他周游地中海、巴西，更为著艳阳到过非洲。
  18. Vast expanses of marsh that used to abound with reeds have been converted into arable land.
    曾经是芦苇丛生的大片沼泽地已经变成了耕地。
  19. There is soil that looks like broad expanses of red silk, decorated with the long curving rows of pink and white flowers of the cotton plant.
    此地还有红绸般的大片土壤，上面点缀着棉地里的粉红色和白色花朵。
  20. The wide expanses of ocean on three sides of South Africa have a moderating influence on its climate.
    三面靠海的地形对南非的气候有缓和的作用。
  21. As I said earlier, times of transition offer larger windows of opportunity and broad expanses for pitfalls.
    正如我刚才所说，过渡时期带来更多的机会和广阔的陷阱地带。
  22. And they would have to be applied during the locusts'solitary phase, when they are scarce targets across vast expanses of land.
    而且这些化学物质需要在蝗虫处于孤单状态的时候使用，而那时候它们是分布在广阔土地上的稀疏目标。
  23. Vast expanses of untamed wilderness punish intruders with feral brutality.
    广阔无边的无羁荒野用野性的残忍惩罚入侵者。
  24. Patrolling vast expanses, this wanderer of the far north has adapted to cycles of feast or famine.
    巡逻着宽广的地域，来自北方的流浪者早已习惯了饱餐与饥饿的轮回。
  25. That the endless expanses of the Gobi Desert, then through the ages people died in the Gobi Desert heartbreaking.
    那一望无际的戈壁滩，那古往今来令人魂断心碎的戈壁滩。
  26. We stood on the high ridge, looking down on the flaming expanses of broomcorn.
    我们站在高岗上，俯察那片火红的高粱地。
  27. Its vast expanses are relentlessly being tamed and subdivided into plots for family homes, as couples seek inexpensive property and good schools near the city.
    广阔的土地被全部开垦并且分给一个个家庭，居民们在城市周边寻找着便宜的房子和较好的学校。
  28. Researchers have pinpointed the trigger that turns a disordered assembly of locusts into a coordinated marching army capable of devastating vast expanses of crops and natural vegetation.
    科学家发现了让一大群无序的蝗虫变为有秩序行军的蝗群的原因。这种蝗群可以破坏大面积的作物和自然植被。
  29. One half of its surface the half which, thanks to the vagaries of orbital mechanics, always faces Earth is dominated by dark, smooth expanses of ancient, frozen lava known as maria.
    其表面的一半由于轨道力学的变幻莫测，这一半总是面对地球一直处于黑暗之中，这片黑暗的地方被称为月海，不仅平坦广阔，而且由古老而冻结的火山岩形成。
  30. The universe we know a set of distinct bodies separated by vast expanses of essentially empty space is a fairly recent development, cosmologically speaking.
    就宇宙学而言，我们所熟知的宇宙一个由众多相距遥远的独立个体所占据的广袤空间这其实是在宇宙演化的晚期才形成。
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