The noun is also spelled swath.
- N-COUNT (土地的)一长条,一长片
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。
- N-COUNT 一长条(尤指用来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.
- ...swathes of white silk.
几条白丝缎
- VERB (用布料)把…包裹住,把…围住
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。
- PHRASE 使遭到严重破坏;使发生巨变
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。