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swath

/swoth, swawth/US // swɒθ, swɔθ //UK // (swɔːθ) //

掠过,掠夺,掠阵,掠过的地方

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
    • : the piece or strip so cut.
    • : a line or ridge of grass, grain, or the like, cut and thrown together by a scythe or mowing machine.
    • : a strip, belt, or long and relatively narrow extent of anything.

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Examples

  • The Chollas Creek Watershed, for instance, covers a broad swath of the city’s urban core, including City Heights, southeastern San Diego neighborhoods and Barrio Logan before it dumps out into San Diego Bay.

  • Those numbers should continue to gradually rise as we see a swath of steady light to moderate snow settle in overhead.

  • Together, those two factors could make it significantly easier to quickly inoculate large swaths of the global population.

  • Amazon Web Services’ status page showed its service, which provides computing power to large swaths of the Internet, was experiencing an issue with an external provider.

  • Desmond represents large swaths of North County, including Carlsbad, Oceanside, San Marcos and Vista.

  • This could create tremendous opportunity for a broad swath of the rustbelt population.

  • The F4 twister cut a long swath of destruction that crossed just four blocks from my house.

  • “There is a big swath of Democratic donors that is making this a top priority,” she said.

  • Still, a 30-something who knows his way around a cufflink is viewed with some suspicion by a swath of the French left.

  • But Kibbe never addresses the fact that MLK called for more involvement of the federal government in a broad swath of public life.

  • She had no sooner turned the hall than down the somber stretch she noticed with surprise a brilliant swath of light.

  • With a sure hand he mowed a slight swath of wool along Mary Belle's back.

  • The Atomic Ray arched angrily, cutting a deep swath through those who still sought a hold.

  • Here and there a clean swath was cut through a forest, for perhaps dozens of miles, by a hurricane.

  • For a while George watched Tom's steady swing of the scythe as he slowly cut a swath the length of the field.