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swathe

/swoth, sweyth/US // swɒð, sweɪð //UK // (sweɪð) //

掠夺,沟渠,沟槽,掠夺者

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    swathed, swath·ing.

    • : to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
    • : to bandage.
    • : to enfold or envelop, as wrappings do.
    • : to wrap around something.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a band of linen or the like in which something is wrapped; wrapping; bandage.

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Examples

  • America’s small business community is recovering from the pandemic, but large swathes of it haven’t yet recovered.

  • Plus, unlike a lot of other campgrounds, you won’t be crowded among other campers—each site gets its own swathe of wilderness to itself.

  • It may make it harder for the developer to purchase the plot, Graulau says, but it’s not a guarantee that the swathe of land that has given her neighborhood coastal access for generations won’t end up being built into condos for newcomers.

  • As well as enabling researchers to tackle a broad swathe of new questions in neuroscience, the authors hope the device could eventually help restore the independence of people suffering from paralysis.

  • These are innovations that can be applied to broad swathes of the economy and can have profound impacts on society.

  • Here and there a swathe of mist lay on the plains below; but up on the hills all was comparatively clear.

  • As the distension of the belly had been very great, a swathe was applied, and drawn gradually tighter as the water was evacuated.

  • Like Tristan, they hate the day as the destroyer of poetry, and swathe themselves in the trembling chiaroscuro of twilight.

  • "He said it made the swathe better there than any where else," they reply.

  • Sometimes his wives caress his body, ply him with delicacies or swathe him in perfumed garments.