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swatheBrE /sweɪð/NAmE /sweɪð/ noun (also swath BrE /swɒθ/ NAmE /swɑːθ/) (formal) a long strip of land, especially one on which the plants or crops have been cut （尤指割了庄稼的）一长条田地◆The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field. 联合收割机把庄稼绕田边割了一长条。◆Development has affected vast swathes of our countryside. 开发建设影响了乡村广大地区。a large strip or area of sth 一长条；一长片◆The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud. 群峰耸立在云海之上。 ●cut a ˈswathe through sth(of a person, fire, etc. 人、火等) to pass through a particular area destroying a large part of it 把（某地的一大片）夷为平地；使…大部分遭受破坏 swatheBrE /sweɪð/NAmE /sweɪð/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they swathe BrE /sweɪð/ NAmE /sweɪð/present simple - he / she / it swathes BrE /sweɪðz/ NAmE /sweɪðz/past simple swathed BrE /sweɪðd/ NAmE /sweɪðd/past participle swathed BrE /sweɪðd/ NAmE /sweɪðd/ -ing form swathing BrE /ˈsweɪðɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈsweɪðɪŋ/ [usually passive] ~ sb/sth (in sth) (formal) to wrap or cover sb/sth in sth 包；裹；覆盖◆He was lying on the hospital bed, swathed in bandages. 他裹着绷带，躺在医院的病床上。 |