swathe
noun /sweɪð/
/sweɪð/
(also swath
(formal)Idioms /swɒθ/
/swɑːθ/
)- a long piece 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。
- The war had cut a swathe of destruction across northern France.
这场战争在法国北部造成了巨大的破坏。 - The Great Plains of the US cover a vast swathe of land.
美国的大平原覆盖了大片土地。 - The rainforest forms a swathe of jungle in West Africa.
雨林在西非形成了一片丛林。
- The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field.
- a large piece or area of something
一长条；一长片 - The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud.
群峰耸立在云海之上。 - The front door was open and a swathe of sunlight lay across the floor.
前门开着，一缕阳光洒在地板上。
- The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud.
词源noun Old English swæth, swathu ‘track, trace’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwad(e) and German Schwade. In Middle English the term denoted a measure of the width of grassland, probably reckoned by a sweep of the mower's scythe.
Idioms
cut a swathe through something
- (of a person, fire, etc.
人、火等 把（某地的一大片）夷为平地；使…大部分遭受破坏 - Building the tunnel would involve cutting a great swathe through the forest.
建造隧道需要在森林里砍出一大片。
- Building the tunnel would involve cutting a great swathe through the forest.