swathe

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A swathe of land is a long strip of land. (土地的)一長(zhǎng)條; 一長(zhǎng)片[usu N 'of' n]
Year by year great swathes of this small nation's countryside disappear. 這個(gè)小國(guó)家的鄕村麪積正逐年成片地大量消失。
2. N-COUNT A swathe of cloth is a long strip of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something. (包裹用佈料)一長(zhǎng)條[usu N 'of' n]
...swathes of white silk. ...幾條白色絲緞。
3. V-T To swathe someone or something in cloth means to wrap them in it completely. (用佈料)把…包裹住
She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics. 她用薄薄的黑色織物裹住了她巨大的身軀。
His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet. 他的頭上纏滿了許多用牀單撕成的繃帶。