swathed

英 [sweɪðd]

美 [sweɪðd]

v.  包; 裹; 覆盖
swathe的过去分词和过去式

过去式：swathed　

柯林斯词典

The noun is also spelled swath.


• N-COUNT (土地的)一长条，一长片
  Aswathe ofland is a long strip of land.
  1. On May 1st the army took over another swathe of territory...
     军队在5月1号又接管了另一长条领土。
  2. Year by year great swathes of this small nation's countryside disappear.
     年复一年,这个小国家的乡村面积正在一片片地大量消失。
• N-COUNT 一长条(尤指用来包裹某人或某物的布料)
  Aswathe ofcloth is a long strip of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something.
  1. ...swathes of white silk.
     几条白丝缎
• VERB (用布料)把…包裹住，把…围住
  Toswathesomeone or somethingincloth means to wrap them in it completely.
  1. She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics...
     她用薄薄的黑色织物裹住了自己硕大的身躯。
  2. His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet.
     他的头上缠满了一层层用床单撕成的绷带。
• PHRASE 使遭到严重破坏;使发生巨变
  If a person or thingcuts a swathe throughsomething, they pass through it causing great destruction or change.
  1. The storm cut a swathe through southern England...
     风暴重创了英格兰南部。
  2. Keegan's team have been cutting an irresistible swathe through the first division.
     基冈的球队在甲级赛中所向披靡。

双语例句

• The moon was swathed in mist.
  月亮被薄雾罩住了。
• The supporting columns were swathed in flags;
  柱子上也裹着彩旗；
• He came out of hospital with his leg still swathed in bandages.
  他离开了医院，腿仍裹在绷带中。
• I awakened to find both legs swathed in casts, the left one in traction to aid the healing of a broken hip and pelvis.
  我醒来时发现两条腿已打上了石膏，左腿拉着牵引，以帮助髋骨和骨盆愈合。
• An ancient lady swathed in violet veils.
  用紫色纱巾紧裹身子的古代淑女。
• The skyscrapers were swathed in fog.
  那些摩天大楼笼罩在雾中。
• They were swathed in scarves and sweaters.
  他们围著围巾、穿著毛衣。
• Black forest gateau is a chocolate layer cake, heavy with cherries and swathed in loads of whipped cream.
  黑森林蛋糕是一种巧克力夹心蛋糕，上面缀满樱桃，裹有大量的泡沫鲜奶油。
• The comparative emptiness around the train took her mind back to that morning in1862 when she had come to Atlanta as a young widow, swathed in crepe and wild with boredom.
  车站周围空荡荡的景象使她想起1862年的一个早晨，那时她作为年轻寡妇身穿丧服、满怀厌倦地来到了亚特兰大。
• And in silence this picture of the Mother, with her child swathed in a white mantle which yet seems to reveal an inner light, entered into his comrade's souls.
  这幅画，静静地和她的母亲，孩子出来，裹着一条白斗篷，可是似乎表现出一种内在之光，进入他的同志的灵魂。