swathe

swathe1
[swɔːθ, swɒθ]
(chiefly N. Amer. 主北美 亦作swath sweɪð)
(pl. swathes 或 swaths swɔːθ, swɔːðs, swɒθs)
  1. a row or line of grass, corn, or other crop as it falls or lies when mown or reaped
    一刈幅的草（玉米或其他作物）
    ■a strip left clear by the passage of a mowing machine or scythe
    割刈地带
    the combine had cut a deep swathe around the border of the fields.
    联合收割机在田地周围留下了一条深深的割刈带。
  2. a broad strip or area of something
    长而宽的一条（或地带）
    vast swathes of countryside.
    一条条宽阔的乡下田地。
    a significant swathe of popular opinion.
    公众舆论的一大部分。
常用词组
cut a swathe through
  1. pass through (something) causing great damage, destruction, or change
    横扫而过（造成破坏，改变）；夷为平地
    Aids has cut a swathe through battalions of ordinary people.
    艾滋病已经夺去了无数平民百姓的生命。
cut a wide swath
  1. (US)attract a great deal of attention by trying to impress others
    (美)炫耀，招摇过市，出风头
语源
  1. 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
swathe2
[sweɪð]
verb
  1. [with obj.](常作 be swathed in)wrap in several layers of fabric
    用几层布包起来
    his hands were swathed in bandages.
    他的手被绷带层层裹起来。
noun
  1. a piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped
    绷带，包扎带，包装物
语源
  1. late Old English swath- (noun), swathian (verb); compare with swaddle
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