单词	swathe
释义	swathe1 nounswathe2 verb swatheswathe1 /sweɪð $ swɑːð, swɒːð, sweɪð/ (also swath /swɒθ $ swɑːθ/) noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINswathe1 Origin: Old English swæth ‘footstep, track’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a swathe of beige cloth The fire had destroyed huge swathes of land. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Great swathes of the world don't even have electricity or roads, let alone an information superhighway. He took out his knife and cut a swathe to the hollow. It was like a smile, it was like a little Eden of thoughtful pleasure: a swathe of allotments. Only the water itself, its wildly fluctuating level carving a swathe of devastation along the shore, betrays the deception. She would start nearest to the door and work her way along the jostling, glistening, pouring swathes of colours. They cut a swathe through the massed black-clad warriors, and then turning swiftly trampled back over their disorganized ranks. This effectively excludes vast swathes of the planet's population. This time the front door was open and a swathe of sunlight lay across the red-tiled floor. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► cut a swathe through  We cut a swathe through the dense undergrowth. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► cut · They cut a swathe through the massed black-clad warriors, and then turning swiftly trampled back over their disorganized ranks.· He took out his knife and cut a swathe to the hollow.· I went back to the States and was going to cut my swathe in society in Washington.· Doomsday cuts a swathe across the States and takes on Superman in a clash of the titans. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► cut a swathe through something They cut a swathe through the massed black-clad warriors, and then turning swiftly trampled back over their disorganized ranks. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cut a swathe through something Unemployment is cutting a wide swathe through the West. They cut a swathe through the massed black-clad warriors, and then turning swiftly trampled back over their disorganized ranks. 1a long thin area of something, especially landswathe of The bomb had left a swathe of the town centre in ruins. A swathe of sunlight lay across the floor.2a long thin area of grass or plants that has been cut down:  We cut a swathe through the dense undergrowth.3cut a swathe through something to destroy a large amount or part of something swathe1 nounswathe2 verb swatheswathe2 verb [transitive] literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINswathe2 Origin: Old English swathian Verb Table VERB TABLE swathe Simple Form Present I, you, we, they swathe he, she, it swathes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they swathed Present perfect I, you, we, they have swathed he, she, it has swathed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had swathed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will swathe Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have swathed Continuous Form Present I am swathing he, she, it is swathing you, we, they are swathing Past I, he, she, it was swathing you, we, they were swathing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been swathing he, she, it has been swathing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been swathing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be swathing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been swathing Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As a cool breeze swathed his sweat-drenched body he realized they had taken his clothes. Brown and white bunting swathed the edges of the small stage. He is swathed in chains, from which hang trophies - namely the heads of his victims, hanging by their hair. Her attraction to him had hardly been swathed in subtlety. No clouds swathed it, no breeze cooled him. She was swathed in a red silk dress that fitted where it touched. They were the Mien, whose blue-turbaned women were swathed in dark robes accented with red wool ruffs. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cut a swathe through something Unemployment is cutting a wide swathe through the West. They cut a swathe through the massed black-clad warriors, and then turning swiftly trampled back over their disorganized ranks. to wrap or cover something in something:  women swathed in expensive furs The moon was swathed in mist.GRAMMAR Swathe is usually passive.
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