swathe
swathe 英 [sweɪð] 美 [swɑð, swɔð, sweð]
vt. 包围;紧绑;裹 n. 带子,绷带;包装品
进行时: 过去式:swathed 过去分词:swathed 第三人称单数:swathes 名词复数:swathes
- When you swathe yourself in a blanket, you are wrapping or swaddling yourself up in it. Swathe a baby up and you're creating a little cocoon where she can sleep.
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- vt. 包围;紧绑;裹
- n. 带子,绷带;包装品
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1. He clambered into his bunk and rolled himself well up in the blankets, and slumber gathered him forthwith, as a swathe of barley is folded into the arms of the reaping machine.
河鼠爬进他的床铺,用毯子把自己紧紧裹住,立刻沉入了梦乡的怀抱,就像一行大麦落进了收割机的怀抱一样。
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2. The first requires a swathe of bold structural reforms to boost jobs and growth, the second a credible plan to balance the books in the medium term that does not wreck the economy in the short term.
第一个问题要求一系列大胆的改革以促进就业和经济增长,第二个问题需要一个可靠的计划使中期账目收支平衡又不会在短期内破坏经济增长。
- swathe (v.) "to bind with bandages, swaddle, wrap," Old English swaþian "to swathe, wrap up," from swaðu "track, trace" (see swath). The noun meaning "infant's swaddling bands" was found in Old English as swaþum (dative plural). Related: Swathed; swathing.
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