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swath n.收割的宽度；割刈的带状地；长而宽的一长条 (1) 地震摧毁了四川的一大片带状区域。(2) 龙卷风袭击该镇,留下一长条破坏的痕迹。 The figurative use of swath has nonphysical senses as well, as in the term "a significant swath of the population believes..." Or if someone is trying to attract attention to themselves, or is making quite a public stir, they might be said to be "cutting a swath through the business world" or "cutting a swath on the dance floor." Hopefully, neither of the latter involves using scythes.

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英 [swɒθ] 美 [swɒθ] (1) The earthquake devastated a huge swath of Sichuan.(2) The tornado cut a swath through the town. A swath was originally the long narrow space created by a single swing of a scythe in a field of grass or corn as the cutter moved through it. Nowadays it is used more figuratively to mean any kind of path someone makes.

英语单词	swath
英美音标	英 [swɒθ] 美 [swɒθ]
中文释义	n.收割的宽度；割刈的带状地；长而宽的一长条
英语例句	(1) The earthquake devastated a huge swath of Sichuan. (2) The tornado cut a swath through the town.
中文例句	(1) 地震摧毁了四川的一大片带状区域。 (2) 龙卷风袭击该镇,留下一长条破坏的痕迹。
vocabulary简明	A swath was originally the long narrow space created by a single swing of a scythe in a field of grass or corn as the cutter moved through it. Nowadays it is used more figuratively to mean any kind of path someone makes.
vocabulary扩展	The figurative use of swath has nonphysical senses as well, as in the term "a significant swath of the population believes..." Or if someone is trying to attract attention to themselves, or is making quite a public stir, they might be said to be "cutting a swath through the business world" or "cutting a swath on the dance floor." Hopefully, neither of the latter involves using scythes.

Swath Cutting 英 Swɒθ] 美 Swɒθ N.收割的宽度；割刈的带状地；长而宽的一长条 Earthquake Devastated