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swathe AREAswath sweITn [C]a long strip of a crop or grass that has been cut by a machine, or, more generally, a large area or part刈下的一行作物或草，大片地带The long grass was cut in swathes.长得很长的草被一行行刈去。Huge swathes (= areas) of rain forest are being cleared for farming and mining.大片的热带雨林正被开伐以发展农业和矿业。The fire reduced vast swathes of the city to ruins.大火使城里大片地方成为废墟。A thousand years ago, pandas could be found over a wide swathe of China.1000年以前，中国大片地区都有熊猫的踪迹。The film spreads over a large swathe of time, but concentrates mainly on the late 1940s.这部电影的时间跨度很大，但主要情节集中发生在本世纪四十年代后期。(fig.) These people represent a wide swathe (= range) of opinion.这些人代表了一大批人的意见。
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