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| 1 | a large area of land 大片土地 |
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| 2 | a long narrow piece of cloth , especially one that is wrapped around someone or something （尤指用来缠绕某人或某物的）长布条 |
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| 3 | a large number of people or a large amount of something 一大群（人）；大量（某物） | The disease killed huge swathes of the population. 这种病使很多人丧命。 | |
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| - | cut a (wide) swathe through sth
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| to move through something and cause a lot of change or destruction |
| 穿过某物并造成许多变化（或破坏）；穿过并摧毁某物 |
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