swath

大学

n. 刈幅, 刈下的一行草, 刈下的一行麦, 行, 一条, 条, 一行

发音

UK /swɒθ/
US /swɑθ/
/swɔθ/
/swɑð/
/sweɪð/
/swɔð/

词形变化

swaths 复数 swaths

别名

swart swathe

教材释义与例句

名词

细长的列；收割的刈痕；收割的宽度

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.

  2. 2.

    A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.

    比喻

    A large swath of the population is opposed to this government policy.

    Five days after Hurricane Katrina, large swaths of New Orleans are still submerged in water.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

belt

上位词 4

course space track path

相关短语

cut a wide swath v. 炫耀 cut a swath cuts a wide swath cutting a wide swath cuts a swath cutting a swath

词源

From Middle English swath, swathe, from Old English swæþ, swaþu (“track; trace; footstep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaþō (“a wind-swept place; open field”), of unknown further origin. Has been derived from a Proto-Indo-European *swey- (“to bend, turn, swing”), and compared with Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”) and Welsh chwil (“reeling, staggering”), though this is uncertain, as well as the Greek comparandum being unlikely. Cognate with Dutch zwade, zwad (“swath; windrow”), German Schwade (“swath; windrow”), Icelandic svæði (“area; zone; sector; region”). other etymological information Corresponds to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch swat, Middle High German and MNG swade, NDu swad(e), Old Frisian swethe (“border”). Root meaning: trace of a cut. Attested in English since 888 in its obsolete meaning of track or trace, since 1475 in its more modern usage. Cognate with German Schwaden (“row of mown grass or grain”). No definite cognates outside Germanic languages. * See F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch (De Gruyter), entry Schwaden, and OED.

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