1.割下的一行草[麦];(一镰刀的)刈幅;(镰刀的)一挥;(刈后的)一条刈迹;一行
1.a large area of land, usually longer than it is wide
2.a large number of people or things or a large area of something
1.Even as the Moutai distillery turns large swaths of the ancient town to rubble, it is rare to hear a disparaging word about the company.
尽管茅台酒厂将这座古镇的大片地方变成瓦砾，却几乎听不到对这家公司诋毁之词。
2.So, he might have added, are swaths of the American political classes.
那么他还可以补充说，美国政治阶层也是这样。
3.Is it a "trivialization of genetics" or an attempt to make science relevant and interesting to broad swaths of people? Is it both?
这么做究竟是为了“基因学的大众化”，还是为了让人们觉得科学非常有趣并且和自己密切相关从而实现哗众取宠的目的？
4.It was over this jagged, rusty territory that the moon now loomed, and the swaths of crumpled metal swelled as if carried on a high tide.
这片月亮正在逐渐靠近的参差不齐的生锈的土地已经完了，大幅的皱皱的金属片像乘着高高的浪头升起。
5.At the moment, the biggest threat to India-China relations may be their competing claims for big swaths of territory along their border.
当前，中印关系的最大威胁或许来自双方都对边境沿线大片地区提出领土主张。
6.The Bank of England essentially printed money when it bought swaths of government bonds.
英国央行购买各类政府债券，实质上就等于是发行货币。
7.Such polls indicate that the Wall Street protestors reflect the frustrations of large swaths of American society.
这样的调查表明，华尔街的示威运动反映的是美国社会大范围的受挫感。
8.Both are designed to survey wide swaths of the sky and could spot far more of the small space rocks.
二者都是专门用来巡视广袤天穹，搜寻小体积的太空陨石。
9.Telephone networks, both mobile and land-line, are still out of commission in large swaths of the quake-affected region.
因为无论移动网络还是陆线电话，在大片大片受地震影响的地方都不能工作。
10.The swaths of red and blue that you see in these sexuality charts represent people who message only one gender.
性向图表中红色和蓝色部分的宽度代表着只对一种性别发消息的人。