| 词汇 | swathing |
| 释义 | swathing present participle ofswathe swathe verb[ T ] uk /sweɪð/ us /swɑθ/ to wrap around or cover with cloth: （用布）裹，绑，包，缠 He came out of the hospital swathed in bandages.他从医院出来时身上缠满了绷带。 I love to swathe (= dress) myselfin silk.我喜欢穿丝绸做的衣服。 Synonyms swaddle wrap to put something over someone or something coverI covered her with a blanket to keep her warm. spreadI spread peanut butter on my bread. smother something in/with somethingThe chicken was absolutely smothered in butter sauce. coatCoat the cherries in chocolate. plasterHis laptop cover was completely plastered with stickers. cakeHis shoes were caked in mud. Enclosing, surrounding and immersing beleaguer beleaguered beset border box someone/something in drown enclosure fence something in fence something off flooding gather gift wrap gift-wrapped sheathe siege soak steep steep something/someone in something submersion swaddle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Covering and adding layers Examples of swathingswathing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In the next two years, we will see huge, swathing cuts in our schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spies traditionally announced their presence by swathing themselves in black from head to toe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Overall yield loss is 1015% compared to proper swathing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I ran to machinery, by fancy; patented among other devices a swathing reaper which is very successful. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Swathing is not widely applied. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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