swath
/sweɪð/
US pronunciation
American sound/sweɪð/
swath
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- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
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- Short i vowel
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- Clear final sound
US voice -> swath
Myanmar meaning
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swathe /sweÇð/ (also swath /swɒθ/) n
အခင်း။ အပြင်။ တစ်ခွင် တစ်ပြင်။
a swathe of daffodils/ forest.
v ~ sb/ sth (in sth) စည်းသည်။ ထုပ်သည်။ Thick bandages swathed his head. ❍ They were swathed in scarves and sweaters. ❍ (fig ) The city lay swathed in fog. မြို့ကို မြူခိုးများက ရစ်သိုင်းလျက်ရှိသည်။
❏ cut a swathe through sth [IDM ]
၁။ ခုတ်ထွင်သည်။ ဖြိုလှဲသည်။ The new road cut a swathe through the countryside. ❍ Aids has already cut a swathe through New York's artistic community.
၂။ ငေးကြည့်ရလောက် အောင် ထင်ပေါ်သည်။ cut a swathe through society.
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- ‘As we made our way to Minj, emerald green tea plantations and broad swaths of coffee trees revealed evidence of foreign development.’
- ‘Planting of cork oak, fig and magnolia grandiflora, for example, will contribute bold structure and varied foliage, while colour will be provided by broad swathes of woodland perennials.’
- ‘The ideological objection to legalisation is ugly and simple, and touches broader swathes of the world.’
- ‘Huge swathes of the area were masked under a pall of white smoke and a strong smell hung in the air.’
- ‘But yesterday, red-faced officials admitted whole swathes were lifted word for word grammatical slips and all from a student thesis.’
- ‘In 164 photographs, taken during a trip from the coast inland, he examines the results of generations of logging that have left swaths of barren landscape where lush rain forests once grew.’
- ‘Broad swathes of China's industrial heartland are now chronically short of electricity.’
- ‘Well we must wait to see the reaction to Space for Nature, especially as the project aims to expand and purchase large swaths of valuable forested areas in South Bohemia and Moravia.’
- ‘In contrast, only modest efforts are now underway in the industry as a whole to integrate broad swaths of the enterprise.’
- ‘A few areas cut across disciplines and require particularly broad, horizontal swaths of expertise.’
- ‘It reserved special scorn for the General Mining Law of 1872, which has handed over huge swaths of public land to miners since it was instituted.’
- ‘Even if the refuge is protected, which looks likely, the energy bill still could still open vast swaths of other public lands to for-profit exploitation.’
- ‘In the fall of 2003, U.S. officials watched anxiously as a potent guerrilla resistance rose across broad swaths of northern and central Iraq.’
- ‘The mass media provided the means to promote those brands: television and radio networks, magazines, and newspapers that reached vast swaths of the public simply and efficiently.’
- ‘Broad swaths of asphalt also fragment wildlife habitat and block migration corridors - and will eventually threaten populations isolated from food sources and potential mates.’
- ‘Morganton's struggles are playing out not just across many other parts of North Carolina but also through swaths of the American heartland.’
- ‘Beginning in August, Florida was flattened by four successive hurricanes that ripped up broad swaths of the state.’
- ‘Because of the willful collective historical and moral ignorance of vast swaths of the public and the opinion leaders who influence them.’
- ‘‘It looks bad, ’ she said, noting that huge swaths of the park appear to have been deforested.’
- ‘Raw materials were brought to the city from across the huge swathe of Northern England under Viking control in the 10th century.’
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