expanses

英 [ɪksˈpænsɪz]

美 [ɪkˈspænsɪz]

n.  一大片，广阔，宽广，浩瀚(尤指陆地或海洋)
expanse的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 广袤;辽阔;浩瀚
  Anexpanse ofsomething, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it.
  1. ...a vast expanse of grassland.
     广阔的草原

双语例句

• Wallow in money We are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
  [口]在钱里打滚，非常富有我国资源丰富，沃野千里。
• Its vast expanses are relentlessly being tamed and subdivided into plots for family homes, as couples seek inexpensive property and good schools near the city.
  广阔的土地被全部开垦并且分给一个个家庭，居民们在城市周边寻找着便宜的房子和较好的学校。
• One half of its surface the half which, thanks to the vagaries of orbital mechanics, always faces Earth is dominated by dark, smooth expanses of ancient, frozen lava known as maria.
  其表面的一半由于轨道力学的变幻莫测，这一半总是面对地球一直处于黑暗之中，这片黑暗的地方被称为月海，不仅平坦广阔，而且由古老而冻结的火山岩形成。
• Vast expanses of untamed wilderness punish intruders with feral brutality.
  广阔无边的无羁荒野用野性的残忍惩罚入侵者。
• As I said earlier, times of transition offer larger windows of opportunity and broad expanses for pitfalls.
  正如我刚才所说，过渡时期带来更多的机会和广阔的陷阱地带。
• There is soil that looks like broad expanses of red silk, decorated with the long curving rows of pink and white flowers of the cotton plant.
  此地还有红绸般的大片土壤，上面点缀着棉地里的粉红色和白色花朵。
• Vast expanses of marsh that used to abound with reeds have been converted into arable land.
  曾经是芦苇丛生的大片沼泽地已经变成了耕地。
• Researchers have pinpointed the trigger that turns a disordered assembly of locusts into a coordinated marching army capable of devastating vast expanses of crops and natural vegetation.
  科学家发现了让一大群无序的蝗虫变为有秩序行军的蝗群的原因。这种蝗群可以破坏大面积的作物和自然植被。
• But for the rest of us, the vast expanses of black text make the print version something to be consulted, not enjoyed.
  但对我们其余人来说，其庞大的内容使印刷版只能用于查询，而不能用于享受阅读的乐趣。
• The wide expanses of ocean on three sides of South Africa have a moderating influence on its climate.
  三面靠海的地形对南非的气候有缓和的作用。