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

• It has an extensive expanses of forest and gardens, an active tea plantation, and plots devoted to cultivation of a variety of Chinese vegetables for the picturesque resort's own use.
  酒店里绿树成荫，花园繁茂，还有一间生机勃勃的茶坊和几片种着各式中国蔬菜的菜园，供这家风景如画的度假酒店自给自足。
• The video shows the rim of the Endeavour crater becoming visible as the Rover neared its goal-but the drive did include detours, as Opportunity had to drive round large expanses of treacherous terrain.
  视频显示，随着探测器越来越接近其目标，奋进撞击坑的边缘变得越来越清晰可见。但是这段路程也包括绕路，机遇号不得不绕开大范围的危险地形。
• For example, many of California's prisons are sited in the Central Valley's wide expanses, in what is sometimes called an "archipelago".
  例如，加利福尼亚许多监狱像人们有时候所说的“群岛”一样分布于中央谷广袤的土地上。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We drove to the 'Free Body Culture' property, which involved a body of fresh water, expanses of bedraggled grass richly festooned with goose and duck droppings and a few stunted trees.
  我们驾车前往自由身体文化的活动场地，那里有一片淡水湖，广阔的草地上满是鹅和鸭的粪便，还有几棵矮小的树木。
• 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。
• On a recent rainy afternoon, Zeng Guohui, a41-year-old laborer, walked to an abandoned mine where he used to shovel ore, and pointed out still-barren expanses of dirt and mud.
  在一个即将下雨的下午，曾国辉，这个41岁的工人，来到了在他过去工作过的废弃矿井旁，这里仍然是一片泥泞的荒凉的地方。