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

• They often contains wide expanses of plate glass in steel or concrete frames. This contrasted with the ( largely Victorian) red brick universities and the older ancient universities.
  它们的校舍通常在混凝土结构中大量使用平板玻璃，和以维多利亚风格为主的红砖大学以及更古老的古典大学形成对比。
• An air photograph taken at that time would have revealed spotted villages, linked together by unsurfaced roads and separated by expanses of forest or swamp.
  那个年代里做的空中拍照能显示出错落有致的村庄，用凹凸不平的道路连着，也被铺展的一片片森林或沼泽彼此隔开着。
• 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。
• That the endless expanses of the Gobi Desert, then through the ages people died in the Gobi Desert heartbreaking.
  那一望无际的戈壁滩，那古往今来令人魂断心碎的戈壁滩。
• 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。
• 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。
• We stood on the high ridge, looking down on the flaming expanses of broomcorn.
  我们站在高岗上，俯察那片火红的高粱地。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。