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

• 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。
• In the endless expanses of sea, with a heart filled with tears, struggling in the tide.
  在一望无际的海洋里，带着满心的泪水在潮水中挣扎。
• 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。
• Visitors to the test events have marvelled at the space age structures but were surprised at the expanses of concrete and lack of greenery.
  参与测试活动的人们都对奥运场馆宇宙概念的架构表示惊叹，不过他们也指出混凝土的使用范围太广，场馆中缺乏绿色元素。
• 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 universe we know a set of distinct bodies separated by vast expanses of essentially empty space is a fairly recent development, cosmologically speaking.
  就宇宙学而言，我们所熟知的宇宙一个由众多相距遥远的独立个体所占据的广袤空间这其实是在宇宙演化的晚期才形成。
• 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。
• In the vast expanses of the Gobi desert, the straight highway never ends.
  茫茫的戈壁映入眼帘，与天相接与地同广。
• And they would have to be applied during the locusts'solitary phase, when they are scarce targets across vast expanses of land.
  而且这些化学物质需要在蝗虫处于孤单状态的时候使用，而那时候它们是分布在广阔土地上的稀疏目标。
• We are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
  我国资源丰富，沃野千里。