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

• 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。
• 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。
• Patrolling vast expanses, this wanderer of the far north has adapted to cycles of feast or famine.
  巡逻着宽广的地域，来自北方的流浪者早已习惯了饱餐与饥饿的轮回。
• We are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
  我国资源丰富，沃野千里。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。