Old English sw?e, swaeu "track, footstep, trace, scar, vestige," from Proto-Germanic *swathan, *swatho (cognates: Old Frisian swethe "boundary made by a scythe," Middle Dutch swade, Dutch zwade, German Schwad "a row of cut grass"); of uncertain origin. Meaning "a mown crop lying on the ground" is from early 14c.; that of "space covered by the single cut of a scythe" emerged late 15c., and that of "a strip, lengthwise extent" is from c. 1600.
雙語例句
1. The storm cut a wide swath through the town.
暴風(fēng)雨席卷全城,造成很大的破壞.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
2. The effect of velocity on the longitudinal motion of SWATH ship in irregular waves is researched.