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

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。
Instead of spray paint though, bits of white coral harvested from local beaches are arranged into messages, which seem to glow against the islands black lava expanses.
尽可能避免油漆喷射，小块白色珊瑚虫是在局域海滩收获的被安排作为讯息使用，那个似乎发出光亮“心形珊瑚虫”构造和岛屿上的黑色火山岩形成强烈反差。
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。
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。
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 are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
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。
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。
Vast expanses of marsh that used to abound with reeds have been converted into arable land.
曾经是芦苇丛生的大片沼泽地已经变成了耕地。
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。