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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Determined to pursue greater natural expanses and the origins of life, at age24 Yayanagi embarked on a two year journey through the Mediterranean, Brazil, finally chasing the sun to Africa.
为了追寻更广阔的自然及生命的起源，矢柳氏于廿四岁那年开始了为期两年的旅程。他周游地中海、巴西，更为著艳阳到过非洲。
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。
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。
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。