Year by year great swathes of this small nation's countryside disappear.年复一年,这个小国家的乡村面积正在一片片地大量消失。She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。The disease killed huge swathes of the population.这种病使很多人丧命。An aerial view of the countryside shows wide swathes of green.空中鸟瞰乡村可见大片又长又宽的绿地。