释义 |
empolder, v.|ɛmˈpəʊldər| [f. em- 1 b + polder1.] trans. To make a polder of; to reclaim from the sea. Cf. impolder v. So emˈpoldered ppl. a.
1889Cent. Dict., Empoldered, reclaimed and brought into the condition of a polder; brought under cultivation. 1922Blackw. Mag. July 14/2 A few acres have been cleared and empoldered with mud-dams. 1951New Biol. XI. 77 By 1940 flood-fallowing experiments had been begun. An area of 100 acres..was empoldered (i.e. surrounded by earth walls). |