| 单词 | ringbarked |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈringbarked ˈringbarked adj. (of a tree or branch) deprived of a ring of bark (cf. ringed adj. 5); (of land) undergoing or cleared by the ringbarking of trees. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > having ring of bark removed > to kill tree rung1844 ringbarked1875 1875 ‘M. Whiteford’ Maude Whiteford 281 In time the denuded surface would be recovered, but with a thick corded cuticle, that would always attest its personality as a ring-barked tree. 1899 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 5 419 Not infrequently springs burst forth in ringbarked country, owing to the superabundance of subterranean water now no longer expended in supplying the trees. 1974 L. Murray Coll. Poems (1991) 118 The edge of the forest, hard smoke beyond the paddocks Frays back and is there. Cutters go out through it, Come in again on the ringbarked slopes, down the fence lines. 2003 I. M. Crawford & P. Crawford Contested Country 137 Much of the cleared area in the former forest was still covered with dead ringbarked trees. < as lemmas |
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