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单词 slash-and-burn
释义

slash-and-burn

[ slash-uhn-burn ]
/ ˈslæʃ ənˈbɜrn /

adjective

of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.

Origin of slash-and-burn

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby slash-and-burn

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British Dictionary definitions for slash-and-burn

slash-and-burn

adjective

denoting a short-term method of cultivation in which land is cleared by destroying and burning trees and other vegetation for temporary agricultural use
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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