单词 | slash-and-burn |
释义 | slash-and-burn[ slash-uhn-burn ] / ˈslæʃ ənˈbɜrn / adjectiveof 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-burnFirst recorded in 1935–40 Words nearby slash-and-burnslap shot, slapstick, slap-up, slart, slash, slash-and-burn, Slashdot effect, slasher, slasher movie, slashfest, slash fiction Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for slash-and-burnslash-and-burn adjectivedenoting 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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