单词 | reforest |
释义 | reforestv. 1. transitive. To cover (land) again with forest; to replant with trees; = reafforest v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (intransitive)] > plant with trees reforest1836 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > plant with trees setc1290 arbust1623 co-afforest1655 wood1807 retimber1828 reafforest1834 reforest1836 afforest1843 forest1865 reforestize1890 tree1891 1836 J. Bell New & Comprehensive Gazetteer Eng. & Wales I. 132/2 In the civil war the enclosures were thrown open, and the whole reforested. 1878 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1877–8 17 204 It is the interest of all..to reforest the lands worn out by cropping. 1918 Jrnl. Forestry 16 335 It has been assumed that 75 per cent of the State-owned land must be reforested artificially. 1969 S. M. Jepsen Trees & Forests i. 27 During 1965, more acres..of national forest land were reforested by planting and seeding than in any previous year. 2005 Forest Policy & Econ. 7 397/2 How do you intend to reforest your forest within the next 10 years? 2. intransitive. To replant a forest or forests. ΚΠ 1902 B. E. Fernow Econ. Forestry 270 Private woodlands could be appropriated when the owners refused to reforest or keep in forest. 1927 Jrnl. Land & Public Utility Econ. 3 170/2 It may be that high prices of lumber will induce private owners to reforest. 1965 Times 15 June 11/5 Bosques Mexicanos is pledged to exploit the land properly; to establish experimental zones..; to reforest as needed. 1992 Relix Feb. 10/3 Folks back home donate money to organizations that are ‘reforesting’. Derivatives reˈforested adj. covered again with forest; replanted with trees; (also) designating wood or trees derived from land that has been reforested. ΚΠ 1876 J. C. Brown Reboisement in France 153 The commune will enjoy the right of pasturage on the reforested lands. 1907 B. E. Fernow Brief Hist. Forestry 159 In 1865 the Austrian government..undertook to encourage and assist private landowners in reforesting their Karst lands by remitting taxes on reforested lands. 1950 S. O. Heiberg & D. P. White (title) Potassium deficiency of reforested pine and spruce stands in northern New York. 1992 Cent. Home June 67 (advt.) The Bear Chair is handcrafted from the finest reforested Ontario White Pine or Western Canadian Red Cedar. 2006 Forest Policy & Econ. 9 17 (table) Exemptions on property and inheritance taxes on reforested land. reˈforesting n. ΚΠ 1874 Gardener's Monthly July 219/1 M. Valles published a remarkable work contradicting the efficacy of reforesting as a means of preventing inundations. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 July 7/2 Silviculture is still at an infant stage in B.C. and millions of acres require reforesting and thinning if they are to be highly productive in the future. 2002 Organization Sci. 13 536/2 External agencies defined the villagers as a somewhat naïve and lazy people who understood the need for reforesting but were not willing to put in the effort to make it happen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1836 |
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