slash-and-burnadj.n.

Forms: Also slash and burn, slash-burn, slash, burn.

Etymology: < phrase to slash and burn: see slash v.¹, burn v.¹

Designating a method of shifting cultivation in which vegetation is cut down in an area of virgin or rejuvenated forest, allowed to dry, and then burned off before seeds are planted. Also (occasionally) in non-attributive use.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [adjective] > systems of cultivation

Virgilian1724

open field1728

three-field1869

intercultural1878

no-tillage1911

monocultural1915

polycultural1915

monoculture1933

slash-and-burn1942

slashed and burnt1949

1942 Chapple & Coon Princ. Anthropol. viii. 189 Linton has a theory that the development of confederacies by the Maya and the Indians of the southeastern States was a consequence of this aspect of the slash-and-burn system.

1951 K. G. Izikowitz Lamet Hill Peasants in French Indo-China 7 This is a book about the Lamet, swidden cultivators in the northern part of Laos. [Note] The primitive system of farming which involves clearing and burning the forest... In English it is sometimes called ‘shifting cultivation’ or ‘slash and burn’. There is no single word in ordinary English which covers the meaning, since the method is no longer used in England... In searching for an English word I have taken..a dialect word, swidden.

1969 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 2) vi. 126 The rapidity of their spread..was due in part to their use of slash and burn agriculture,..and in part to the lack of opposition.

1973 J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse iii. 190 The Kibori River eradication program..obviated the need to continue with a slash-burn program.

1976 Conservation News Sept.–Oct. 5/1 The slash, burn, short-term cultivation and migration habit of tribal populations has been forced for centuries by the intractable fact that when an area of forest is cleared crops can be grown in it for only two or three seasons before the soil nutrients are exhausted.

1977 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) iii. 126 The regime of slash and burn, involving the shift of cultivation every few years and the clearance of new patches of forest, inevitably implied the temporary abandonment of settlements.

1978 Guardian Weekly 2 Apr. 13/1 Eking out a living by fishing, picking fruit and berries and by slash-and-burn farming.

Derivatives

slash and burn v. transitive.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > burn land

burn-beat1669

Denshire1669

to burn off1843

stifle-burn1862

slash and burn1955

1955 J. D. Freeman Iban Agric. vi. 128 Deleterious results..ensue when healthy, young vegetation..is slashed and burnt before proper regeneration..has taken place.

1981 P. Theroux Mosquito Coast xii. 137 Slash and burn the whole area and we've got four or five acres of good growing land.

slash-ˈburning n. the process or practice of slash-and-burn agriculture.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > burning off refuse

burrow1602

denshiring1607

burning1669

burn-baking1769

burn1792

burning off1800

burnbeating1808

stifle-burning1844

burn-off1861

bush burn1861

bush-burning1898

slash-burning1919

1919 Jrnl. Forestry 17 277 It is proposed..to conduct slash-burning operations under control in selected localities [in Canada] and observe the establishment of natural regeneration through a period of years.

1954 Brit. Columbia Lumberman Mar. 78 Slash burning in a good seed year should precede seedfall, if possible.

1980 Search XI. 71/2 Since slash-burning has been widely used only for the last 20–25 years, there has been no opportunity in Australian native forests to observe its effect on the productivity of successive forest rotations.

slashed and burnt adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [adjective] > systems of cultivation

Virgilian1724

open field1728

three-field1869

intercultural1878

no-tillage1911

monocultural1915

polycultural1915

monoculture1933

slash-and-burn1942

slashed and burnt1949

1949 Malayan Forester XII. 83 The plot was established in order to ascertain the extent of soil erosion..and to study natural plant succession of the slashed and burnt..areas.

1955 J. D. Freeman Iban Agric. vi. 129 Three sample plots were established to study ‘natural plant succession’, on (a) the slashed and burnt area [etc.].

Draft additions May 2001

2. figurative. Originally and chiefly U.S. Also slash'n'burn. Designating a highly aggressive or ruthless approach, attitude, etc.; devastatingly destructive or critical; swingeing, unstinting, no-holds-barred. Also (occasionally) in predicative use as n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > disposed to hostile action

aggressive1773

fire-eating1811

pistolling1877

muscle flexing1905

sword-in-hand1906

storm-trooping1933

butt-kicking1973

slash-and-burn1978

ill1979

1978 Washington Post 6 Aug. b3/2 At a time when urban renewal seems to employ a slash-and-burn method of modernization..a band of concerned citizens has saved the architectural ancestry of Cape May.

1981 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 27 Feb. Faced with inevitable defeat, I began slash-and-burn techniques in the hope that somehow my petty harassing moves would force an error. But..by the 29th move, checkmate was imminent.

1985 Money Oct. 140/2 Even if you think of yourself as the last of the great slash-and-burn investors, you should try to construct a sensibly aggressive IRA composed..of..investments that also have potential for capital appreciation.

1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 24 Oct. 4 d/2 There is..a full helping of slash-and-burn humor.

1989 Sound Choice Autumn 28/2 This is a fine publication of slash-and-burn criticism.

1994 Our Schools/Our Selves Nov. 153 A Sad Time To Be A Teacher... Slash and Burn in Alberta Schools.

1998 Melody Maker 28 Feb. 36/1 The shift from drowned Portishead-style noir to raging, slash'n'burn riffola is worthy of Prince at his furthest out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	slash-and-burn
释义	slash-and-burnadj.n. Forms: Also slash and burn, slash-burn, slash, burn. Etymology: < phrase to slash and burn: see slash v.¹, burn v.¹ Designating a method of shifting cultivation in which vegetation is cut down in an area of virgin or rejuvenated forest, allowed to dry, and then burned off before seeds are planted. Also (occasionally) in non-attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [adjective] > systems of cultivation Virgilian1724 open field1728 three-field1869 intercultural1878 no-tillage1911 monocultural1915 polycultural1915 monoculture1933 slash-and-burn1942 slashed and burnt1949 1942 Chapple & Coon Princ. Anthropol. viii. 189 Linton has a theory that the development of confederacies by the Maya and the Indians of the southeastern States was a consequence of this aspect of the slash-and-burn system. 1951 K. G. Izikowitz Lamet Hill Peasants in French Indo-China 7 This is a book about the Lamet, swidden cultivators in the northern part of Laos. [Note] The primitive system of farming which involves clearing and burning the forest... In English it is sometimes called ‘shifting cultivation’ or ‘slash and burn’. There is no single word in ordinary English which covers the meaning, since the method is no longer used in England... In searching for an English word I have taken..a dialect word, swidden. 1969 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 2) vi. 126 The rapidity of their spread..was due in part to their use of slash and burn agriculture,..and in part to the lack of opposition. 1973 J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse iii. 190 The Kibori River eradication program..obviated the need to continue with a slash-burn program. 1976 Conservation News Sept.–Oct. 5/1 The slash, burn, short-term cultivation and migration habit of tribal populations has been forced for centuries by the intractable fact that when an area of forest is cleared crops can be grown in it for only two or three seasons before the soil nutrients are exhausted. 1977 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) iii. 126 The regime of slash and burn, involving the shift of cultivation every few years and the clearance of new patches of forest, inevitably implied the temporary abandonment of settlements. 1978 Guardian Weekly 2 Apr. 13/1 Eking out a living by fishing, picking fruit and berries and by slash-and-burn farming. Derivatives slash and burn v. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > burn land burn-beat1669 Denshire1669 to burn off1843 stifle-burn1862 slash and burn1955 1955 J. D. Freeman Iban Agric. vi. 128 Deleterious results..ensue when healthy, young vegetation..is slashed and burnt before proper regeneration..has taken place. 1981 P. Theroux Mosquito Coast xii. 137 Slash and burn the whole area and we've got four or five acres of good growing land. slash-ˈburning n. the process or practice of slash-and-burn agriculture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > burning off refuse burrow1602 denshiring1607 burning1669 burn-baking1769 burn1792 burning off1800 burnbeating1808 stifle-burning1844 burn-off1861 bush burn1861 bush-burning1898 slash-burning1919 1919 Jrnl. Forestry 17 277 It is proposed..to conduct slash-burning operations under control in selected localities [in Canada] and observe the establishment of natural regeneration through a period of years. 1954 Brit. Columbia Lumberman Mar. 78 Slash burning in a good seed year should precede seedfall, if possible. 1980 Search XI. 71/2 Since slash-burning has been widely used only for the last 20–25 years, there has been no opportunity in Australian native forests to observe its effect on the productivity of successive forest rotations. slashed and burnt adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [adjective] > systems of cultivation Virgilian1724 open field1728 three-field1869 intercultural1878 no-tillage1911 monocultural1915 polycultural1915 monoculture1933 slash-and-burn1942 slashed and burnt1949 1949 Malayan Forester XII. 83 The plot was established in order to ascertain the extent of soil erosion..and to study natural plant succession of the slashed and burnt..areas. 1955 J. D. Freeman Iban Agric. vi. 129 Three sample plots were established to study ‘natural plant succession’, on (a) the slashed and burnt area [etc.]. Draft additions May 2001 2. figurative. Originally and chiefly U.S. Also slash'n'burn. Designating a highly aggressive or ruthless approach, attitude, etc.; devastatingly destructive or critical; swingeing, unstinting, no-holds-barred. Also (occasionally) in predicative use as n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > disposed to hostile action aggressive1773 fire-eating1811 pistolling1877 muscle flexing1905 sword-in-hand1906 storm-trooping1933 butt-kicking1973 slash-and-burn1978 ill1979 1978 Washington Post 6 Aug. b3/2 At a time when urban renewal seems to employ a slash-and-burn method of modernization..a band of concerned citizens has saved the architectural ancestry of Cape May. 1981 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 27 Feb. Faced with inevitable defeat, I began slash-and-burn techniques in the hope that somehow my petty harassing moves would force an error. But..by the 29th move, checkmate was imminent. 1985 Money Oct. 140/2 Even if you think of yourself as the last of the great slash-and-burn investors, you should try to construct a sensibly aggressive IRA composed..of..investments that also have potential for capital appreciation. 1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 24 Oct. 4 d/2 There is..a full helping of slash-and-burn humor. 1989 Sound Choice Autumn 28/2 This is a fine publication of slash-and-burn criticism. 1994 Our Schools/Our Selves Nov. 153 A Sad Time To Be A Teacher... Slash and Burn in Alberta Schools. 1998 Melody Maker 28 Feb. 36/1 The shift from drowned Portishead-style noir to raging, slash'n'burn riffola is worthy of Prince at his furthest out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1919
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