英语词汇“to burn off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. to burn off: to clear (land) for cultivation by burning the vegetation; to burn dry or rank vegetation (tussock, etc.). Also absol. (Cf. burn n.³ 1b and burning n. 8a and 8e.) North American, Australian, and New Zealand.

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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

1843 C. A. Dillon Let. 16 Jan. (1954) 17 The fern was all burnt off by the surveyors.

1852 S. Moodie Roughing it in Bush II. vii. 127 Moodie and Jacob had chopped eight acres during the winter, but these had to be burnt off and logged-up before we could put in a crop of wheat.

1860 G. Duppa in S. S. Crawford Sheep & Sheepmen of Canterbury (1949) v. 46 Burn off portions of the run for winter feed to destroy tuft grass.

1932 K. S. Prichard in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 189 He cleared and grubbed, burnt off, and cultivated his land.

1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 39/1 The Maoris had long been aware that much of the bush country was more fertile [than the open country], for they burned off patches for cultivation.

1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 87 The men started burning off opposite and the heavy clouds of smoke hid the tree for a while.

单词	to burn off
释义	> as lemmas to burn off f. to burn off: to clear (land) for cultivation by burning the vegetation; to burn dry or rank vegetation (tussock, etc.). Also absol. (Cf. burn n.³ 1b and burning n. 8a and 8e.) North American, Australian, and New Zealand. 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 1843 C. A. Dillon Let. 16 Jan. (1954) 17 The fern was all burnt off by the surveyors. 1852 S. Moodie Roughing it in Bush II. vii. 127 Moodie and Jacob had chopped eight acres during the winter, but these had to be burnt off and logged-up before we could put in a crop of wheat. 1860 G. Duppa in S. S. Crawford Sheep & Sheepmen of Canterbury (1949) v. 46 Burn off portions of the run for winter feed to destroy tuft grass. 1932 K. S. Prichard in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 189 He cleared and grubbed, burnt off, and cultivated his land. 1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 39/1 The Maoris had long been aware that much of the bush country was more fertile [than the open country], for they burned off patches for cultivation. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 87 The men started burning off opposite and the heavy clouds of smoke hid the tree for a while. extracted from burnv.¹ < as lemmas
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