单词	defoliate
释义	defoliatede‧fo‧li‧ate /diːˈfəʊlieɪt $ -ˈfoʊ-/ verb [transitive] formal Verb Table VERB TABLE defoliate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they defoliate he, she, it defoliates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they defoliated Present perfect I, you, we, they have defoliated he, she, it has defoliated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had defoliated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will defoliate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have defoliated Continuous Form Present I am defoliating he, she, it is defoliating you, we, they are defoliating Past I, he, she, it was defoliating you, we, they were defoliating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been defoliating he, she, it has been defoliating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been defoliating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be defoliating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been defoliating Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Across the river, the Viet Cong territory was a number of scalped hills: it had been defoliated. So far, some sixty million acres of Eastern and Midwestern forest have been defoliated over the years. The adults defoliate plants, and the larvae feed on roots. The forest had already been defoliated and the oaks and aspens were expending precious energy sending out a second flush of leaves. The leaves are evergreen or semi-evergreen since they can be heavily defoliated in severe winters. The worst single year was 1981, when twelve million acres were defoliated. These same nitrogen oxides, in high but apparently plausible concentrations, will defoliate plants. These trees are eaten but not defoliated. to use defoliant on a plant or tree
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