| 单词 | slash and burn |
| 释义 | slash and burn also slash-and-burn uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun] Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there fora short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land. Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil. slash and burn in British English (slæʃ ənd bɜːn) or slash-and-burn modifier 1. agriculture of a farming method in which trees and crops are cut and burned in order to plant new crops Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil. 2. drastic or ruthless slash-and-burn in British Englishadjective denoting a short-term method of cultivation in which land is cleared by destroying and burning trees and other vegetation for temporary agricultural use slash-and-burn in American English (ˈslæʃˈən bɜrn) adjective 1. of or having to do with a type of primitive forest agriculture in which fields are cleared by cutting down and burning vegetation 2. extremely destructive in an indiscriminate way |
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