swidden
swidden
[ˈswɪd(ə)n]
noun
[ˈswɪd(ə)n]
noun
- an area of land cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning vegetation
（割除和烧除植被后开出的）农田
■[mass noun]the method of clearing land in this way
割烧植被开垦农田的方法
the practice of swidden.
割除烧去植被开垦农田的习俗。
- [with obj.]clear (land) by slashing and burning vegetation
（通过割烧植被）开垦（土地）
- late 18th cent. (as a verb, originally dialect): variant of dialect swithen 'to burn'
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