firestick farming

短语

火耕

别名

fire-stick farming

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A traditional practice of the Aboriginal people of Australia whereby areas of bushland or other vegetation would be deliberately set on fire at various times in order to promote new growth.

    火耕

    不可数

词源

Coined by Welsh-Australian archaeologist Rhys Jones in "Fire-Stick Farming" (Australian Natural History, vol. 16, iss. 7, p. 224, September 1969).

来源：wiktionary