swidden

n. ( 割除和烧除植被后开出的) 临时性农田

发音

US /ˈswɪdn̩/

词形变化

swiddens 复数 swiddens swiddened swiddening swiddens 三单 swiddening 现在分词 swiddened 过去式 swiddened 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.

v.
  1. 1.

    To clear an area of land by cutting and burning.

词源

Possibly from a dialectal form *swiden of Middle English swithen, past participle of Middle English swithen (“to burn, scorch, singe”), from Old Norse svíða (“to singe, burn”). Compare also Old Norse sviðinn (“burnt, singed”, past participle). Alternatively, from Old Norse sviðna (“to be burned”) or Old High German swedan (“to be burned”). Either way, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną. First attested in 1868. If their respective theories align, then a distant cognate of German Schwyz, hence Swiss.

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