defoliate
英 [di?'f??l?e?t]
美 [,di'fol?et]
英文詞源
- defoliate (v.)
- 1793, perhaps a back-formation from defoliation. Earlier in this sense was defoil (c. 1600). Related: Defoliated; defoliating.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The tree is leafless [ defoliate ] .
- 這棵樹(shù) 禿 了.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Dioxin was the ingredient in Agent Orange, used to defoliate Vietnam.
- 越南戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上用于毀滅林區(qū)的“橙劑”，其成分是二氧雜芑。
來(lái)自辭典例句