denude
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++de·nude /dɪˈnjuːd $ dɪˈnuːd/ verb [transitive] formal 1 REMOVEto remove the plants and trees that cover an area of land 〔除去草木〕使裸露，使光秃 a hillside denuded in a fire 被一场火烧得光秃秃的山坡2 to take something away from someone or something 剥夺，夺去denude somebody/something of something The fact that people have left farm work has denuded many villages of their working populations. 人们脱离农业生产，使得许多村庄失去了劳动人口。 —denudation /ˌdiːnjuːˈdeɪʃən $ -nuː-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
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denude• The price of coal and kerosene is rising rapidly, and the forests are being denuded.• Successful cloning of the cactus could be used for revegetation of desert denuded by fire or development.• The next day we were taken to visit a Kabari camel herd out in those wild and lovely but denuded hills.• The area to be denuded is first waxed, after which the laser goes into the follicles to destroy them.• Local government will correspondingly be denuded of services accepted by local authorities in other systems.• They were unclothed and denuded of their wigs.• While ploughs are clearing land, expanding livestock populations are denuding the land of vegetation.de·nude verbChineseSyllable
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de‧nude /dɪˈnjuːd $ dɪˈnuːd/
verb [transitive usually passive] formal
1. to remove the plants and trees that cover an area of land:
a hillside denuded in a fire
2. to take something away from someone or something
denude somebody/something of something
The fact that people have left farm work has denuded many villages of their working populations.
—denudation /ˌdiːnjuːˈdeɪʃən $ -nuː-/ noun [uncountable]
de‧nude /dɪˈnjuːd $ dɪˈnuːd/
verb [transitive usually passive] formal1. to remove the plants and trees that cover an area of land:
2. to take something away from someone or something
denude somebody/something of something
—denudation /ˌdiːnjuːˈdeɪʃən $ -nuː-/ noun [uncountable]