overgraze
/oh-ver-greyz, oh-ver-greyz/US // ˌoʊ vərˈgreɪz, ˈoʊ vərˌgreɪz //UK // (ˌəʊvəˈɡreɪz) //
过度放牧,放牧过度,过度放养,过度开垦
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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o·ver·grazed, o·ver·graz·ing.
- : to graze to excess.
Examples
When overabundant, urchins can overgraze kelp forests, leaving behind “barrens.”
The settlers also built roads, cut trees, mined streams, overgrazed livestock and created flood-control and irrigation structures, all of which changed the plumbing of watersheds like Birch Creek’s.
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