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单词 overbrowse
释义

overbrowse

English

Etymology

over- + browse

Verb

overbrowse (third-person singular simple present overbrowses, present participle overbrowsing, simple past and past participle overbrowsed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To browse (eat vegetation) too much, to the detriment of the environment.
    • 1995, David B Rockwell, Glacier National Park: a natural history guide
      As their numbers peak, the hares begin to overbrowse aspen and other plants.
    • 1999, Allan Savory, Jody Butterfield, Holistic management: a new framework for decision making
      The few elephants that remained continued to overbrowse the trees, now ripping the bark off them as well and speeding their demise.

See also

  • overgraze
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