汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 開墾
開墾 (开垦)
to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow
把荒地开辟成可以种植的土地~山地。
() kāi () kěn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他们开垦荒地。

They reclaimed wasteland.

这一带的土地从未开垦过。

The land around here has never been cultivated.

我们开垦了几百亩土地。

We opened up several hundred mu of land.

这块土地被拓荒者开垦了。

The land was cleared by the pioneers.

王士俊作为这一开垦案的主要责任人,在开垦中扮演了主要角色。

Wangshijun as a main actor played a key role in the reclamation.

他们在后院开垦了一块菜地。

They dug up a vegetable plot in their backyard.

农民们开垦了这个肥沃的山谷。

Farmers worked the fertile valleys.

她还开垦了一个自己的小花园。

She also cultivated a small garden of her own.

人们继续开垦土地,1590年到1665年之间,几乎有10万公顷的土地是从荷兰、泽兰和弗里斯兰的湿地开垦而来。

Land reclamation continued, and between 1590 and 1665, almost 100,000 hectares were reclaimed from the wetland areas of Holland, Zeeland, and Friesland.

它会出钱雇农民开垦这块低矮丛林来种植麦子。

It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.