垦荒 meaning in English
reclaim wasteland; bring wasteland under cultivation; open up virgin soil; land reclamation
◇垦荒队 land reclamation team
Examples
- An analysis of reclamation trend in the early qing dynasty from the view point of kangxi to qianlong cultivation and reclamation policies
从康雍乾垦殖政策看中国清前期垦荒发展趋势 - Communities of mankind , with a special reference to the new england which they were here planting in the wilderness . and , as he drew
他所讲的主题音乐是上帝与人类社会的关系，尤指他们在这里垦荒播种的新英格兰。 - The reclamation act of 1902 provided for the use of receipts from land sales in the arid states to finance the construction of reservoirs and irrigation works
1902年的垦荒法规定，用土壤贫瘠地带的各州出售土地的款项为建造水库和灌溉工程提供资金。