defoliate /.dk'fauliext; dffolit/ vt [VP6A] destroy the leaves of: 毀去…的金： forests ~》 by chemical means. 用化學(xué)方法除去樹葉的森林。 defoliation /,di: faoli'eifn; di/oli'efan/ n defoliant / (diz'fauliant; di'foliant/ n chemical used, eg by spraying, on vegetation to destroy the leaves. 用以毀去草木之葉的化學(xué)藥品 (例如噴射劑)。