开垦

• 拼音: kāi kěn
• 汉字拆解: 开 = to open; 垦 = to cultivate wasteland (土 earth as semantic component)

含义

To reclaim; to cultivate (wasteland); to bring under cultivation.

Refers to turning uncultivated land — wasteland, forests, marshes — into farmland. An important concept in agricultural history and development. Also used figuratively for pioneering new areas. Collocates with 荒地 (wasteland), 土地 (land), 农田 (farmland), 拓荒者 (pioneer).

例句

1. 早期移民在这片荒野上开垦土地，建立起最初的定居点。
2. 过度开垦导致水土流失严重，政府现在推行退耕还林政策。
3. 爷爷年轻时带着全家来到北大荒开垦，吃了很多苦。

用法指南

语境: agriculture, history, development

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这片农田是祖辈开垦出来的。(This farmland was reclaimed by our ancestors.)
• 开垦荒地需要大量的人力和时间。(Reclaiming wasteland requires a lot of manpower and time.)

错误说法

• 我开垦了一个新的电脑程序。(开垦 is for cultivating land — for developing software, use 开发)

起源与历史

开 (to open) + 垦 (to cultivate — 豸 component + 土 earth). To open up and cultivate land.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal