[with obj.]convert (land) into forest, especially for commercial exploitation (尤指为商业开发而)在(土地)上造林 ■(Brit historical)bring (woodland) under the jurisdiction of forest law for the purpose of hunting (英 史)划(林地)为狩猎林区
派生 afforestation noun 语源
early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin afforestare, from ad- 'to' (expressing change) + foresta 'forest'