forest
forest
noun
forestation
noun
语源
noun
- a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth
森林
a pine forest.
松树林。
[mass noun]much of Britain and Europe was covered with forest.
英国和欧洲有很大部分被森林覆盖。
■a large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects
大量；林立；丛
a forest of connecting wires.
密密层层的连接线。
■[as modifier][in place names]denoting an area that was formerly a royal forest
福里斯特（表示原为皇家林地）
Waltham Forest.
沃尔瑟姆福里斯特。
■(historical)an area, typically owned by the sovereign and partly wooded, kept for hunting and having its own laws
(史)御猎场
- [with obj.][usu. as adj. forested]cover (land) with forest; plant with trees
被森林覆盖，植林于
a forested area.
森林覆盖地区。
forestation
noun
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'wooded area kept for hunting', also denoting any uncultivated land): via Old French from late Latin forestis (silva) , literally ('wood) outside' from Latin foris 'outside' (see foreign)
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