| 单词 | forest |
| 释义 | forest —forestal, forestial /feuh res"cheuhl/, adj. —forested, adj. —forestless, adj. —forestlike, adj. /fawr"ist, for"-/, n. 1. a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland. 2. the trees on such a tract: to cut down a forest. 3. a tract of wooded grounds in England formerly belonging to the sovereign and set apart for game. 4. a thick cluster of vertical objects: a forest of church spires. v.t. 5. to supply or cover with trees; convert into a forest. [1250-1300; ME < OF < LL forestis (silva) an unenclosed wood (as opposed to a park), deriv. of L foris outside. Cf. FOREIGN] Syn. 1. FOREST, GROVE, WOOD refer to an area covered with trees. A FOREST is an extensive area, preserving some or all of its primitive wildness and usually having game or wild animals in it: Sherwood Forest; the Black Forest. A GROVE is a group or cluster of trees, usually not very large in area and cleared of underbrush. It is usually tended or cultivated: a shady grove; a grove of pines; an orange grove; a walnut grove. WOODS (or a WOOD) resembles a forest but is a smaller tract of land, less wild in character, and generally closer to civilization: lost in the woods; a wood covering several acres. |
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