Forest

['fɒrɪst] or ['fɔrɪst]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area.

(noun.) land that is covered with trees and shrubs.

整理:莱昂内尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.

(n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.

(a.) Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.

(v. t.) To cover with trees or wood.

约瑟夫編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Wood (of large extent), woods, woodland, grove.

柏格編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a large uncultivated tract of land covered with trees and underwood: woody ground and rude pasture: a preserve for large game as a deer forest: a royal preserve for hunting governed by a special code called the Forest Law.—adj. pertaining to a forest: silvan: rustic.—v.t. to cover with trees.—n. For′estage an ancient service paid by foresters to the king: the right of foresters.—adjs. For′estal; For′est-born (Shak.) born in a wild.—ns. For′ester one who has charge of a forest: an inhabitant of a forest; For′est-fly a dipterous insect sometimes called Horse-fly from the annoyance it causes horses.—adj. For′estine.—ns. For′est-mar′ble a fissile limestone belonging to the middle division of the Jurassic System so called because the typical beds are found in Wychwood Forest Oxfordshire; For′est-oak the timber of the Australian beefwood trees; For′estry the art of cultivating forests; For′est-tree a timber-tree.

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