forest

英 [ˈfɒrɪst]

美 [ˈfɔːrɪst]

n. 森林; 林区; (森林似的)一丛，一片

复数：forests　现在分词：foresting　过去式：forested　第三人称单数：forests　过去分词：forested　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1108 / COCA.1108

习惯用语

not see the forest for the trees

noun

森林；林区
a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees
1. a tropical forest
  热带森林
2. a forest fire
  森林火灾
3. Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year.
  每年都有几千公顷的森林遭到破坏。
（森林似的）一丛，一片
a mass of tall narrow objects that are close together
1. a forest of television aerials
  林立的电视天线

N-VAR 森林;树林
Aforestis a large area where trees grow close together.
1. Parts of the forest are still dense and inaccessible.
  森林的一些部分仍然很茂密，人迹罕至。
2. ...25 million hectares of forest.
  2,500 万公顷的森林
N-COUNT 林立;大量耸立
Aforestof tall or narrow objects is a group of them standing or sticking upright.
1. They descended from the plane into a forest of microphones and cameras.
  他们从飞机上走下来，迎接他们的是数不清的麦克风和照相机。

noun

verb

establish a forest on previously unforested land
1. afforest the mountains
Synonym:afforest

After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve
诺曼征服之后，这片森林成为了皇家狩猎区。
Logging companies would have to leave a central area of the forest before the end of the year.
伐木公司可能要在年底前把森林的一处中心地带留出来。
The fire had been put down before it took the forest.
火在蔓延到森林前就被扑灭了。
He got lost in the mountain forest.
他在山林里迷了路。
Work songs broke the silence of the forest.
一阵阵号子声，打破了森林的寂静。
They descended from the plane into a forest of microphones and cameras.
他们从飞机上走下来，迎接他们的是数不清的麦克风和照相机。
They used axes to clear a path through the forest.
他们用斧子开辟出一条穿过森林的小道。
That's really quite a forest.
那片林子可大了去了。
The hut was constructed from trees that grew in the nearby forest.
这棚屋是用附近森林里长的树木建造的。
Police and the villagers all unanimously ascribed the forest fire to thunder and lightning.
警方和村民一致把森林失火归因于雷电。