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forest/ˈfɒrist/ n. & v.●n. 1a (often 常作 attrib.) a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth 森林地带，林区 b the trees growing in it 森林 c a large number or dense mass of vertical objects 大量(或密集)的直立物体，林立之物 a forest of masts 帆樯林立 2 a district formerly a forest but now cultivated 已耕种的前林地 Sherwood Forest 舍伍德林区 3 Brit. hist. a woodland area usu. owned by the sovereign, kept for hunting, and having its own laws [英史义]御猎场；御林 ●v. tr. 1 plant with trees 植林于 2 convert into a forest 使成为森林 [Middle English via Old French and Late Latin forestis silva ‘wood outside the walls of a park’ from Latin foris ‘outside’] |