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- 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.英国和欧洲有很大一部分土地为森林所覆盖。
1.1
- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
派生词
forestation
noun词源
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）.