• vt. 植樹于，使成為森林
• n. 森林
• n. (Forest)人名；(法)福雷；(英、西)福雷斯特

詞源有爭議。一種觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為來自拉丁短語forestem silvam, 城外樹林，皇家游獵場，forestem, 外面的，詞源同foreign, silvam, 林地，詞源同sylvan. 另一種觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為來自PIE*perkwu, 橡樹，橡樹林，詞源同fir.

forest

forest: [13] The underlying sense of forest appears to be ‘outside wooded area’. It comes from the late Latin phrase forestis silva (Latin silva means ‘wood’), which was applied to the royal forests of Charlemagne. The adjective forestis (which became the Old French noun forest) was probably a derivative of Latin forīs ‘outdoor, outside’, which, like forās (source of English foreign), was related to Latin forēs ‘door’. In this context, ‘outside’ presumably meant ‘beyond the main or central fenced area of woodland’.
=> door, foreign, forfeit

forest (n.)

late 13c., "extensive tree-covered district," especially one set aside for royal hunting and under the protection of the king, from Old French forest "forest, wood, woodland" (Modern French forêt), probably ultimately from Late Latin/Medieval Latin forestem silvam "the outside woods," a term from the Capitularies of Charlemagne denoting "the royal forest." This word comes to Medieval Latin, perhaps via a Germanic source akin to Old High German forst, from Latin foris "outside" (see foreign). If so, the sense is "beyond the park," the park (Latin parcus; see park (n.)) being the main or central fenced woodland.

Another theory traces it through Medieval Latin forestis, originally "forest preserve, game preserve," from Latin forum in legal sense "court, judgment;" in other words "land subject to a ban" [Buck]. Replaced Old English wudu (see wood (n.)). Spanish and Portuguese floresta have been influenced by flor "flower."

forest (v.)

"cover with trees or woods," 1818 (forested is attested from 1610s), from forest (n.).

1. The dampness of the forest did not agree with him physically.

他的身體不能適應(yīng)森林的潮濕。

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2. After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve.

諾曼征服之后，這片森林成為了皇家狩獵區(qū)。

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3. Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was an effort.

在森林中徒步旅行時，即便帶的是便攜式攝像機(jī)也非常費(fèi)力。

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4. The Philippines has just 6,000 square kilometres of forest left.

菲律賓只剩下6,000平方公里的森林了。

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5. The forest was dark and silent, haunted by shadows and unseen presences.

這個森林黑暗寂靜，經(jīng)常有幽靈和看不見的鬼怪出沒。

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