forests

英 [ˈfɒrɪsts]

美 [ˈfɔrəsts]

n.  森林; 林区; (森林似的)一丛，一片
forest的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• I live on plains and deserts and in tropical rain forests and river valleys.
  我生活在草原、沙漠、热带雨林和河谷。
• Then we ascend steeply through forests of rhododendron.
  然后我们在杜鹃花丛中沿着陡坡向上爬。
• Forests have given place to tillage and pasture.
  原先的森林已被耕地和牧场所取代。
• Their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
  他们仅承诺维持现有森林面积，并不保证林区生物的多样性。
• The forests provide food and shelter for animals.
  森林为动物提供了食物和遮蔽处。
• They say loggers are destroying rain forests and trampling on the rights of natives
  他们说伐木工人正在毁坏雨林，践踏土著居民的权利。
• As a result of the rape of the forests, parts of the country are now short of water.
  由于森林遭到破坏，目前该国的部分地区水源短缺。
• Caesar marched north into the forests that border the Danube River.
  恺撒挥师北上，深入到多瑙河沿岸的森林地带。
• Forests vary greatly in composition from one part of the country to another.
  一个国家不同区域的森林在组成结构上存在很大的差异。
• The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk
  西非的大片森林面积已缩小了。