forest 音標拼音: [f'ɔrəst] [f'ɔrɪst]
n . 森林,林木
vt . 植樹于
森林,林木植樹於
forest 資料林
forest n 1 :
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area [
synonym : {
forest }, {
wood }, {
woods }]
2 :
land that is covered with trees and shrubs [
synonym : {
forest },
{
woodland }, {
timberland }, {
timber }]
v 1 :
establish a forest on previously unforested land ; "
afforest the mountains " [
synonym : {
afforest }, {
forest }]
Forest \
For "
est \,
n . [
OF .
forest ,
F .
for [^
e ]
t ,
LL .
forestis ,
also ,
forestus ,
forestum ,
foresta ,
prop .,
open ground reserved for the chase ,
fr .
L .
foris ,
foras ,
out of doors ,
abroad .
See {
Foreign }.]
1 .
An extensive wood ;
a large tract of land covered with trees ;
in the United States ,
a wood of native growth ,
or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Eng .
Law )
A large extent or precinct of country ,
generally waste and woody ,
belonging to the sovereign ,
set apart for the keeping of game for his use ,
not inclosed ,
but distinguished by certain limits ,
and protected by certain laws ,
courts ,
and officers of its own . --
Burrill .
[
1913 Webster ]
Forest \
For "
est \,
a .
Of or pertaining to a forest ;
sylvan .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Forest fly }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
One of numerous species of blood -
sucking flies ,
of the family {
Tabanid [
ae ]},
which attack both men and beasts .
See {
Horse fly }.
(
b )
A fly of the genus {
Hippobosca },
esp . {
H .
equina }.
See {
Horse tick }.
{
Forest glade },
a grassy space in a forest . --
Thomson .
{
Forest laws },
laws for the protection of game ,
preservation of timber ,
etc .,
in forests .
{
Forest tree },
a tree of the forest ,
especially a timber tree ,
as distinguished from a {
fruit tree }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Forest \
For "
est \,
v .
t .
To cover with trees or wood .
[
1913 Webster ]
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "
forest ":
afforestation ,
afforestational ,
arboreous ,
arboretum ,
back country ,
backwoods ,
bed ,
boondock ,
boondocks ,
borderland ,
bosky ,
braky ,
broadcast ,
brush ,
bush ,
bush country ,
bushveld ,
bushy ,
chase ,
climax forest ,
cloud forest ,
coppice ,
copse ,
copsy ,
dendrologic ,
dendrology ,
dibble ,
disseminate ,
drill ,
forest land ,
forest preserve ,
forestal ,
forested ,
forestry ,
forests ,
fringing forest ,
frontier ,
gallery forest ,
greenwood ,
grove ,
hanger ,
hinterland ,
implant ,
index forest ,
inseminate ,
jungle ,
jungles ,
national forest ,
outback ,
outpost ,
palmetto barrens ,
park ,
park forest ,
pine barrens ,
plant ,
pot ,
primeval forest ,
protection forest ,
put in ,
rain forest ,
reforest ,
reforestation ,
reforestational ,
reset ,
retimber ,
scatter seed ,
scrub ,
scrubby ,
scrubland ,
seed ,
seed down ,
selection forest ,
seminate ,
set ,
shrubby ,
shrubland ,
silvicultural ,
silviculture ,
sow ,
sow broadcast ,
sprout forest ,
stand of timber ,
state forest ,
sylvan ,
the bush ,
thicket ,
timber ,
timbered ,
timberland ,
timbers ,
transplant ,
tree veld ,
uninhabited region ,
up -
country ,
virgin forest ,
virgin land ,
virgin territory ,
wasteland ,
weald ,
wild West ,
wilderness ,
wilds ,
wildwood ,
wood ,
wooded ,
woodland ,
woodlands ,
woods ,
woodsy ,
woody Forest Heb .
ya '
ar ,
meaning a dense wood ,
from its luxuriance .
Thus all the great primeval forests of Syria (
Eccl .
2 :
6 ;
Isa .
44 :
14 ;
Jer .
5 :
6 ;
Micah 5 :
8 ).
The most extensive was the trans -
Jordanic forest of Ephraim (
2 Sam .
18 :
6 ,
8 ;
Josh .
17 :
15 ,
18 ),
which is probably the same as the wood of Ephratah (
Ps .
132 :
6 ),
some part of the great forest of Gilead .
It was in this forest that Absalom was slain by Joab .
David withdrew to the forest of Hareth in the mountains of Judah to avoid the fury of Saul (
1 Sam .
22 :
5 ).
We read also of the forest of Bethel (
2 Kings 2 :
23 ,
24 ),
and of that which the Israelites passed in their pursuit of the Philistines (
1 Sam .
14 :
25 ),
and of the forest of the cedars of Lebanon (
1 Kings 4 :
33 ;
2 Kings 19 :
23 ;
Hos .
14 :
5 ,
6 ).
"
The house of the forest of Lebanon (
1 Kings 7 :
2 ;
10 :
17 ;
2 Chr .
9 :
16 )
was probably Solomon '
s armoury ,
and was so called because the wood of its many pillars came from Lebanon ,
and they had the appearance of a forest . (
See {
BAALBEC }.)
Heb .
horesh ,
denoting a thicket of trees ,
underwood ,
jungle ,
bushes ,
or trees entangled ,
and therefore affording a safe hiding -
place .
place .
This word is rendered "
forest "
only in 2 Chr .
27 :
4 .
It is also rendered "
wood ",
the "
wood "
in the "
wilderness of Ziph ,"
in which david concealed himself (
1 Sam .
23 :
15 ),
which lay south -
east of Hebron .
In Isa .
17 :
19 this word is in Authorized Version rendered incorrectly "
bough ."
Heb .
pardes ,
meaning an enclosed garden or plantation .
Asaph is (
Neh .
2 :
8 )
called the "
keeper of the king '
s forest ."
The same Hebrew word is used Eccl .
2 :
5 ,
where it is rendered in the plural "
orchards " (
R .
V ., "
parks "),
and Cant .
4 :
13 ,
rendered "
orchard " (
R .
V .
marg ., "
a paradise ").
"
The forest of the vintage " (
Zech .
11 :
2 , "
inaccessible forest ,"
or R .
V . "
strong forest ")
is probably a figurative allusion to Jerusalem ,
or the verse may simply point to the devastation of the region referred to .
The forest is an image of unfruitfulness as contrasted with a cultivated field (
Isa .
29 :
17 ;
32 :
15 ;
Jer .
26 :
18 ;
Hos .
2 :
12 ).
Isaiah (
10 :
19 ,
33 ,
34 )
likens the Assyrian host under Sennacherib (
q .
v .)
to the trees of some huge forest ,
to be suddenly cut down by an unseen stroke .
FOREST .
By the English law ,
a forest is a circuit of ground properly under the king '
s protection ,
for the peaceable living and abiding of beasts of hunting and the chase ,
and distinguished not only by having bounds and privileges ,
but also by having courts and offices .
12 do .
22 .
The signification of forest in the United States is the popular one of an extensive piece of woodland .
Vide Purlieu .
Forest ,
OH --
U .
S .
village in Ohio Population (
2000 ):
1488 Housing Units (
2000 ):
644 Land area (
2000 ):
1 .
187175 sq .
miles (
3 .
074768 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
000000 sq .
miles (
0 .
000000 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
1 .
187175 sq .
miles (
3 .
074768 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
27636 Located within :
Ohio (
OH ),
FIPS 39 Location :
40 .
800818 N ,
83 .
512403 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Forest ,
OH Forest
Forest ,
LA --
U .
S .
village in Louisiana Population (
2000 ):
275 Housing Units (
2000 ):
108 Land area (
2000 ):
1 .
662025 sq .
miles (
4 .
304624 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
000000 sq .
miles (
0 .
000000 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
1 .
662025 sq .
miles (
4 .
304624 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
26350 Located within :
Louisiana (
LA ),
FIPS 22 Location :
32 .
791594 N ,
91 .
411978 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Forest ,
LA Forest
Forest ,
VA --
U .
S .
Census Designated Place in Virginia Population (
2000 ):
8006 Housing Units (
2000 ):
3294 Land area (
2000 ):
14 .
613938 sq .
miles (
37 .
849924 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
085611 sq .
miles (
0 .
221732 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
14 .
699549 sq .
miles (
38 .
071656 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
28688 Located within :
Virginia (
VA ),
FIPS 51 Location :
37 .
370723 N ,
79 .
266801 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
24551 Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Forest ,
VA Forest
Forest ,
MS --
U .
S .
city in Mississippi Population (
2000 ):
5987 Housing Units (
2000 ):
2257 Land area (
2000 ):
13 .
014636 sq .
miles (
33 .
707750 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
020073 sq .
miles (
0 .
051990 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
13 .
034709 sq .
miles (
33 .
759740 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
25340 Located within :
Mississippi (
MS ),
FIPS 28 Location :
32 .
363627 N ,
89 .
475348 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
39074 Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Forest ,
MS Forest
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