forest ♦︎ wood ♦︎ jungle ♦︎ woodland ♦︎ rainforest ♦︎ plantationThese words all mean an area of land that is covered with trees.这些词均表示树林、林地、林区。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in a forest / a wood / the jungle / woodland / the rainforest / a plantation◆(a) dense forest / wood / jungle / woodland◆tropical forest / jungle / rainforest■forest [countable, uncountable] a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees森林;密林◆The species is found in both coniferous and deciduous forests.针叶林和落叶林里均可见此物种。◆One careless match can start a forest fire.漫不经心地扔一根火柴就有可能引发一场森林火灾。◆Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year.每年都有几千公顷的森林遭到破坏。■wood [countable] ( woods [plural]) an area of trees that is smaller than a forest, and often with more space between the trees than in a forest树林;林地◆We descended through an oak wood to the village below.我们穿过一片橡树林,来到下面的村子。◆She went for a walk in the woods.她去树林中散步了。ⓘ In American English woods [plural] is usually used, except in literature.美式英语中,除了在文学作品里,通常用复数形式的woods。■jungle [countable, uncountable] an area of tropical forest where trees and plants grow very thickly(热带)丛林,密林◆The plant originates from the jungles of South-East Asia.这种植物源自东南亚的热带丛林。◆We trekked for miles through dense jungle.我们在浓密的丛林里跋涉了几英里。■woodland [uncountable, countable] ( woodlands [plural]) an area of land that is covered with trees树林;林地;林区◆The house is fringed by fields and woodland.房子周围是田地和树林。◆These ancient woodlands are under threat from new road developments.这些原始林区受到新修道路的威胁。■rainforestˈreɪnfɒrɪst; NAmEˈreɪnfɔːrɪst, ˈreɪnfɑːrɪst [countable, uncountable] a thick forest in parts of the world that have a lot of rain, especially in tropical countries(热带)雨林◆The Amazon rainforest is home to 30% of all known plant and animal species.所有已知的动植物物种中有30%见于亚马孙雨林。NOTE辨析 Jungle or rainforest?A rainforest is an environment that has taken millions of years to reach its present state, so that the sizes and types of plants in it do not change any more. Not all rainforests are in tropical parts of the world. A jungle can be any tropical place where plants grow so much that it is difficult to move through. * rainforest指一种环境,它历经数百万年才达到目前的状态,其植物的大小和种类不会再发生变化。rainforest并非都位于热带地区。jungle可指热带地区中任何植被浓密、难以通行的地方。■plantationplɑːnˈteɪʃn; NAmEplænˈteɪʃn [countable] a large area of land that is planted with trees to produce wood木材林地;人造林◆Most of these conifer plantations will be felled over the next 10 years.这些人造针叶林大多在接下来的10年里会被砍伐。
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