Noun Fires destroyed acres of forest. the endless forest that the first European settlers encountered
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Noun
High temperatures also sparked forest fires throughout the province. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 The heavy rains are the latest in a series of catastrophes that Rehman said are exacerbated by climate change, including heatwaves, forest fires, and glacial lake outbursts. Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 The heavy rains are the latest in a series of catastrophes that Rehman said are exacerbated by climate change, including heatwaves, forest fires and glacial lake outbursts. Munir Ahmed, ajc, 29 Aug. 2022 As forest fires have destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of land in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, interest in the Guardian system has boomed.WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 The unprecedented heat wave that has engulfed China this summer has dried up rivers, wilted crops and sparked forest fires. Christian Shepherd, Ian Livingston, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 The unprecedented heat wave that has engulfed China this summer has dried up rivers, wilted crops and sparked forest fires. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Over the past 24 hours, a total of 118 forest fires have been registered in the country, according to the Algerian Civil Protection Unit. Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 Gibson is a member of Brigada Carcará, a volunteer organization working in alignment with the local municipal firefighting agencies to protect the environment through the prevention and control of forest fires. Judith Magyar, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
Verb
Acknowledging the benefits that cultural burning once offered to forest resilience, park officials have sought to bring low-intensity fire back to the landscape in the last 50 years. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022 There is little data on serious injuries to forest watchers in India, but the country has recorded at least 318 ranger deaths since 2012, according to the International Ranger Federation.New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022 These three trails have varied scenery from urban to forest to rural areas. John Pana, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022 Food production is responsible for major water quantity and quality problems, often requires herbicides and pesticides that endanger biodiversity, and engenders forest and wildland losses when lands are converted to agriculture. Alejandra Borunda, Environment, 27 Dec. 2021 Rights to forest land are contentious worldwide, with indigenous and local communities from Brazil to India pitted against government officials and hardline conservationists. Rina Chandran, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2021 At the same time, resistance to forest thinning by some environmental organizations was garnering public attention. Kathleen Ronayne, ajc, 9 Nov. 2021 In recent years forest fires in Alaska have broken records, burning more acreage, more intensely and for longer. Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021 To re-forest the hills blackened by the fire, the Camp Marston staff planted 40,000 pine seedlings donated by the California Department of Forestry.San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin forestis (silva) unenclosed (woodland), from Latin foris outside — more at forum
ADJECTIVE | ... OF FOREST | VERB + FOREST | FOREST + VERB | FOREST + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤dense, thick茂密的森林▸➤impenetrable無法通過的森林▸➤deep森林深處▸➤dark黑暗的森林▸➤native, natural天然林▸➤national國有林▸➤ancient, old, primeval, virgin古老的森林;年久的森林;原始林▸➤mature, old-growth成熟林;老齡林▸➤rain(usually rainforest) , tropical雨林;熱帶雨林▸➤coniferous, deciduous針葉林;落葉林▸➤hardwood硬木林▸➤beech, birch, pine, etc.山毛櫸林、樺樹林、松樹林等... OF FOREST➤stretch, tract一片森林◇a large stretch of virgin forest一大片原始林VERB + FOREST➤plant造林▸➤clear, cut down, destroy清除/砍伐/破壞森林◇Forest is being cleared to make way for new farming land.森林正被開墾成新的耕地。➤conserve, protect保護森林▸➤manage管理森林▸➤be covered by, be covered in被森林覆蓋◇Much of Europe was once covered in forest.歐洲的大部份地區曾經遍佈着森林。➤enter進入森林◇He warned her never to enter the forest at night.他警告她千萬不要在夜間到森林裏去。FOREST + VERB➤stretch森林綿延◇Thick forest stretched as far as the eye could see.茂密的森林一眼望不到邊。➤surround森林環繞◇the forest surrounding the village環繞着村莊的森林FOREST + NOUN➤tree林木▸➤floor死地被物▸➤canopy林冠層▸➤land有林地▸➤fire森林火災➤ranger護林員▸➤management森林經營PREPOSITION➤in a/the forest在森林裏◇They got lost in the forest.他們在森林裏迷了路。➤through a/the forest穿過森林◇We slashed our way through the dense forest.我們在密林中砍出一條路來。PHRASES➤the edge of the forest, the heart of the forest, the middle of the forest森林邊緣/深處/中間