afforest
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
16世纪起可考。源自中世紀拉丁語 afforēstō,源自拉丁語 ad (“向”) + forēsta (“森林”)。
发音[编辑]
动词[编辑]
afforest (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 afforests,現在分詞 afforesting,一般過去時及過去分詞 afforested)
- (及物) 绿化,使...变成森林
- After we leave the quarry, we intend to afforest the land and turn it into a nature reserve.
- 我们离开采石场后,打算把那片地绿化成森林,变成自然保护区。
- 1901 6月 7, G. H. Davies, “Rain-making”, 出自 The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], 卷 4, 期 7,頁號 195:
- It is probably impossible to afforest quickly any real desert.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
用法说明[编辑]
“afforest”曾意指将林地纳入森林法下,使其变成狩猎场。但现在一般指为了经济开发目的。
近义词[编辑]
- (使变成森林): forest
反义词[编辑]
- (使变成森林): deafforest、deforest
衍生词汇[编辑]
参考资料[编辑]
- 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988
- “Afforest, v.”, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989
- “afforest”, Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present