forest

词源有争议。一种观点认为来自拉丁短语forestem silvam, 城外树林，皇家游猎场，forestem, 外面的，词源同foreign, silvam, 林地，词源同sylvan. 另一种观点认为来自PIE*perkwu, 橡树，橡树林，词源同fir.

forest

forest: [13] The underlying sense of forest appears to be ‘outside wooded area’. It comes from the late Latin phrase forestis silva (Latin silva means ‘wood’), which was applied to the royal forests of Charlemagne. The adjective forestis (which became the Old French noun forest) was probably a derivative of Latin forīs ‘outdoor, outside’, which, like forās (source of English foreign), was related to Latin forēs ‘door’. In this context, ‘outside’ presumably meant ‘beyond the main or central fenced area of woodland’.
=> door, foreign, forfeit

forest (n.)

late 13c., "extensive tree-covered district," especially one set aside for royal hunting and under the protection of the king, from Old French forest "forest, wood, woodland" (Modern French forêt), probably ultimately from Late Latin/Medieval Latin forestem silvam "the outside woods," a term from the Capitularies of Charlemagne denoting "the royal forest." This word comes to Medieval Latin, perhaps via a Germanic source akin to Old High German forst, from Latin foris "outside" (see foreign). If so, the sense is "beyond the park," the park (Latin parcus; see park (n.)) being the main or central fenced woodland.

Another theory traces it through Medieval Latin forestis, originally "forest preserve, game preserve," from Latin forum in legal sense "court, judgment;" in other words "land subject to a ban" [Buck]. Replaced Old English wudu (see wood (n.)). Spanish and Portuguese floresta have been influenced by flor "flower."

forest (v.)

"cover with trees or woods," 1818 (forested is attested from 1610s), from forest (n.).

1. The dampness of the forest did not agree with him physically.

他的身体不能适应森林的潮湿。

2. After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve.

诺曼征服之后，这片森林成为了皇家狩猎区。

3. Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was an effort.

在森林中徒步旅行时，即便带的是便携式摄像机也非常费力。

4. The Philippines has just 6,000 square kilometres of forest left.

菲律宾只剩下6,000平方公里的森林了。

5. The forest was dark and silent, haunted by shadows and unseen presences.

这个森林黑暗寂静，经常有幽灵和看不见的鬼怪出没。