forest

Compared meaning: an area of land covered with trees (noun).

比较义项：森林、树林（一片长满树木的地方）（名词）。

• forest 本词

  Refers to a large, often wild area densely covered with trees, big enough to get lost in; used for major natural landmarks and ecosystems.

  指大片、常常十分荒野的树木覆盖地区，大到可能让人迷路；常用于描述重要的自然地标和生态系统。

  The forest stretched for miles, and we saw no sign of another person all day.

  这片森林绵延数英里，我们一整天都没有看到其他人的踪迹。

• wood

  Refers to a smaller area of trees, often near a town or on a country walk; commonly called "the wood" or "the woods"; the word also names the material timber, a sense not compared here.

  指规模较小的一片树林，常靠近城镇或出现在乡间散步途中；常说成「the wood」或「the woods」；wood也可以指「木材」这种材料，此处不作比较。

  We took a shortcut through the wood at the edge of the village.

  我们抄近路穿过村庄边缘的那片树林。

Both words mean a place covered with trees. Forest is larger and often wilder; wood is smaller, often near a town. Wood can also mean 'timber', the material itself; that meaning is not compared here.

这两个词都指长满树木的地方，但forest指范围更大、常常更荒野的森林，wood指规模较小的树林。这里不比较wood表示「木材」的意思（如：他为壁炉劈了些木柴）。