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单词 forester
释义

forester

/ˈfɒrɪstə /
noun
1A person in charge of a forest or skilled in planting, managing, or caring for trees.Without trained foresters to mark the trees that should be cut, oversee the cutting, and develop plans to protect forests from fires and pilfering, sustained yield and preservation were impossible....
  • Last week, our foresters and contractors planted 12,700 pine seedlings on land burned by the Blodgett Canyon Fire in 2000.
  • In 1994, Global ReLeaf helped local foresters in central Minnesota plant 13,000 white pine seedlings.
2chiefly archaic A person or animal living in a forest.
3A small day-flying moth with metallic green forewings and a greenish-bronze body.
  • Genus Adscita, family Zygaenidae: several species.
As the corn ripens and promises another fruitful harvest, so the foresters and their nymphs go off to consummate their love and, presumably, to eventually produce a harvest of their own.
4Australian The eastern grey kangaroo. See grey kangaroo.
5 (Forester) British A member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, a friendly society.David Green quotes from the rules of the Ancient Order Of Foresters....
  • Barman Charlie Tutty, of the Foresters, said: ‘It's quite funny seeing them.’
  • Last year 38-year-old Katrina Kent made her debut in the London Marathon and raised more than £1, 300 for The Foresters ' Fund for Children.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French forestier, from forest (see forest).

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