rainforests

英 [ˈreɪnˌfɒrɪsts]

美 [ˈraɪnˌfɔrəsts]

n.  (热带)雨林
rainforest的复数

柯林斯词典

in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 rain forest


• N-VAR 热带雨林
  Arainforestis a thick forest of tall trees which is found in tropical areas where there is a lot of rain.
  1. There is worldwide concern about the destruction of the rainforests.
     全世界都在关注热带雨林遭到破坏的问题。
  2. ...a vast area of tropical rainforest.
     广阔的热带雨林

双语例句

• Moreover, for many of these countries, the valuable timber and other resources found in the rainforests are also a very important source of foreign exchange, which they badly need to pay off their foreign debts and purchase foreign equipment and other goods.
  况且，对这些国家中的有些国家来说，热带雨林中的珍贵木材和其他资源也是他们所急需换取外汇的很重要的资源，以便用来偿还外债和用来购买外国的设备和其他物资。
• The tropical rainforests and the Weddell Sea may, as it were, be polar opposites as habitats.
  热带雨林和威德尔海也许可以说是两个截然相反的栖息地。
• The rainforests of Brazil's Atlantic coast are the world's richest in terms of biodiversity.
  从生物多样性的角度来看，巴西大西洋沿岸的热带雨林是世界上物种最丰富的地区。
• Environmentalists point to the alarming statistic that coral reefs are declining five times faster than the rainforests.
  环保人士以惊人的统计指出，珊瑚礁正以热带雨林五倍的速度锐减。
• Fewer students responded that rainforests provide plant habitats, and even fewer mentioned the indigenous populations of rainforests.
  少部分学生回答雨林提供给植物生存地的人少一些，提到雨林本土土著的人就更少了。
• There is worldwide concern about the destruction of the rainforests.
  全世界都在关注热带雨林遭到破坏的问题。
• Tropical rainforests have the most varied assemblage of plants in the world.
  热带雨林集聚了世界上种类最繁多的植物。
• The countries in which the rainforests are located are all quite poor and overpopulated.
  地处于热带雨林的那些国家都相当贫穷而且人口都相当过剩。
• The entire species will be exterminated unless the destruction of the rainforests is halted.
  如果对雨林的毁坏不停止的话，整个物种都将灭绝。
• Olympic National Park in Washington, with glacier-capped mountains and temperate rainforests;
  华盛顿州的奥林匹克国家公园，具有冰山覆盖过的山脉和温带雨林；