rainforest
A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry seasonA forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
» Rainforests should be preserved.
Die Regenwälder müssen geschützt werden.
Тропические леса должны быть сохранены.
Тропічні ліси повинні бути збережені.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
Regenwald
дождево́й лесdoždevój les, се́льваsélʹva
дощовий лісdoščovyj lis
a forest with heavy annual rainfall
Examples
61 sentencesRainforests should be preserved.
Тропічні ліси повинні бути збережені. — rmdas
ruТропические леса должны быть сохранены. — odexed
deDie Regenwälder müssen geschützt werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We must protect the rainforest.
Ми мусимо захистити дощовий ліс. — pinaxe
ruМы должны защитить тропический лес. — odexed
deWir müssen den Regenwald schützen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Each year, twenty-seven million acres of the tropical rainforests are destroyed.
deJedes Jahr werden zehn Millionen Hektar tropischer Regenwald zerstört. — Zaghawa
Rainforests provide the earth with many benefits.
The rainforests are disappearing at the rate of tens of thousands of hectares a day.
ruТропические леса исчезают со скоростью нескольких десятков тысяч гектаров в день. — Biga
Translations
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Origin
From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald.From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald.
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Forms
plural: rainforestsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a forest with heavy annual rainfall:rain forest
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable