Confusing English Words – forest / jungle / wood / woods

بسیاری از کلمات وجود دارند که معنی یکسانی دارند، اما در واقع تعاریف و کاربردهای مختلفی دارند.
شما می خواهید درست صحبت کنید و از به کار بردن کلمات نادرست خودداری کنید، اما در مورد معنی دقیق و کاربرد هر کلمه کاملا مطمئن نیستید.
بعضی از زبان آموزان حتی به دلیل تردیدهایشان از به کار بردن کلمات خودداری می کنند!
هدف ما در این سری از پست ها روشن کردن رایج ترین کلمات گیج کننده در انگلیسی است.

forest / jungle / wood / woods

.All of these words refer to an area with lots of trees and other vegetation close together

.The word jungle refers to a tropical area (it can also be called a rain forest). The Amazon in Brazil is an example of a jungle

:In non-tropical areas, land filled with trees can be called the forest or the woods

.We went camping in the forest / in the woods
.The frightened fox ran across the parking lot and then disappeared into the forest/woods

:We usually say “the woods” – when it is necessary to use “a,” we typically use forest

.There is a large forest in the eastern part of the state
There is a large woods

:The word wood is used for the substance that comes from trees and is used in construction and to make furniture and other objects

.This table is made of wood
(A small wooden cross marked the burial site. (wooden is the adjective meaning made of wood

:”If we are talking about multiple pieces of wood, then we say “pieces of wood” and not “woods

.We gathered a few pieces of wood to start a fire
a few woods