coniferous

/kəˈnɪfərəs/ (bre, ipa) · /kəˈnɪfərəs/ (ame, ipa) · /kō-ˈni-f(ə-)rəs kə-/ (ame, mw)

coniferous — 形容詞

  • coniferouspositive
  • more coniferouscomparative
  • most coniferoussuperlative

1. describing trees or shrubs that produce woody cones as seed containers and keep

1.形容詞B2
釋義

針葉樹的

長毬果、葉如針的常綠樹木

describing trees or shrubs that produce woody cones as seed containers and keep their narrow, needle-like leaves all year round; examples include pine, fir, spruce, and cedar.

例句

The trail wound through a dense grove of tall coniferous trees that blocked out most of the sunlight.

那條小徑穿過一片高大的針葉樹林，大部分的陽光都被擋住了。

collocation: coniferous trees

Vikram pointed to the coniferous sapling he had planted last spring, its needles already a rich dark green.

Vikram 指著他春天種下的那棵針葉樹苗，它的針葉已經長成濃郁的深綠色。

collocation: coniferous sapling

同義詞
  • evergreen

    broader in scope — includes non-cone-bearing trees and shrubs such as holly and rhododendron that also keep leaves year-round

  • cone-bearing

    more literal and less common in everyday use; describes the seed structure rather than the leaf type

反義詞
  • deciduous

    describes trees that shed all leaves at the end of the growing season, such as oak, maple, and birch

文法句型

coniferous + noun

用法筆記

Functions as a classifying (non-gradable) adjective in botanical descriptions. Do not use comparative forms such as *more coniferous* or *most coniferous* with this sense — a tree either belongs to this group or it does not.

常見錯誤

❌That pine tree is very coning.
✅That pine tree is coniferous.
💡'coniferous' is a fixed adjective describing the tree type; 'cone' is a noun, not a verb used this way in English.

2. describing a large area of land, especially a forest or woodland, where most of

2.形容詞B2
釋義

針葉林的

主要由針葉樹組成的森林

describing a large area of land, especially a forest or woodland, where most of the trees are of the cone-bearing, evergreen type.

例句

Northern Canada contains vast stretches of coniferous forest that stay covered in snow for half the year.

加拿大北部有大片廣闊的針葉林，一年中有一半的時間都覆蓋著白雪。

collocation: coniferous forest

The research team set up their camp at the edge of a coniferous woodland near the mountain range.

研究團隊在山脈附近的針葉林地邊緣搭起了營地。

collocation: coniferous woodland

同義詞
  • pine

    informal and narrower — often used by hikers and campers to mean 'coniferous forest area', e.g., 'We hiked into the pine country'

  • boreal

    restricted to the northern coniferous belt across Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia

文法句型

coniferous + noun

用法筆記

Most commonly used in geographical and ecological descriptions of boreal (northern) or mountainous regions. The related noun 'taiga' refers specifically to the northern coniferous forest biome but is rarer in everyday language.