Zinc oxide nanostructure thin films were prepared on quartz slides via chemical vapour deposition(CVD). Various nanostructures such as nanorod, nanowires and surface-rough nanocubes, could be obtained under carefully tuning experimental conditions. The surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS) character of these films was investigated by using 4-mercaptopyridine(4-MPY) as the probing molecule.