Word · Frequency #8864
moss
/mɔs/
noun
苔藓
a small green plant that grows in soft dense clumps on the ground, trees, stones, etc.
- 1.
Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
各种小型绿色无种子植物,生长在地面或树木、石头等表面;现特指苔藓植物门的植物
- 2.
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
小型有叶茎的无花植物
- 3.
A kind or species of such plants.
这种植物的种类或品种
苔藓种类;苔藓的一种;各种小型绿色无种子植物,生长在地面或树木、石头等表面;现特指苔藓植物门的植物;小型有叶茎的无花植物;这种植物的种类或品种;泥沼
In use
The north side of the old wall is covered with soft green moss.
We walked carefully over the moss on the wet forest floor.
This garden contains several rare mosses that grow only in cool, shady spots.
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Grammar Note
复数 mosses 通常指不同种类或某一类苔藓植物。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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