Word · Frequency #8864
moss
苔藓
核心释义
a small green plant that grows in soft dense clumps on the ground, trees, stones, etc.
- 1.
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
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).
- 2.
小型有叶茎的无花植物
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
- 3.
这种植物的种类或品种
A kind or species of such plants.
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
用法In use
The north side of the old wall is covered with soft green moss.
用法提示：moss 为不可数名词，指覆盖墙面的绿色苔藓植物。
We walked carefully over the moss on the wet forest floor.
用法提示：moss 为不可数名词，指林地表面生长的一层苔藓。
This garden contains several rare mosses that grow only in cool, shady spots.
用法提示：mosses 为可数名词复数，指不同种类的苔藓植物。
moss grows on sth
泛指苔藓时 moss 不可数，谓语动词用单数。
Moss grows on damp rocks and the bark of old trees.
苔藓生长在潮湿的岩石和古树的树皮上。
be covered with/in moss
with 和 in 都可以用；be covered with moss 更强调表面被覆盖的状态。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- moss-covered
- 长满苔藓的
- We rested on the cool, moss-covered stones.我们在凉爽的、长满苔藓的石头上休息。
- moss grows
- 苔藓生长
- Moss grows best in damp, shaded places.苔藓最适合在潮湿阴凉的地方生长。
- a bed of moss
- 一层苔藓
- The forest floor was carpeted with a thick bed of moss.林地上铺着厚厚的一层苔藓。
- covered in moss
- 被苔藓覆盖
- The garden wall was completely covered in moss.花园的墙完全被苔藓覆盖了。
- moss and lichen
- 苔藓和地衣
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
复数 mosses 通常指不同种类或某一类苔藓植物。
用法优先级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。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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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