| 单词 | moss |
| 释义 | moss (once / 385 pages) n Moss is a small green plant that grows, carpet-like, across moist, shady areas. If you see a green furry rock as you hike in a forest, chances are that's moss. Moss forms mats and clumps in wooded spots, and it's unusual in the plant world for several reasons, including the fact that it has no seeds and no real roots. It reproduces through spores and absorbs water through its tiny leaves. Long ago, people used moss to insulate dwellings, but today it's primarily used in gardens. The Old English root is meos, closely related to mos, "bog," which is a damp area where moss might grow. WORD FAMILYmoss: mosses, mossy USAGE EXAMPLESI got to see George a little bit more after that because Kate Moss was neighbors with him. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Rachael Moss, a bereavement support midwife at Northampton General Hospital, said the little cots are a lifeline. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) It's harder to find anyone picking the Huskies than it is finding moss the southern side of stump. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) n tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants Hypo|Hyper acrocarp, acrocarpous moss a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule) pleurocarp, pleurocarpous mossa moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk bog moss, peat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum mossany of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat bryophyte, nonvascular plant any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta |
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