名詞 moss:

1. tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

1. Moss affects the northern slopes.
   朝北的山坡易生苔。
2. The protective cap or hood covering the spore case of a moss or related plant.
   蘚帽蓋在苔蘚或相關(guān)植物芽孢體上的保護(hù)帽或蓋子
3. He is found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.
   有人看見他枕著樹葉和苔蘚睡著了。
4. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
   滾石不生苔; 轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)不聚財(cái)。

moss

n.（名詞）

Any of various green, usually small, nonvascular plants of the class Musci of the division Bryophyta.
苔蘚：任一種苔蘚植物門苔蘚綱綠色植物，通常較小且無導(dǎo)管
A patch or covering of such plants.
蘚沼：一片長(zhǎng)滿此種植物的土地或覆蓋物
Any of various other unrelated plants having a similar appearance or manner of growth, such as the club moss, Irish moss, and Spanish moss.
苔蘚樣植物：任一種有著相似的外表和生長(zhǎng)方式的不相關(guān)植物，如石松、角叉菜和鐵蘭
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
mossed,moss.ing,moss.es
To cover with moss.
以苔蘚覆蓋

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English mos [bog]
源自 古英語 mos [沼澤]
and from Medieval Latin mossa [moss] [of Germanic origin]
并源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 mossa [苔] [源于日耳曼語]