单词 | moss-grown |
释义 | moss-grown (once / 9875 pages) adj WORD FAMILY moss-grown USAGE EXAMPLESWe were sitting on the lowest step of a high, square tomb, moss-grown and lichen-covered. Nesbit, E. (Edith), The Literary Sense(2012) The kitchens were on the other hand, and before her an opening flanked by tall heraldic beasts broke a low wall, built of moss-grown brick. Weyman, Stanley John, The Great House(2012) A moss-grown bank supplied a bed as comfortable as any spring mattress. Strang, Herbert, Held by Chinese Brigands(2012) 1adj overgrown with moss Syn mossy covered overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form 2adj (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned moss-grown ideas about family life Syn fogyish, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy unfashionable, unstylish not in accord with or not following current fashion |
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