| 单词 | mossy |
| 释义 | mossy (once / 2261 pages) adj Anything covered with or resembling moss is mossy. A mossy rock can be pretty. Mossy teeth are never pretty. Moss tends to grow in a green carpet, especially in wooded or shady areas, so when you're walking through a forest you'll probably come upon mossy areas. Informally, you can also use this adjective to mean "old fashioned" or "dated." Your grandparents' conservative ideas about dating, for example, might be a little mossy. The word stems from an Old English root, meos, that's a close relation to mos, or "bog." WORD FAMILYmoss: mosses, mossy USAGE EXAMPLESIn Kyoto we visited otherworldly mossy temples and calming rock gardens. New York Times(Oct 14, 2016) They converted a dark warehouse into a park, with a Japanese maple tree growing on top of a mossy hill. New York Times(Oct 07, 2016) Men’s felt fedoras come in red, purple, rust and mossy green and men’s casual shoes in purple or green nubuck. Wall Street Journal(Sep 28, 2016) 1adj overgrown with moss Syn moss-grown 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 Syn fogyish, moss-grown, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy unfashionable, unstylish not in accord with or not following current fashion |
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