moss

コケ

湿った地面や岩、木に柔らかな層を作って生える小さな緑の植物。

やさしい英語で： A small green plant that grows in soft layers on wet ground, rocks, or trees.

• Moss covers the rock.
• We found soft moss beside the stream.
• Does moss grow on this side of the tree?

よく使う表現： green moss, covered in moss, moss on stones

コケ

コケに似た、単純な植物や植物のようなものを指す呼び名。

やさしい英語で： A name for certain simple plants or plantlike things that look like small green ground plants.

• Spanish moss hangs from the branches.
• Irish moss grows along rocky coasts.
• This sea moss is sold as a food ingredient.

よく使う表現： Spanish moss, Irish moss

泥炭地、湿地

枯れた植物の厚い層を含むことが多い、非常に湿った土地。

やさしい英語で： An area of very wet ground, often containing thick layers of dead plants.

• The path crosses a moss.
• They cut peat from the moss nearby.
• These Scottish mosses were once much wetter.

類義語： bog, fen

よく使う表現： peat moss, cross a moss

苔むす

湿った表面に生える小さな緑の植物で覆われる。

やさしい英語で： To become covered with small green plants that grow on wet surfaces.

• The old stones began to moss.
• The wall mossed over in the damp shade.
• Untreated roofs can moss with age.

よく使う表現： moss over, moss with age

ディフェンダー越しにキャッチする

アメリカンフットボールで、阻む選手の上から手を伸ばし見事にボールを取る。

やさしい英語で： To catch a football impressively by reaching over one or more players trying to stop you.

• He can moss any defender.
• Our receiver mossed two players for a touchdown.
• Did you see her moss that cornerback?

よく使う表現： moss a defender, moss someone