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peat moss

泥炭藓,泥炭苔,泥炭苔藓,泥炭灰

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called bog moss. any moss, especially of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form.
    • : such moss after it has been dried, used chiefly as a mulch or seedbed, for acidification.

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Examples

  • In New York, district attorneys have a tendency to grow moss-bound in their roles.

  • They agreed to let McKell and Moss join their tribe for a few days.

  • By the time the CFDA awards rolled round in early 1994, Moss was a bona fide star.

  • Callahan claims that within weeks of leaving the Priory, Moss “got back on drugs.”

  • He pops from the screen as a charismatic, occasionally messianic “human prism,” as Moss calls him.

  • He walked about, stumbling over sticks and stones and stumps, sometimes falling down on soft moss, and again on the hard ground.

  • It was the home that had sheltered her orphan childhood; she had never slept a night from under its moss-grown roof.

  • The large soft leaves and the pendent moss of the oaks were gray with dust, but the shade was cool and delicious.

  • Studying it very carefully, he thought he made out "Mrs." before the moss-blurred name.

  • He had nearly bitten his swollen tongue in two falling over an unseen peat-cutting, and blood-flecked foam gathered on his lips.