English Dictionary

mast

IPA（発音記号）

/mɑːst/

動詞

動物 植物個体群

(of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.

日本語の意味

（豚などの動物が）森林の種子や果実を食べる

Wild boars mast on acorns beneath the old oak trees each autumn.

イノシシは毎秋、古い樫の木の下でどんぐりを食べる。

意味（1）

(of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.

意味（2）

(agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants) To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.

Any individual tree which masted in a generally non-mast year would be subjected to the exclusive attention of the seed predators and so would be selected against.

masts （ present singular third-person ）

masting （ participle present ）

masted （ participle past ）

masted （ past ）