English Dictionary

lichen

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlaɪ.kən/

名詞

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Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

日本語の意味

地衣類：藻類と菌類が共生して形成される生物で、通常、岩や古い壁などに白、黄色から青緑色の斑状のパターンで見られる。

The gray lichen creeping over the old tombstone gave the cemetery an ancient, weathered look.

古い墓石を覆う灰色の地衣類が、墓地に古びた風情を与えていた。

意味（1）

Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

The Beaches of Lukannon–the winter wheat so tall, / The dripping, crinkled lichens, and the sea-fog drenching all!

意味（2）

(figuratively) Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage.

Meanwhile, abiding a day of judgment, she fought ceaselessly to deny the bitter drops in her cup, to tear back the slow, the intangibly slow growth of a hot, corrosive lichen eating into her heart.

lichens （ plural ）

lichen （ plural ）