English Dictionary

moss-grown

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɒsɡɹəʊn/

形容詞

比喩的用法

Having a covering of growing moss. / (figuratively) Old; old-fashioned, out of date.

日本語の意味

苔で覆われた / （比喩的に）古臭い、古風な、時代遅れの

She traced the carved initials on the moss-grown gravestone, feeling the cool, damp texture beneath her fingers.

彼女は苔むした墓石に刻まれたイニシャルを指でなぞり、冷たく湿った感触を指先に感じた。

意味（1）

Having a covering of growing moss.

Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Old; old-fashioned, out of date.

To find one's self suddenly translated from the wild, flowery prairie into the heart of an aged, moss-grown village, of such foreign aspect, withal, was by no means easy to reconcile with one's notions of reality.

more moss-grown （ comparative ）

most moss-grown （ superlative ）