lichen
英 ['laɪk(ə)n; 'lɪtʃ(ə)n]
美 ['laɪkən]
助記提示
1. 地衣（lichen）是真菌和光合生物（綠藻或藍細菌）之間穩定而又互利的共生聯合體，真菌是主要成員，其形態及後代的繁殖均依靠真菌。也就是說地衣是一類專化性的特殊真菌。
2. originally "what eats around itself".
3. lick => lichen.
4. 諧音“來啃”。
中文詞源
lichen 苔蘚，地衣詞源同lick,舔，引申詞義苔蘚，地衣，即依附在石頭上的真菌等。
英文詞源
- lichen (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin lichen, from Greek leichen, originally "what eats around itself," probably from leichein "to lick" (see lick). Originally used of liverwort; the modern sense first recorded 1715. Related: Lichenaceous.
雙語例句
- 1. The stone stairway was covered with lichen.
- 那石級長滿了地衣.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Lichen is a form in which green or bluegreen algae and a fungus live together symbiotically.
- 地衣是一種綠藻或藍藻與一種真菌共生的形式.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The case was diagnosed as lichen sclerosus et atrophicus with localized scleroderma.
- 患者診斷為硬化萎縮性苔蘚合並局限性硬皮病.
來自互聯網
- 4. To explore the relationship between oral lichen planus and systematic illness.
- 目的:探索口腔扁平苔蘚與係統性疾病的關係.
來自互聯網
- 5. A bird soars over the lichen - draped remains of Manorbier Castle in Wales.
- 一隻展翅高飛的鳥兒從青苔密布的威爾士瑪諾比爾城堡遺跡上滑翔而過.
來自互聯網