Spanish moss

Spanish moss

美 　英

• n.铁兰；西班牙藓
• 网络寄生藤；西班牙苔藓；美铁兰

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. 【植】〈美〉铁兰

英英解释

n.	1. a plant of the pineapple family that grows on trees in long drooping matted clusters of greyish-green filaments.

例句

We begun to come to trees with Spanish moss on them, hanging down from the limbs like long, gray beards.

我们逐渐见到了生着长长藓苔的树木，藓苔从树桠上垂下来，仿佛象长长的白胡子似的。

The color comes from tannin that seeps from towering cypress trees draped in Spanish moss.

这种颜色来自从长在铁兰上的参天柏树分泌出来的物质-单宁。

Along these fairways, you'll see egrets and oak trees dripping with Spanish moss.

沿着球道，可以见到白鹭鸟，还有一棵棵的橡树，挂满了铁兰。