lichen
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 青苔，地衣，苔藓病
演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
原始印欧语 *leyǵʰ-
词源说明
Borrowed from Latin līchēn, from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn), from λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick”). Originally used of liverwort; the modern sense first recorded 1715.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- 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.
- (figurative) Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage.
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To cover with lichen.