pollen
TOEFL花粉。受粉の話で
意味
- 花粉
例文
Tom is allergic to pollen.
トムは花粉症なんだ。
Tom has a pollen allergy.
トムは花粉症がある。
When there's this much pollen, a mask is nothing more than a token comfort, isn't it?
これだけ花粉が多いと、マスクなんて気休め程度にしかならないよね。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Learned borrowing from Latin pollen (“fine flour”), used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.