英语词汇“motes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Noun there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house

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Noun

The world’s smallest battery is smaller than a dust mote.

Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 Mar. 2022 How lonely, and how far away everything is compared to that mote of dust.

NBC News, 22 July 2021 George was nearly beyond retrieval, a tiny glint of a mote, like a wayward flea.

Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021 The mote also features a layer of special conductive film and a thin sheet of copper.

Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2021 Even in the narrow disk, which is less than half an inch wide, Trichoplax is so small that finding it with the naked eye is like searching for a dust mote in a gymnasium.

Emily Underwood, The Atlantic, 8 June 2020 But the superconducting sensors could measure only the average field across the zircons, which are as small as motes of dust.

Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 22 Apr. 2020 The larvae, which live in the water, attach themselves to rocks by one end, and use feathery appendages at the other end as a kind of net to catch the tiniest bits of edible detritus — motes that are too small for fish and other insects.

James Gorman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2019 Viruses infiltrate every aspect of our natural world, seething in seawater, drifting through the atmosphere, and lurking in miniscule motes of soil.

Lynn Johnson, National Geographic, 15 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English mot, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch & Frisian mot sand

Auxiliary verb

Middle English, from Old English mōtan to be allowed to — more at must

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Auxiliary Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

单词	motes
释义	mote 1 of 2 noun ˈmōt : a small particle : speck motes danced in the shafts of sunlight Margaret Kennedy mote 2 of 2 auxiliary verb archaic : may, might Synonyms Noun atom bit crumb dribble fleck flyspeck grain granule molecule morsel nubbin nugget particle patch scrap scruple snip snippet speck tittle See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house Recent Examples on the Web Noun The world’s smallest battery is smaller than a dust mote. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 Mar. 2022 How lonely, and how far away everything is compared to that mote of dust. NBC News, 22 July 2021 George was nearly beyond retrieval, a tiny glint of a mote, like a wayward flea. Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021 The mote also features a layer of special conductive film and a thin sheet of copper. Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2021 Even in the narrow disk, which is less than half an inch wide, Trichoplax is so small that finding it with the naked eye is like searching for a dust mote in a gymnasium. Emily Underwood, The Atlantic, 8 June 2020 But the superconducting sensors could measure only the average field across the zircons, which are as small as motes of dust. Paul Voosen, Science \| AAAS, 22 Apr. 2020 The larvae, which live in the water, attach themselves to rocks by one end, and use feathery appendages at the other end as a kind of net to catch the tiniest bits of edible detritus — motes that are too small for fish and other insects. James Gorman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2019 Viruses infiltrate every aspect of our natural world, seething in seawater, drifting through the atmosphere, and lurking in miniscule motes of soil. Lynn Johnson, National Geographic, 15 Apr. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English mot, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch & Frisian mot sand Auxiliary verb Middle English, from Old English mōtan to be allowed to — more at must First Known Use Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above Auxiliary Verb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition mote noun ˈmōt : a small particle : speck a mote of dust motes noun plural of mote as in specks a very small piece there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance specks particles flecks grains bits patches molecules scraps snippets atoms slivers crumbs mouthfuls granules fragments drops bites licks morsels shards flyspecks nuggets scruples dribbles whispers nubbins traces snips dashes fractions parts mites touches flakes minims tittles sections ounces streaks nutshells splinters pinches portions shreds nibbles chips whits dabs iotas jots driblets tastes spots strains halfpence kennings tidbits shavings clippings smidges smidgens suspicions halfpennies shivers smidgeons aces smatters parings haets smidgins ha'pennies titbits modicums smithereens Antonyms & Near Antonyms chunks slabs stacks masses lumps quantities piles bushels loads mountains gobs barrels hunks rafts heaps buckets volumes pots abundances deals pecks profusions wealths wads scads See More
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