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A moth is a flying insect, a close cousin of the butterfly. Most moths come out at night and fly toward lights — you have seen them bumping against a lamp or a window. Butterflies often rest with their wings pressed up; moths more often rest with their wings open and flat, or folded like a little tent.
A moth是 is a flying insect一種會飛的昆蟲, a close cousin是近親 of the butterfly蝴蝶的。Most moths大部分的蛾 come out at night晚上出來活動 and而且 fly toward lights會往燈光飛去 — you你 have seen them bumping應該看過牠們撞 against a lamp or a window在燈或窗戶上。Butterflies蝴蝶 often rest通常休息時 with their wings pressed up翅膀是豎起來合在一起的; moths蛾 more often rest比較常休息時 with their wings open and flat翅膀是攤平張開的, or或 folded like a little tent折成像個小帳篷。
Some kinds, clothes moths, lay eggs in wool, silk, or fur, and the young chew holes in jumpers and coats. Though actually, most moths do not eat clothes at all. Many adults drink nectar, and some do not eat. People just remember the ones that ruin a favourite sweater.
Some kinds有些種類, clothes moths也就是衣蛾, lay eggs會把卵下 in wool, silk, or fur在羊毛、絲,或毛皮裡, and而 the young幼蟲 chew holes會咬出洞來 in jumpers and coats在毛衣和外套上。Though actually不過其實, most moths大部分的蛾 do not eat clothes at all根本不吃衣服。Many adults許多成蟲 drink nectar會吸花蜜, and而 some有些 do not eat根本不吃東西。People有人 just remember只記得 the ones that ruin a favourite sweater會咬壞心愛毛衣的那些。
English also has the picture like a moth to a flame: someone who cannot stay away from a thing, even when it will hurt them.
English英文 also也有 has the picture一個畫面 like a moth to a flame就是「像飛蛾撲火」: someone指一個人 who cannot stay away from a thing無法遠離某樣東西, even when即使 it will hurt them那樣東西會傷害他們。
It is an ordinary word, not slang and not fancy.
It它 is an ordinary word是個普通的字, not slang and not fancy不是俚語也不是花俏的字。
組成It does not split. From Old English moþþe, from a Germanic word for a moth or a worm (Proto-Germanic *muþþô / *muttô), and further back a very old word for a worm. Dutch mot and German Motte are cousins of the same insect-word.
同家族的字
- mothballa small strong-smelling ball put with clothes to keep clothes moths away
- moth-eatenfull of holes from moths; also said of something old and worn-out
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mothnoun詞源 1/mɒθ/
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Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
- Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
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Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
mothverb詞源 1/mɒθ/
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To hunt for moths.
mothnoun詞源 2/məʊt/
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A moth bean plant (Vigna aconitifolia).
mothnoun詞源 3
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slangA girlfriend.
mothnoun詞源 4
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datedA liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
- To remove moth patches, wash the spots with a solution of common bicarbonate of soda and water several times a day, until the patches are removed, which will usually be in forty-eight hours.
- Craves for sour things, chalks and eggs, fatty people with light brown spots on the face or liver spots, moth patches on forehead and cheek.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。