Think of a wool sweater lifted out of a box that has not been opened for years. Hold it up to the window and light comes through in little dots: small round holes, chewed quietly by insects while nobody was looking. Nothing was broken and nothing was torn. Time and small mouths simply took the material away, bit by bit. That picture — something eaten hollow by being left alone too long — is what every use of moth-eaten carries.
Two branches
真的被蟲咬出洞
這一家就是畫面本身：布料上實實在在的蟲洞。
adjective · B2
Used about cloth and things made of cloth, such as a sweater, a blanket or a curtain, that have small holes in them because moths, or the young insects that come from moth eggs, have eaten the material.
蟲蛀的
被時間啃掉的東西與說法
把「被一口一口啃掉」的畫面，從布料搬到別的東西上：有的是舊沙發，有的是舊說法。蟲不見了，但「放太久就空掉」的感覺留下來。
adjective · B2
Old, worn and in poor condition, as if it had been sitting unused for years — used about things like furniture, buildings, vehicles and other objects, whether or not any insect has touched them.
老舊破爛的