Word · Frequency #20065
mot
旧机动车强制年检
核心释义
a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
- 1.
A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
警句
用法In use
At the end of her speech, she delivered a clever mot that made everyone laugh.
用法提示:mot 为可数名词,指简短机智的妙语,此处作 delivered 的宾语。
His notebooks are full of ironic mots he never uses in public.
用法提示:mots 是 mot 的复数形式,同为名词,表示多条精辟的妙语或警句。
In casual conversation she rarely drops a mot, but each one is perfectly chosen.
用法提示:a mot 为单数可数名词,指一句精心措辞的妙语;drops a mot 意为随口说出。
a mot that [clause]
mot 意为“警句、妙语”,是可数名词,后可接 that 引导的定语从句;注意它不同于 MOT(英国旧机动车年检)。
He uttered a mot that made everyone laugh.
他说了一句让大家发笑的警句。
someone's mot
可用所有格表示“某人的妙语”或“某人的话”。
His mot was quoted in the newspaper the next morning.
第二天早晨,他的妙语被报纸引用。
mots
mots 是 mot 的复数形式。
The book collects the playwright's mots.
这本书收录了那位剧作家的警句。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- mot test
- 机动车年检
- My car is due for its mot test next month.我的车下个月该做年检了。
- pass its mot
- 通过年检
- The car passed its mot without any problems.这辆车毫无问题地通过了年检。
- fail its mot
- 未通过年检
- It failed its mot because of a broken headlight.这辆车因车灯坏了而未通过年检。
- mot certificate
- 年检合格证书
- You should keep the mot certificate with the car's documents.你应该把年检合格证书和汽车证件放在一起。
- book an mot
- 预约年检
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记 mot:音似‘谋’,警句就是一句话里藏着智慧。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:车辆年检、英国交通管理、维修保养 该词通常指英式机动车年检制度,即旧车每年必须通过的安全与尾气检测;多见于车管、保险或维修场景,正式与非正式语境都可用,但整体偏中性/官方。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
mot 读作 /məu/(警句)。go、so、though 与其押韵,都发 /əu/。hot、not、got 虽拼写同为 -ot,但发 /ɒt/,不押韵。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.