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a mote of [substance]
A mote of dust floated in the beam of light.
一束光线中漂浮着一粒尘埃。
微粒；尘埃；小颗粒
motes — plural of mote
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微粒；尘埃；小颗粒
A small particle; a speck.
A mote of dust floated in the beam of light.
一束光线中漂浮着一粒尘埃。
小颗粒；微粒
A small particle; a speck.
用于远程感应的微型计算机；智能尘埃的组成元素
A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.
A mote of dust danced in the sunlight streaming through the window.
一粒尘埃在透过窗户射入的阳光中飞舞。
He brushed a mote from his sleeve before entering the clean room.
在进入无尘室前，他拂去衣袖上的一粒微尘。
Under the microscope, the motes of pollen looked like tiny spheres.
在显微镜下，花粉微粒看起来像极小的球体。
A mote of dust floated in the beam of light.
一束光线中漂浮着一粒尘埃。
源于圣经，常比喻忽视自身大错却苛责他人小过。
Why do you see the mote in your brother's eye but not the beam in your own?
为什么你看见你弟兄眼中有刺，却不想自己眼中有梁木呢？
动词常用 dance, float, drift 等表示飘动。
Countless motes danced in the afternoon sunlight.
无数微粒在午后的阳光中跳舞。
Not this
There is a moat of dust in the sunlight.
Use this
There is a mote of dust in the sunlight.
中文学习者常把‘mote’（微粒）与同音词‘moat’（护城河）混淆，因为两者发音相同但意义不同。应使用‘mote’表示‘尘埃、微粒’。
Not this
I saw mote floating in the air.
Use this
I saw a mote floating in the air.
中文学习者可能遗漏不定冠词，因为汉语中没有冠词系统。‘mote’是可数名词，需要冠词或复数形式表示泛指。
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