a mote of sth
常与 dust、light 等词搭配，强调极小的一粒。
A single mote of dust drifted across the beam of light.
一粒微尘在光束中飘过。
微粒；尘埃；小颗粒
motes — plural of mote
微型传感计算机；智能尘埃元件；小颗粒；微粒；用于远程感应的微型计算机；智能尘埃的组成元素
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。
用法提示：mote 作名词，指一粒微小尘埃。
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。
用法提示：mote 作名词，指衣物上的微粒。
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。
用法提示：motes 是 mote 的复数形式，指多个微粒。
常与 dust、light 等词搭配，强调极小的一粒。
A single mote of dust drifted across the beam of light.
一粒微尘在光束中飘过。
复数形式 motes 常作主语，用于描写空气中飘浮的细小颗粒。
Motes of dust hung in the still air.
尘埃悬浮在静止的空气中。
源自《圣经》，指别人身上微不足道的缺点，常与 the beam in one's own eye 对举。
He pointed out the mote in his colleague's eye but ignored his own mistakes.
他挑出同事眼中的小毛病，却无视自己的错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many mote floating in the sunlight.
正确表达There are many motes floating in the sunlight.
mote 是可数名词，表示“多个微粒”时须用复数 motes；many 后面不能接可数名词的单数形式，不能把它当成不可数名词使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子The old castle is surrounded by a wide mote.
正确表达The old castle is surrounded by a wide moat.
mote 的意思是“微粒、尘埃”，指“护城河”应写作 moat；两词读音同为 /məʊt/，容易因同音而混淆拼写，须按词义区分。
mote 读 /məʊt/，指微小的尘埃颗粒；moat 虽然发音相近，但指城堡或城市周围的护城河，是大型防御设施，两者意思和用法完全不同。
mote 专指飘浮的微小颗粒，尤其是灰尘；mite 表示“少量”时多用于 a mite（略微）或指极小的事物，还常指螨虫，语义重心和搭配都不同。
speck 与 mote 都可指微粒，但 speck 更通用，可指斑点、污渍或少量；mote 较书面或文学化，几乎专指空气中飘浮的尘埃微粒，如 a mote of dust。
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