Word · Frequency #20065
mots
/məu/
noun
旧机动车强制年检
mots is the plural of mot.
a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
- 1.
A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
警句
In use
At the end of her speech, she delivered a clever mot that made everyone laugh.
His notebooks are full of ironic mots he never uses in public.
In casual conversation she rarely drops a mot, but each one is perfectly chosen.
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。
Connections
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
- I need to book an mot for my car this week.这周我需要为我的车预约年检。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 mot：音似‘谋’，警句就是一句话里藏着智慧。
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。
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。
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.