Old English moeee (Northumbrian mohee), common Germanic (Old Norse motti, Middle Dutch motte, Dutch mot, German Motte "moth"), perhaps related to Old English maea "maggot," or from the root of midge (q.v.). Until 16c. used mostly of the larva and usually in reference to devouring clothes (see Matt. vi:20).
例文
1. She saw the occasional glimmer of a moth 's wings.
彼女は蛾の羽がたまに光っているのを見た。
2.I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
蛾がランプシェードの外に這うのを見ていた。
3.This strategy looks increasingly moth -eaten.
という戦略は、ますます古いものになってきている。
4.We drove through a somewhat moth -eaten deer park.