mot

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /məʊ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
    — Here and there turns up a […] savage mot.
  2. A woman; a wife. Ireland,UK,slang
    — Come wed, my dear, and let's agree, / Then of the booze-ken you'll be free; / No sneer from cully, mot, or froe / Dare then reproach my Bess for Joe; / For he's the kiddy rum and queer, / That all St. Giles's boys do fear.
    En roulant de vergne en vergne
  3. A word or a motto; a device. obsolete
    — 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum With his big title, an Italian mot
  4. A prostitute. Ireland,UK,slang
  5. A note or brief strain on a bugle. obsolete
    — Comrades, mark these three mots — it is the call of the Knight of the Fetterlock
  6. A landlady. Ireland,UK,slang
    — After some altercation with the "mot" of the "ken" (mistress of the lodging-house) about the cleanliness of a knife or fork, my new acquaintance began to arrange "ground," &c., for the night's work.

词形变化

mots plural mots plural

词源

词源 1
From French mot. Doublet of motto.
词源 2
Probably from Dutch mot (“woman”). See also mort (“woman”) and moth (“girlfriend”).
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