mote

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /məʊt/    美 /moʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small particle; a speck.
    — Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
  2. A meeting for discussion. obsolete
    — a wardmote in the city of London
  3. A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.
  4. A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs. obsolete
    — a folk mote
  5. A place of meeting for discussion. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. May or might. archaic,no-present-participle
    — he […] kept aloofe for dread to be descryde, / Untill fit time and place he mote espy, / Where he mote worke him scath and villeny.
  2. Must. no-present-participle,obsolete
  3. Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may. archaic,no-present-participle
    — ‘I shall not take Vengeance into my own Hands. The Goddess will do what She will.’ ‘So mote it be,’ said the Grandmaster.

词形变化

motes plural mote present,singular,third-person must participle,past must past motes plural motes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
so mote it be burghmote folk-mote hallmote mote bell portmote shiremote shire-mote swainmote wardmote woodmote

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mot, from Old English mot (“grain of sand; mote; atom”), from Proto-West Germanic *mot (“grain of dirt or sand, speck”). Perhaps linked to English mud.
Compare West Frisian mot (“peat dust”), Dutch mot (“dust from turf; sawdust; grit”), Low German mut (“peat dust, grit”), Norwegian mutt (“speck; mote; splinter; chip”), Italian mota (“mud”), Spanish mota (“speck”).
词源 2
From Middle English moten, from Old English mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, may, must”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną (“to be able to, have to, be delegated”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, be in charge of”). Cognate with Dutch moeten (“to have to, must”), German müssen (“to have to, must”), Ancient Greek μέδω (médō, “to prevail, dominate, rule over”). Related to empty.
词源 3
See moot (“a meeting”).
词源 4
Clipping of remote, with allusion to the other sense of mote (“a speck of dust”).
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