moth-er

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒðə/|/ˈmɒθə/    美 /ˈmɔðɚ/|/ˈmɔθɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person (especially an entomologist) or animal that catches moths.
    — Modern moth-ers use black lights, mercury vapor lamps, and portable generators to saturate the night sky[.]

词形变化

moth-ers plural mother alternative

词源

Coined from moth + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix) by analogy to mouser, with the hyphen kept to avoid confusion with mother (“female parent”).
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