motto

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒ.təʊ/    美 /ˈmɑ.toʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A personal slogan.
    — You have to be in it to win it — that's my motto.
  2. A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
    — ‘Gentlemen, I can tell you what the new queen will take as her motto. It is Bound to Obey and Serve.’
  3. A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
    — It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, ... Serve God, and be cheerful.
  4. A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To compose mottos. intransitive
    — The singularity of his epigraphic strategy notwithstanding, Emerson does not draw attention to his own mottoing. One exchange suggests that his practice was a convention imposed from without.

词形变化

mottos plural mottoes plural mottos present,singular,third-person mottoing participle,present mottoed participle,past mottoed past

词汇关系

衍生词
mottoless mottolike mottoware

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot.
词源 2
Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot.
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