单词 | moted |
释义 | motedadj. Of light: full of motes. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adjective] > bad air > specific smoky1398 mephitic1623 damp1637 mephitical1704 mephitized1794 moted1821 ozoneless1887 motey1893 1821 Ld. Byron Two Foscari iii. i, in Sardanapalus 234 Those moted rays of light Peopled with dusty atoms. 1878 H. James Watch & Ward ii. 30 A moted morning sunbeam used to enter his little study. 1946 M. Peake Titus Groan 56 A portion of the lumber of Gormenghast had found its way into this zone of moted half-light. 1989 W. McIlvanney Walking Wounded 94 His glass of whisky and water shone in one spear of moted sunlight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1821 |
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