moth-wingn.

Brit.

/ˈmɒθwɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɔθˌwɪŋ/,

/ˈmɑθˌwɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moth n.¹, wing n.

Etymology: < moth n.¹ + wing n.

Originally literary.

The wing of a moth. Originally allusively with reference to something fragile or evanescent, or to someone drawn to temptation; cf. moth n.¹ 4b, Compounds 1a.

ΚΠ

1871 Scribner's Monthly June 189/1 In a few moments I was pacing up and down the room, eager to burn my moth-wings yet again in the old fire.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. xxxvii. 259 The old..demon prompting him to give another good pinch at the moth-wings of poor Mr Casaubon's glory.

1931 V. Woolf Waves 235 The silver-grey flickering moth-wing quiver of words.

1970 Amer. Naturalist 104 591 The pattern of variation in bird eggs and moth wings.

1991 G. H. Godbert & J. Ramsay For Now (BNC) 26 They..hid in their childhood waiting to start at the sound of a moth-wing falling in pollen on their heart.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moth-wing
释义	moth-wingn. Brit. /ˈmɒθwɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɔθˌwɪŋ/, /ˈmɑθˌwɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moth n.¹, wing n. Etymology: < moth n.¹ + wing n. Originally literary. The wing of a moth. Originally allusively with reference to something fragile or evanescent, or to someone drawn to temptation; cf. moth n.¹ 4b, Compounds 1a. ΚΠ 1871 Scribner's Monthly June 189/1 In a few moments I was pacing up and down the room, eager to burn my moth-wings yet again in the old fire. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. xxxvii. 259 The old..demon prompting him to give another good pinch at the moth-wings of poor Mr Casaubon's glory. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 235 The silver-grey flickering moth-wing quiver of words. 1970 Amer. Naturalist 104 591 The pattern of variation in bird eggs and moth wings. 1991 G. H. Godbert & J. Ramsay For Now (BNC) 26 They..hid in their childhood waiting to start at the sound of a moth-wing falling in pollen on their heart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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