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单词 moth-eaten
释义 moth-eaten
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
1.
 a. : eaten into by moths
  < moth-eaten cloth >
 b. : having the appearance of something eaten into by moths
  < a moth-eaten horse ready for the glue factory — C.V.Little >
  : patchy, raggedy, unkempt
  < a little man … with moth-eaten hair — W.A.White >
2.
 a. : dilapidated
  < the town had one moth-eaten old museum — C.W.Thayer >
  < a lot of moth-eaten barges — John Buchan >
 b. : antiquated, outmoded
  < the moth-eaten motto of some of the … aristocracy — W.H.Stevenson >
  < moth-eaten … theories about race — Dwight Macdonald >
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