moth

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moth /mɒθ $ mɒːθ/ ●○○ noun [countable]   HBIan insect related to the butterfly that flies mainly at night and is attracted to lights. Some moths eat holes in cloth. 蛾 →4  See picture of 见图 INSECT →5 see picture at 见图 insect

Examples from the Corpus

moth• When the evening comes the female spruce budworm moth rises up on warm air currents.• As the Bishop underlines, the dark moth is not a new species.• The dark moths appeared in London by 1897.• If you put up a sign offering flesh for sale and bathe it in purple light, they come like moths.• Their many tiny cocoons now completely filled the moth cocoon.• Like many of us, the moth had by its constructions achieved an immortality of sorts.Origin moth Old English moththe

moth nounChinese  

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moth
moth /mɒθ $ mɒːθ/ noun [countable]
an insect related to the butterfly that flies mainly at night and is attracted to lights. Some moths eat holes in cloth.

mothBrE /mɒθ/ 🔊NAmE /mɔːθ/ 🔊 noun

a flying insect with a long thin body and four large wings, like a butterfly, but less brightly coloured. Moths fly mainly at night and are attracted to bright lights. 蛾；飞蛾