参考词典中moth-eaten的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 虫蛀的,用旧了的,落伍的
参考例句
- Moths ate holes in my wool coat.
蛾子把我的羊毛外衣蛀了几个洞。
- Moths ate holes in my wool coat.
英英解释
3个形容词解释
- showing signs of wear and tear
[同] moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tatty
[例]- a ratty old overcoat
- shabby furniture
- an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
- worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths
[同] moth-eaten, mothy
[例]- moth-eaten blankets
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- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
[同] dusty, moth-eaten, stale
[例]- moth-eaten theories about race
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