Definition of moth in English:

moth

noun mɒθmɔθ

1An insect with two pairs of broad wings covered in microscopic scales, typically drably coloured and held flat when at rest. Moths are chiefly nocturnal, and lack the clubbed antennae of butterflies.
蛾，飞蛾
Most superfamilies of the order Lepidoptera. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Heterocera
Example sentencesExamples
- These in turn are attracted by night-scented flowers which attract moths and night-flying insects.
- These bats are strictly insectivorous and may be further limited in diet to moths and butterflies.
- It won't discriminate between pest caterpillars and those of desirable moths and butterflies.
- The network of mature hedges, the areas of long grass and the ponds and streams means there are plenty of insects, especially moths, for the bats to feed on.
- More than half of Britain's 2,500 species of butterflies and moths are found here.
- Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens.
- I look at the sodium vapour lamps and the thousands of insects and moths inside them.
- With the exception of a few moths, all adult Lepidoptera have two pairs of wings.
- Does a moth flapping its wings in Timbuktu have any effect on a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean?
- A variety of insects, including some beetles and moths, mimic bees and wasps.
- There's the butterfly house, a riot of colourful plants and animals with more than 60 species of butterflies and moths.
- They will turn into chrysalises and, after a few weeks, into butterflies or moths.
- She brought with her a collection of bees, butterflies, flies, moths, and others.
- The adult insect is a moth with silvery-white forewings and brown stripes and black markings on each wing tip.
- Bats and nocturnal moths take to the wing, while butterflies settle and flowers begin to close their petals.
- But it turns out that the moths do not rest on tree trunks during the day.
- Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and other pollinators will come for the banquet too.
- This is despite it being no more than six feet wide in places and a haven for birds, mammals, butterflies, moths and wild flowers.
- This is a bacterium that is only harmful to Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths.
- Not until spring was the box opened again, when great was my amazement to find a big moth flapping its wings!
1. 1.1 A clothes moth.
  〈非正式〉衣蛾
  I store my sweaters in plastic bags to protect them from moths
  Example sentencesExamples
  Damage from moths, mildew or vermin is also not covered, so if the rats eat your clothes, tough luck Charlie.
  These are the herbs that were used in medieval times to deter moths and fleas from clothing and people.

Phrases

like a moth to the flame

With an irresistible attraction for someone or something.
（对人、物）有无法抗拒的吸引力
he drew women to him like moths to the flame
他让女人无法抗拒地被吸引到他身边。
Example sentencesExamples
- But (and here is the contradiction) simply by hating it, I am drawn to it like a moth to the flame.
- He argued that as the British and Irish governments were transfixed by the peace process like a moth to the flame, the Sinn Fein leadership, playing by its own rules, benefited from the permanent instability.
- She could hear the ragged breathing of her prey, drawing her to him like a moth to the flame.
- She felt like a moth to the flame, knowing that the more time she spent with him, the more battered her world would become.

Origin

Old English moththe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mot and German Motte.

In Anglo-Saxon times a moth was any parasitic pest such as a maggot or worm, especially the larva of the clothes moth. The name eventually extended to the adult clothes moth, and then to other similar insects. People have been able to use a mothball to protect stored clothes since the 1890s; shortly after that in mothballs came to mean ‘unused but kept in good condition for future use’. Compare butterfly

Rhymes

broth, cloth, froth, Goth, Roth, wrath

Definition of moth in US English:

moth

nounmôTHmɔθ

1A chiefly nocturnal insect related to the butterflies. It lacks the clubbed antennae of butterflies and typically has a stout body, drab coloration, and wings that fold flat when resting.
Most superfamilies of the order Lepidoptera. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Heterocera
Example sentencesExamples
- Not until spring was the box opened again, when great was my amazement to find a big moth flapping its wings!
- Does a moth flapping its wings in Timbuktu have any effect on a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean?
- She brought with her a collection of bees, butterflies, flies, moths, and others.
- The adult insect is a moth with silvery-white forewings and brown stripes and black markings on each wing tip.
- More than half of Britain's 2,500 species of butterflies and moths are found here.
- With the exception of a few moths, all adult Lepidoptera have two pairs of wings.
- A variety of insects, including some beetles and moths, mimic bees and wasps.
- This is a bacterium that is only harmful to Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths.
- There's the butterfly house, a riot of colourful plants and animals with more than 60 species of butterflies and moths.
- But it turns out that the moths do not rest on tree trunks during the day.
- This is despite it being no more than six feet wide in places and a haven for birds, mammals, butterflies, moths and wild flowers.
- It won't discriminate between pest caterpillars and those of desirable moths and butterflies.
- They will turn into chrysalises and, after a few weeks, into butterflies or moths.
- The network of mature hedges, the areas of long grass and the ponds and streams means there are plenty of insects, especially moths, for the bats to feed on.
- Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and other pollinators will come for the banquet too.
- Bats and nocturnal moths take to the wing, while butterflies settle and flowers begin to close their petals.
- These in turn are attracted by night-scented flowers which attract moths and night-flying insects.
- Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens.
- I look at the sodium vapour lamps and the thousands of insects and moths inside them.
- These bats are strictly insectivorous and may be further limited in diet to moths and butterflies.
1. 1.1 A clothes moth.
  〈非正式〉衣蛾
  I store my sweaters in plastic bags to protect them from moths
  Example sentencesExamples
  Damage from moths, mildew or vermin is also not covered, so if the rats eat your clothes, tough luck Charlie.
  These are the herbs that were used in medieval times to deter moths and fleas from clothing and people.

Phrases

like a moth to the flame

With an irresistible attraction for someone or something.
（对人、物）有无法抗拒的吸引力
wealthy amateurs who have been attracted like moths to the glittering flames of showbiz
Example sentencesExamples
- She felt like a moth to the flame, knowing that the more time she spent with him, the more battered her world would become.
- But (and here is the contradiction) simply by hating it, I am drawn to it like a moth to the flame.
- She could hear the ragged breathing of her prey, drawing her to him like a moth to the flame.
- He argued that as the British and Irish governments were transfixed by the peace process like a moth to the flame, the Sinn Fein leadership, playing by its own rules, benefited from the permanent instability.

Origin

Old English moththe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mot and German Motte.

单词	moth
释义	Definition of moth in English: moth noun mɒθmɔθ 1An insect with two pairs of broad wings covered in microscopic scales, typically drably coloured and held flat when at rest. Moths are chiefly nocturnal, and lack the clubbed antennae of butterflies. 蛾，飞蛾 Most superfamilies of the order Lepidoptera. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Heterocera Example sentencesExamples These in turn are attracted by night-scented flowers which attract moths and night-flying insects. These bats are strictly insectivorous and may be further limited in diet to moths and butterflies. It won't discriminate between pest caterpillars and those of desirable moths and butterflies. The network of mature hedges, the areas of long grass and the ponds and streams means there are plenty of insects, especially moths, for the bats to feed on. More than half of Britain's 2,500 species of butterflies and moths are found here. Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens. I look at the sodium vapour lamps and the thousands of insects and moths inside them. With the exception of a few moths, all adult Lepidoptera have two pairs of wings. Does a moth flapping its wings in Timbuktu have any effect on a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean? A variety of insects, including some beetles and moths, mimic bees and wasps. There's the butterfly house, a riot of colourful plants and animals with more than 60 species of butterflies and moths. They will turn into chrysalises and, after a few weeks, into butterflies or moths. She brought with her a collection of bees, butterflies, flies, moths, and others. The adult insect is a moth with silvery-white forewings and brown stripes and black markings on each wing tip. Bats and nocturnal moths take to the wing, while butterflies settle and flowers begin to close their petals. But it turns out that the moths do not rest on tree trunks during the day. Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and other pollinators will come for the banquet too. This is despite it being no more than six feet wide in places and a haven for birds, mammals, butterflies, moths and wild flowers. This is a bacterium that is only harmful to Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths. Not until spring was the box opened again, when great was my amazement to find a big moth flapping its wings! 1.1 A clothes moth. 〈非正式〉衣蛾 I store my sweaters in plastic bags to protect them from moths Example sentencesExamples Damage from moths, mildew or vermin is also not covered, so if the rats eat your clothes, tough luck Charlie. These are the herbs that were used in medieval times to deter moths and fleas from clothing and people. Phrases like a moth to the flame With an irresistible attraction for someone or something. （对人、物）有无法抗拒的吸引力 he drew women to him like moths to the flame 他让女人无法抗拒地被吸引到他身边。 Example sentencesExamples But (and here is the contradiction) simply by hating it, I am drawn to it like a moth to the flame. He argued that as the British and Irish governments were transfixed by the peace process like a moth to the flame, the Sinn Fein leadership, playing by its own rules, benefited from the permanent instability. She could hear the ragged breathing of her prey, drawing her to him like a moth to the flame. She felt like a moth to the flame, knowing that the more time she spent with him, the more battered her world would become. Origin Old English moththe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mot and German Motte. In Anglo-Saxon times a moth was any parasitic pest such as a maggot or worm, especially the larva of the clothes moth. The name eventually extended to the adult clothes moth, and then to other similar insects. People have been able to use a mothball to protect stored clothes since the 1890s; shortly after that in mothballs came to mean ‘unused but kept in good condition for future use’. Compare butterfly Rhymes broth, cloth, froth, Goth, Roth, wrath noun.1 phr. Definition of moth in US English: moth nounmôTHmɔθ 1A chiefly nocturnal insect related to the butterflies. It lacks the clubbed antennae of butterflies and typically has a stout body, drab coloration, and wings that fold flat when resting. Most superfamilies of the order Lepidoptera. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Heterocera Example sentencesExamples Not until spring was the box opened again, when great was my amazement to find a big moth flapping its wings! Does a moth flapping its wings in Timbuktu have any effect on a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean? She brought with her a collection of bees, butterflies, flies, moths, and others. The adult insect is a moth with silvery-white forewings and brown stripes and black markings on each wing tip. More than half of Britain's 2,500 species of butterflies and moths are found here. With the exception of a few moths, all adult Lepidoptera have two pairs of wings. A variety of insects, including some beetles and moths, mimic bees and wasps. This is a bacterium that is only harmful to Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths. There's the butterfly house, a riot of colourful plants and animals with more than 60 species of butterflies and moths. But it turns out that the moths do not rest on tree trunks during the day. This is despite it being no more than six feet wide in places and a haven for birds, mammals, butterflies, moths and wild flowers. It won't discriminate between pest caterpillars and those of desirable moths and butterflies. They will turn into chrysalises and, after a few weeks, into butterflies or moths. The network of mature hedges, the areas of long grass and the ponds and streams means there are plenty of insects, especially moths, for the bats to feed on. Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and other pollinators will come for the banquet too. Bats and nocturnal moths take to the wing, while butterflies settle and flowers begin to close their petals. These in turn are attracted by night-scented flowers which attract moths and night-flying insects. Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens. I look at the sodium vapour lamps and the thousands of insects and moths inside them. These bats are strictly insectivorous and may be further limited in diet to moths and butterflies. 1.1 A clothes moth. 〈非正式〉衣蛾 I store my sweaters in plastic bags to protect them from moths Example sentencesExamples Damage from moths, mildew or vermin is also not covered, so if the rats eat your clothes, tough luck Charlie. These are the herbs that were used in medieval times to deter moths and fleas from clothing and people. Phrases like a moth to the flame With an irresistible attraction for someone or something. （对人、物）有无法抗拒的吸引力 wealthy amateurs who have been attracted like moths to the glittering flames of showbiz Example sentencesExamples She felt like a moth to the flame, knowing that the more time she spent with him, the more battered her world would become. But (and here is the contradiction) simply by hating it, I am drawn to it like a moth to the flame. She could hear the ragged breathing of her prey, drawing her to him like a moth to the flame. He argued that as the British and Irish governments were transfixed by the peace process like a moth to the flame, the Sinn Fein leadership, playing by its own rules, benefited from the permanent instability. Origin Old English moththe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mot and German Motte. noun.1 phr.
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