mote
/məʊt/noun
- a tiny piece of a substance微粒, 屑：
the tiniest mote of dust.
最微小的尘埃。
短语
a mote in someone's eye
- a fault in a person which is less serious than one in someone else who is being critical（与批评他人者的大过错相比的）小过错。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Matt. 7:3.
词源
Old English mot, related to Dutch mot 'dust， sawdust'.