Question of the Day #693

I find myself adjacent to a Parisian boulevard, sipping a fine apéritif, mulling it over in anticipation of my first bite into the heralded main course: a feast truly fit for a king, savory motes of bovine flesh floating over the undertones of a fine peppercorn crust

From the 1st paragraph of this article at Under The Button.

上記の文で、moteの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "mote" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔小さな〕ほこり、ちり
2. 小さな欠点◆【参考】mote in the eye

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a small particle: SPECK

Examples

• Between these motes of light, though, is infinitely more darkness.
• The pinhead represents the atomic nucleus; the dust motes are its retinue of electrons.
• Coming back, he knew she was aware of passing his bed, but she was unseeing, eyes as if sweeping the floor in front of every mote of dust. Sillitoe, Alan THE OPEN DOOR (2001)
• George was nearly beyond retrieval, a tiny glint of a mote, like a wayward flea. — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
• The mote also features a layer of special conductive film and a thin sheet of copper. — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2021

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