mote

noun
🔊/məʊt/
🔊/məʊt/
(old-fashioned)
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  1. a very small piece of dust尘埃;微粒 synonym speck
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMote is used after these nouns:
    • dust
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    Word OriginOld English mot, related to Dutch mot ‘dust, sawdust’.