motheatenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

moth-eaten (comparative more moth-eaten, superlative most moth-eaten)

1. Containing holes by having been eaten by moth larvae.
2. (figurative, by extension) Old and in poor condition.
   • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 72:

     "A bit moth-eaten, aren't they?" he said doubtfully. "I mean to say, bumpy in the springs and all that." "Oh, of course, I'd have them resprung and fresh covers made if you bought them."