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名詞

moto (plural motos)

1. One of a series of motocross or BMX races.
   • American Motorcyclist, Jan 1982:

     In fact, after the third of four motos, Hinkle had opened a comfortable lead toward the overall win, and perhaps he really didn't feel any pressure as he cruised home seventh in the final moto to lock up the crown.

2. (In only some varieties of English) A motorcycle or moped.
   • 2019, Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 192–193:

     He stood in the evening on the street in the haze of rain-flecked light. The backfire of a fucked moto cracked like a gunshot, but he did not flinch from it.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈmoː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈmɔː.to]