英和和英

名詞

MOT (複数形 MOTs)

1. (Britain) Ministry of Transport test; an annual test of roadworthiness for British cars over three years old.

   I can’t drive over this week, the car is in for its MOT.

   Synonym: (米国用法) vehicle inspection

2. (Britain) An aggregate which meets the Ministry of Transport standard as a compact subbase.

   It will need some MOT at the bottom and then a layer of washed sand.

3. (business) management of technology.
4. (electronics) microwave oven transformer
5. A member of the tribe; i.e. a Jew
   • 2012, Gil Troy, “Finding Members of the Tribe”, in The Daily Beast:

     And, of course, she and her family would be welcome in our home too, with bagels, crembos—and even the kind of four course meal we were lucky enough to enjoy with them, our fellow MoTs.

   • 2013, Stephanie Butnick, "American Apparel’s Black Nail Polish Color is Called 'Hassid'", Jewcy

     This isn’t the first time American Apparel founder Dov Charney, who is Jewish, has gotten himself in hot water with his fellow MOTs.

6. (physics) magnetooptical trap

参考

• DMV
• RTA

アナグラム

• OMT, OTM, TMO, Tom, tom