It was like strange moths, very soft and silent, settling on her from the darkness of her soul. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
This latter fact is well exemplified in the state of the wings of female moths belonging to the same family. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
You're not turning your head to look after more moths, are you? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, replied Estella, with a glance towards him, hover about a lighted candle. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Quatrefages states that the hybrids from two moths (Bombyx cynthia and arrindia) were proved in Paris to be fertile inter se for eight generations. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Measures were taken to select the seed of the heal thy moths and to destroy the others. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Wildeve contemplated her for a minute, and then retreating into the heath beat the ferns lightly, whereupon moths flew out alarmed. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
There was nothing but pickled vermin, and drawers full of blue-bottles and moths, with no carpet on the floor. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.