Speck

(noun.) a very small spot; 'the plane was just a speck in the sky'.

(verb.) produce specks in or on; 'speck the cloth'.

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• In each case, there is an arrangement of glass and metal, an eye, and a little speck of light in the distance. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The reddleman watched his form as it diminished to a speck on the road and became absorbed in the thickening films of night. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• You'll make out that there's a speck of something or another there, and you'll know it's me, and you'll come down that cause'ay to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The moon would be a speck the size of a small pea, thirty inches from the earth. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• What Jo would give for a sight of that famous speck! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Only a small, mechanical speck of consciousness hovered near him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Not only this, but on the table I found a small ball of black dough or clay, with specks of something which looks like sawdust in it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Rather specks I am, said Sam; did yer see Missis up stars at the winder? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• They range from mere specks scarcely visible with a powerful magnifying glass, to large black spots or clusters of large or small black specks sometimes quite plain to the naked eye. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• White specks and bubbles are common flaws, which vary in size and which may be best illustrated by looking at a pane of glass in your window. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There you will find small knots, white bubbles and whitish specks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The little flotilla was drifting into the light, a company of white specks in the distance. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He knew that some of these specks even represented Christopher as capable of harbouring designs in 'that head,' and as being a crafty impostor. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• A few fishing vessels alone specked the water, and now and then the gentle breeze wafted the sound of voices, as the fishermen called to one another. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

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