mot
n.
"a witty saying," 1580s, from French mot (12c.) "remark, short speech," literally "word," cognate of Italian motto, from Latin mutum "grunt, murmur" (see mutter). Mot juste (1912) is French, literally "exact word," the precisely appropriate expression in some situation.
The mot juste is an expression which readers would like to buy of writers who use it, as one buys one's neighbour's bantam cock for the sake of hearing its voice no more. [Fowler]
☞ mob, mov, mot
词根：mot
mot =move移动，动
motion [mot动，-ion名词后缀，表示行为，情况] 运动，动
motive [mot动，-ive形容词后缀，…的] 发动的，运动的;[转为名词] 动机
promote [pro-向前，mor移动;’使向前移动”] 推进，促进，提升，升级
promotion [见上，-ion名词后缀，表示行为] 促进，推进，提升，升级
promoter [见上，-er表示人] 促进者，推进者
demote [de-向下，mot移动;’使向下移动”] 使降级
demotion [见上，-ion名词后缀，表示行为] 降级
remote [re-回，离mot移动;’移走的”，’removed to a distance”，远离的] 遥远的
commotion [com-加强意义，mot动，-ion名词后缀，表示行为;’激烈的动荡”] 骚动，动乱
locomotive [loc地方，-o-，mot移动，-ive形容词后缀，…的;’能由一个地方移动至另一个地方的”] 移动的，运动的;[转为名词，’能索引他物，由一地方移动至另一地方的机器”] 机车，火车头
locomote [见上] 移动，行进
motor [mot动，-or表示物] 发动机，机动车
automotive [auto-自己，mot动，-ive形容词后缀，…的] 自动的，机动的
motile [mot动，-ile形容词后缀，…的] (生物)能动的，有自动力的