motto
n
(pl ~es)
1 short sentence or phrase chosen and used as a guide or rule of behaviour or as an expression of the aims or ideals of a family, a country, an institution, etc 箴言; 格言; 座右铭
My motto is: `Live each day as it comes.' 我的座右铭是: `有一天过一天.'
What's your school motto? 你们校训是什麽?
2 (esp Brit) witty remark or riddle or short saying printed on a piece of paper, esp inside a Christmas cracker 隽语、 谜语或谚语的纸签(尤指圣诞节彩包爆竹中的).
That's right. We will take 10 pigs, 10 sheep and sixty chickens. The chickens can eat the food that we would otherwise throw away. They will provide us with eggs and meat.
没错。我们要带上10头猪、10只羊还有60只鸡。鸡吃我们的剩饭剩菜。它们为我们提供蛋和肉。
He did not know from which part of Africa his ancestor had come.
他不知道祖先来自非洲的什么地方。
Now we know that Clare Flower is dead, does that mean the money will now come to me?