🇬🇧🇨🇳 speck - 斑点 : English Lesson

Meaning of "speck" ("斑点"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A speck is something so teeny-tiny that you can barely see it. It could be a tiny spot of dirt, a little crumb, or a very small bit of anything. If something is a speck, it’s much smaller than a pea—almost like it’s trying to hide from your eyes!

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

A speck of toothpaste on my shirt loudly announced to the world, “This child brushed his teeth…kind of.”

The teacher said my desk was dusty, but I argued it was simply decorated with a speck collection.

The cookie had one lonely speck of raisin in it, bravely pretending to be a chocolate chip.

There was a tiny speck on my apple, so I ate everything except that one suspicious dot.

A speck of dust is so light it can float in the air, which means my bedroom specks are probably having skydiving parties when I’m at school.

She saw a speck on her white shirt, a speck that made her pause. She brushed at the speck, then spotted a speck on the mirror and a speck on the camera lens, each a tiny dark dot. She laughed, wiped the speck away, and the morning felt suddenly brighter.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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