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单词 motley
释义

motley

音标['m?tli]

汉语翻译

a. 杂色的, 穿杂色衣的, 杂乱的, 混杂的
n. 杂色, 杂色衣服, 混杂, 小丑

词型变化:

名词复数:motleys 

英语解释:

名词 motley:

  1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
    同义词:assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri
  2. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
  3. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

动词 motley:

  1. make something more diverse and varied
    同义词:vary, variegate
  2. make motley; color with different colors
    同义词:parti-color

形容词 motley:

  1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)- I.A.Richards
    同义词:assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry
  2. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
    同义词:calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured

例句:

  1. The people she'd invited were a pretty motley crew.
    她请的人相当杂。
  2. They were a motley crew.
    这帮人成份混杂。
  3. They are wearing a motley collection of old clothes.
    他们穿着各式各样的旧衣服。

详细解释:


mot.ley

adj.(形容词)
Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous:
混杂的:具有大量不同种类或由不同成份组成的;异质的:
例句:
.Most Ivy League freshman classes are chosen from a motley collection of constituencies . . . and a bare majority of entering students can honestly be called scholars.(New York Times)See Synonyms at miscellaneous
.常春藤联合会的大部分新成员选自于五花八门的候选人集合体…而且有过半数的新生简直可以被称作学者.(纽约时报)参见 miscellaneous

Having many colors; variegated; parti-colored:
多色的:有许多颜色的;杂色的;多色的:
例句:
a motley tunic.
迷彩服

n.(名词)
【复数】 mot.leys
The parti-colored attire of a court jester.
宫廷小丑穿的杂色彩衣
A heterogeneous, often incongruous mixture of elements.
混杂物:有各种成份的、通常有不协调成份的混合物

来源:
Middle English motlei [variegated cloth, variegated]
中古英语 motlei [杂色布,杂色的]
probably Anglo-Norman
可能为 英法语
probably from Middle English mot [speck] * see mote
可能源自 中古英语 mot [污点] *参见 mote


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