motley
英 [ˈmɒt.li]
美 [ˈmɑːt.li]
- adj. 杂色的；混杂的；五颜六色的
- n. 混杂；杂色衣服；小丑
- n. (Motley)人名；(英)莫特利
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1. mottle motley.
2. 同源词：mote => motley, mottle.
2. 同源词：mote => motley, mottle.
中文词源
motley 混杂的，杂色的
缩写自盎格鲁法语motteley,混杂的，可能来自mote,尘埃，微粒。即像尘埃一样的，引申词义混杂的，杂色的。
英语词源
- motley (adj.)
- late 14c., "parti-colored" (originally of fabric), from Anglo-French motteley, probably from Old English mot "speck" (see mote). But Klein's sources say probably from Gaulish. "Diversified in color," especially of a fool's dress. Hence, allusively, "a fool" (1600). As a noun meaning "cloth of mixed color" from late 14c.
权威例句
- 1. The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.
- 屋子里摆满了五花八门的家具和绘画。
- 2. His friends were a motley crew.
- 他的朋友三教九流全有.
- 3. The volunteers seem a motley crew.
- 志愿者里似乎什么人都有。
- 4. The motley company had increased to ten.
- 这群乌合之众已经增加到了十个人.
- 5. The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage.
- 不多一会儿,屋子里便挤满了形形色色的来开会的人.
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