参考词典中motley的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 杂色的,斑杂的,杂多的,混杂的
n. 杂色,杂色衣服,混杂,小丑
词形变化
- 复 数:mot·leys
参考例句
- A motley collection;a hodgepodge.
杂烩混杂的收集物;杂烩
- A motley collection;a hodgepodge.
英英解释
2个动词解释
- make something more diverse and varied
[同] motley, variegate, vary
[例]- Vary the menu
- make motley; color with different colors
[同] motley, parti-color
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- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
[同] assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety
[例]- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
- a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume) show all ... ( 3 )
- a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
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- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)
[同] assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry
[例]- an arrangement of assorted spring flowers
- assorted sizes
- miscellaneous accessories
- a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music
- a motley crew
- sundry sciences commonly known as social
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
[同] calico, motley, multicolor, multi-color, multicolored, multi-colored, multicolour, multi-colour, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
[例]- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies
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