motley
英 ['mɒtlɪ]
美 ['mɑtli]
- adj. 雜色的；混雜的；五顏六色的
- n. 混雜；雜色衣服；小醜
- n. (Motley)人名；(英)莫特利
助記提示
1. mottle <==> motley.
2. 同源詞：mote => motley, mottle.
中文詞源
motley 混雜的，雜色的縮寫自盎格魯法語motteley,混雜的，可能來自mote,塵埃，微粒。即像塵埃一樣的，引申詞義混雜的，雜色的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.
- 屋子裏擺滿了五花八門的家具和繪畫。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. His friends were a motley crew.
- 他的朋友三教九流全有.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The volunteers seem a motley crew.
- 誌願者裏似乎什麽人都有。
來自辭典例句
- 4. The motley company had increased to ten.
- 這群烏合之眾已經增加到了十個人.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage.
- 不多一會兒,屋子裏便擠滿了形形**的來開會的人.
來自辭典例句