piebald

• adj. 花斑的；雜色的
• n. 花斑馬；花馬

pie,喜鵲，bald,此處來自其古義斑點的，斑白的。即喜鵲的顏色，或形如喜鵲的黑白斑點。

piebald (adj.)

"of two different colors," 1580s, formed from pie (n.2) "magpie" + bald in its older sense of "spotted, white;" in reference to the black-and-white plumage of the magpie. Hence, "of mixed character, mongrel." Technically only of black-and-white colorings.

1. It is a piebald pony.

這是一匹黑白斑小型馬。

來自辭典例句

2. Note A perfect piebald is preferable a muddy brindle or defective solid color.

注意:正確的花斑色比汙濁的虎斑色或有缺陷的純色更可取.

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