motley
英 ['mɒtlɪ]
美['mɑtli]
- 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
词态变化
比较级: motlier;最高级: motliest;
助记提示
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。
英英释意
- 1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things;
- "a great assortment of cars was on display"
- "he had a variety of disorders"
- "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
- 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
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- 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。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- His friends were a motley crew.
- 他的朋友三教九流全有.
《简明英汉词典》
- The volunteers seem a motley crew.
- 志愿者里似乎什么人都有。
辞典例句
- The motley company had increased to ten.
- 这群乌合之众已经增加到了十个人.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 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.
辞典例句
- The people she'd invited were a pretty motley crew.
- 她请的人相当杂.
辞典例句
- His interpretations on history are far less strained than those of Motley.
- 他对于历史的解释不象莫特利那样牵强.
辞典例句
- A strange and motley set they were, these friends of the Chevalier.
- 骑士的这班朋友真是五花八门, 无奇不有.
辞典例句
- Motley makes his villains excessively villainous and his heroes wearisomely heroic.
- 莫特利把坏人写得过于无赖,把他的英雄写得过于英勇.
辞典例句
- Motley, for his part , makes his villains excessively villainous and his heros wearisomely heroic.
- 讲到莫特利, 他把他的坏人讲得过于无赖,把他的英雄写得过于英勇,看了使人厌倦.
辞典例句
- Motley, for his part , makes his villains excessively villainous and his heroes wearisomely heroic.
- 讲到莫特利,他把他的坏人写得过于无赖,把他的英雄写得过于英勇.
辞典例句
- They are wearing a motley collection of old clothes.
- 他们穿着各式各样的旧衣服.
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- The audience was a motley crew of students and tourists.
- 观众是一群混杂在一起的学生和游客.
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- Motley: This agile thing is actually pretty cool and has some benefits.
- 马特里: 这种敏捷开发确实听上去挺酷的,有点好处.
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- The audience consisted of a motley crowd of property owners, renters, and drifters.
- 观众中各色人等都有,有地产所有者 、 租赁人和流浪汉.
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