piebald

• adj. 花斑的；杂色的
• n. 花斑马；花马

pie,喜鹊，bald,此处来自其古义斑点的，斑白的。即喜鹊的颜色，或形如喜鹊的黑白斑点。

1. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;

"a jester dressed in motley"

"the painted desert"

"a particolored dress"

"a piebald horse"

"pied daisies"

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.

It is a piebald pony.

这是一匹黑白斑小型马。

辞典例句

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

注意:正确的花斑色比污浊的虎斑色或有缺陷的纯色更可取.

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