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单词 mottled
释义
mottledmot‧tled /ˈmɒtld $ ˈmɑː-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmottled
Origin:
1600-1700 mottle ‘to mark with spots’ (17-21 centuries), probably from motley
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a mottled gray-and-white whale
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A tiny canary-yellow waterlily with heavily mottled olive-green leaves.
  • Above the scoop neckline of her peacock blue dress, an ill-defined rash of mottled pink broke out, then faded.
  • Control: Misting over flowers Blotchy ripening: Fruits mottled bright red and yellow and flesh stays hard.
  • He was also the first to prepare blue mottled soap.
  • He wore a mottled camouflage jacket and a lightweight stetson and carried an automatic rifle.
  • Its coat was light red or dun mottled with white.
  • The mottled lock on the front still held, but its dusty cardboard strap had fractured with age.
  • Then an immature gannet came into view away out at sea, a huge bird, still in mottled dark brown plumage.
word sets
WORD SETS
arabesque, nounarc, nounarch, nounball, nounball, verbbar, nouncheck, nouncheckered, adjectivechevron, nouncoil, nounconical, adjectivecorrugated, adjectivecrescent, nouncrisscross, verbcrosswise, adverbcruciform, adjectivecube, nouncurl, verbcurl, nouncurvature, nouncurved, adjectivecurvy, adjectivecylinder, nouncylindrical, adjectivediagonal, adjectivediamond, noundisc, noundome, noundouble helix, nounellipse, nounelliptical, adjectivefloral, adjectiveformation, nounformless, adjectivegeometric, adjectiveglobe, nounglobular, adjectiveharlequin, adjectiveheart, nounhemisphere, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhoneycomb, nounhooked, adjectivehump, noun-iform, suffixlattice, nounMaltese Cross, nounmoon, nounmottled, adjectiveoblong, adjectiveoctagon, nounoval, nounovoid, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpeak, nounpentagon, nounpentagram, nounperimeter, nounpointed, adjectivepyramid, nounquadrangle, nounquadrilateral, nounradial, adjectiverectangle, nounrectangular, adjectiverectilinear, adjectiveregular, adjectivereticulated, adjectiverhomboid, nounrhomboid, adjectiverhombus, nounroll, nounround, adjectiveround, nounround, verbrounded, adjectivesemicircle, nounsolid, nounspatial, adjectivesphere, nounspiral, nounspotted, adjectivesquare, adjectivesquared, adjectivestar, nounstripe, nounstriped, adjectivestripy, adjectivesymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountabular, adjectivethree-cornered, adjectivethree-dimensional, adjectivetrapezium, nountrapezoid, nountrefoil, nountriangle, nountriangular, adjectivetubular, adjectiveundulate, verbvague, adjectiveveined, adjectiveV-formation, nounwavy, adjectivewhorl, nounwiggly, adjectivezigzag, noun
covered with spots or coloured areasmottled with The book’s pages were mottled with brown stains. His red, mottled face showed the effect of too much whisky.
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