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单词 dapple
释义 dap·ple
I. \ˈdapəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English dappel (in dappel-gray) — more at dapple-gray
: dappled
 < a dapple horse >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : one of numerous usually cloudy and rounded spots or patches of a color or shade different from their background
 < the distinctive markings of each horse … flecks, dapples, stockings — Harry Disston >
 < clouds and sun throwing gigantic dapples over the varicolored green of the treetops — Tom Marvel >
2. : the quality or state of being dappled : mottled appearance
 < the dapple of the leaf-filtered light — Anthony West >
3. : a dappled animal (as a horse)
III. verb
(dappled ; dappled ; dappling \-p(ə)liŋ\ ; dapples)
transitive verb
: to mark or variegate with spots or patches of different shade or color
 < beach plums dapple our dunes and fields with snowy drifts — Christian Science Monitor >
 < rings of sunlight … dappled the dark grass — Truman Capote >
intransitive verb
: to become dappled
 < sunlight dappling through the great cedar and hemlock tops — Hugh Fosburgh >
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