brindle

n. 斑, 斑纹

发音

US

词形变化

brindles 复数 brindles brindled brindles 三单 brindling brindling 现在分词 brindled 过去式 brindled 过去分词 more brindle 比较级 most brindle 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A streaky colouration in animals.

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  2. 2.

    An animal so coloured.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To form streaks of a different color.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having such a colouration; brindled.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

tabby brinded brindled

近义相关 1

patterned

相关短语

Brindle Heath Treeing Tennessee Brindle

词源

Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century.

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