dapple

n. 斑纹, 花斑 a. 有斑纹的 v. (使)起斑纹

发音

UK /ˈdæpəɫ/
其它

词形变化

dapples 复数 dapples dappled dapples 三单 dappling dappling 现在分词 dappled 过去式 dappled 过去分词 more dapple 比较级 most dapple 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mottled marking, usually in clusters.

  2. 2.

    An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.

    “My brother,” said he, “do not ride to–day / The dapple, as you’re wont; but mount the horse / Which I have chosen for thee.

    Some well-intentioned breeders inadvertently breed two dapples together because occasionally a dapple will have so few patches of mottled coloration it appears undappled.

v.
  1. 1.

    To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

spot patch fleck maculation speckle

上位词 1

marking

下位词 10

splash plaque pinpoint fret nebula speck facula macula macule mock sun
动词

同义词 2

cloud mottle

上位词 1

spot

下位词 3

harlequin speckle stipple

词源

Uncertain. The adjective is first attested circa 1550 though the first element is already attested in dapple-grey as early as 1386, in Middle English, and later as dappled circa 1400; the OED suggests either: * a back-formation from dapple-grey, itself a variant of apple-grey, compare possible cognates all said of horses: Old Norse apalgrár (whence Norwegian abildgrå and Swedish apel-grå), German apfelgrau. Compare also French pommelé (“dappled”), from pomme (“an apple”); or, * a relation with Icelandic depill (“a dot, spot”). The noun and verb are both later attested likely as back-formations.

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