mottle

vt. 使呈杂色 n. 杂色, 斑点

发音

UK /ˈmɒt.əl/
其它
US /ˈmɑ.təl/
US /ˈmɑ.ɾɫ/

词形变化

mottles 复数 mottled mottles 三单 mottles mottling mottling 现在分词 mottled 过去式 mottled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A distinguishing blotch of colour.

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  2. 2.

    A mottled or spotted pattern.

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    The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.

  3. 3.

    Any of several species of genus Logania of butterflies, found from Burma to the Philippines and New Guinea.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

color colour coloring colouring
动词

同义词 4

cloud streak blotch dapple

上位词 9

spot color colour color in colorise colorize colour in colourise colourize

下位词 3

harlequin speckle stipple

相关短语

leaf mottle yellows

词源

1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.

来源：wiktionary