mottle
mottle
verb
verb
- [with obj.]mark with spots or smears of colour
使呈杂色
the cow's coat was light red mottled with white.
这头母牛有淡红夹杂着白色的毛皮。
[as adj. mottled]a bird with mottled brown plumage.
羽毛斑驳的棕色鸟儿。
- an irregular arrangement of spots or patches of colour
杂色，斑驳
the ship was a mottle of khaki and black.
这艘船由黄褐色和黑色夹杂而成。
■a spot or patch forming part of such an arrangement
斑点，斑纹
a pale grey with lighter grey mottles.
夹杂着灰白色斑纹的淡灰。
- late 18th cent.: probably a back-formation from motley
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