motley

英 ['mɒtli] 美 ['mɑːtli]

• adj. 杂色的；混杂的
• n. 杂色；杂色衣服；混杂；小丑

英英释义

Noun:

1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things;

   "a great assortment of cars was on display"
   "he had a variety of disorders"
   "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
   

2. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)

3. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

Adjective:

1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;

   "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"
   "assorted sizes"
   "miscellaneous accessories"
   "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"
   "a motley crew"
   "sundry sciences commonly known as social"
   

2. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;

   "a jester dressed in motley"
   "the painted desert"
   "a particolored dress"
   "a piebald horse"
   "pied daisies"
   

Verb:

1. make something more diverse and varied;

   "Vary the menu"
   

2. make motley; color with different colors

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. They are wearing a motley collection of old clothes.
   他们穿着各式各样的旧衣服。
2. The people she'd invited were a pretty motley crew.
   她请的人相当杂。
3. The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage.
   不多一会儿，屋子里便挤满了形形色色的来开会的人。

经典引文

• O that I were a fool!, I am ambitious for a motley coat.

  出自：As You Like It , Shakespeare

词汇搭配

• a man of motley 小丑
• put on the motley 作科打诨
• wear the motley 作科打诨

近反义词

【近义词】

• mixed 混合的
• assorted 各种各样的
• varied 各种各样的
• diversified 多样化的
• many 许多的
• several 若干
• various 各种各样的
• miscellaneous 多方面的
• diverse 不同的
• contrasting 动词contrast的现...
• dissimilar 不同的
• heterogeneous 异种的
• disparate 不同的
• variegated 杂色的
• miscellany 杂集
• mixed bag 杂集
• mixture 混合
• multicoloured 多色的
• vary 改变
• particoloured 杂色的(斑驳的)...
• multicolour 多色的
• varicolored 杂色的
• smorgasbord 瑞式自助餐
• multicolor 多色
• assortment 杂烩
• multicolored 多色的
• varicoloured 杂色的, 五颜六色的,各...
• pied 斑驳的
• painted 描画的
• multi-colour 多色印刷
• variegate 使 ... 多样化...
• sundry 各种各样的
• calico 白棉布
• multi-color 复合彩色的
• variety 多样
• miscellanea 杂集
• multi-colored 多彩的
• salmagundi 意大利冷菜拼盘...
• piebald 花斑的
• potpourri 混杂物
• multi-coloured 五彩的
• parti-color 杂色
• particolored 杂色的