motley是什么意思_motley怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

a garment made of motley (especially a court jester"s costume)

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

Adjective:

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"

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:

make something more diverse and varied;"Vary the menu"

make motley; color with different colors

中英词源

motley 混杂的，杂色的

缩写自盎格鲁法语motteley,混杂的，可能来自mote,尘埃，微粒。即像尘埃一样的，引申词义混杂的，杂色的。

motley (adj.): late 14c., "parti-colored" (originally of fabric), from Anglo-French motteley, probably from Old English mot "speck" (see mote). But Klein"s sources say probably from Gaulish. "Diversified in color," especially of a fool"s dress. Hence, allusively, "a fool" (1600). As a noun meaning "cloth of mixed color" from late 14c.

词态变化

比较级 motlier;
最高级 motliest;

权威造句

1. The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.: 屋子里摆满了五花八门的家具和绘画。

2. His friends were a motley crew.: 他的朋友三教九流全有.

3. The volunteers seem a motley crew.: 志愿者里似乎什么人都有。

4. The motley company had increased to ten.: 这群乌合之众已经增加到了十个人.

5. 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.

近反义词

a man of motley 小丑

put on the motley 作科打诨

wear the motley 作科打诨

相似短语

motley fool phr. 彩衣傻瓜

单词分析

暂无,等待补充.

记忆方法

1. mottle <==> motley.
2. 同源词：mote => motley, mottle.

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