fleck

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flake.
    — two flecks of Lard cut with your knife
  2. A lock, as of wool.
    — With teeth they smooth their work, as on it slips, And flecks of wool stick to their wither'd lips
  3. A small spot or streak; a speckle.
    — So fret not, like an idle girl, / That life is dash'd with flecks of sin. / Abide: thy wealth is gathered in, / When Time hath sunder'd shell from pearl.
  4. A small amount.
    — a fleck of hope
动词 v.
  1. To mark (something) with small spots. transitive
    — So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

词形变化

flecks plural flecks present,singular,third-person flecking participle,present flecked participle,past flecked past

词汇关系

衍生词
befleck fleckless flecky pith fleck snowfleck sunfleck

词源

词源 1
From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.
词源 2
From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.
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