motley crew

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmɒtli ˈkɹuː/    美 /ˌmɑtli ˈkɹu/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group of people of mixed background, especially one with a common goal.
    — Away they marched from the rocky region and miserable village where they were posted, a motley crew of Christians and Infidels, Catholics, Greeks, and adorers of the Prophet, all mingled together, to go and attack the holy city, and compel the governor to come to their terms, and supply them with provisions.

词形变化

motley crews plural

词源

From motley + crew. Originally used to refer to the crews of 17th- and 18th-century ships, which contained men of many different nationalities.
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