mottle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒt.əl/    美 /ˈmɑ.təl/|[ˈmɑ.ɾɫ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A distinguishing blotch of colour. countable
  2. A mottled or spotted pattern. countable,uncountable
    — The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.
  3. Any of several species of genus Logania of butterflies, found from Burma to the Philippines and New Guinea. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
    — Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.

词形变化

mottles present,singular,third-person mottling participle,present mottled participle,past mottled past mottles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dark mottle leaf mottle yellows Malayan mottle mottlement mottler pale mottle rounded mottle

词源

词源 1
1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.
词源 2
1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.
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