piebald

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpaɪ.bɔːld/    美 /ˈpaɪ.bɔld/|/ˈpaɪ.bɑld/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An animal with piebald coloration.
    — Our neighbour's fancy was for piebald horses, and so strong was it that he wished not to have any one-coloured animals in his herd, despite the fact that he bred horses for sale and that piebalds were not so popular as horses of a more normal colouring.
形容词 adj.
  1. Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
    — […] she kept several piebald mice and a restless revolving squirrel.
  2. Of mixed character, heterogeneous. figuratively
    — And at the present day, the wanton introduction of scientific terms from the Greek and Latin, and of phrases from the French, threatens to render our tongue still more piebald, heterogeneous and unwieldy.

词形变化

more piebald comparative most piebald superlative piebalds plural

词汇关系

衍生词
piebald dolphin piebaldism piebaldness
相关词
pied skewbald
并列词
variegated

词源

词源 1
From pie (“magpie”) + bald (“having white patches or blazes”).
Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.
词源 2
From pie (“magpie”) + bald (“having white patches or blazes”).
Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.
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