spotty

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A common New Zealand fish, Notolabrus celidotus
    — I went fishing today and all I caught were spotties.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having spots; spotted.
  2. Occurring in non-contiguous positions or locations.
    — Mobile phone reception in this area tends to be rather spotty.
  3. Of inconsistent quality.
    — Near-synonyms: shoddy, iffy
  4. Inconsistent: not reliably good, sometimes bad.
    — Near-synonyms: shoddy, iffy

词形变化

spottier comparative spottiest superlative spotties plural

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
From Middle English spotty, equivalent to spot + -y.
词源 2
From Middle English spotty, equivalent to spot + -y.
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