motley
adj. 混杂的; 杂色的; 五颜六色的
You can describe a group of things as a motley collection if you think they seem strange together because they are all very different.
...a motley collection of vans, old buses, cattle-trucks, and even a fire engine...
杂七杂八的一堆车,有运货车、旧公共汽车、运牛车,甚至救火车
The volunteers seem a motley crew.
志愿者里似乎什么人都有。
1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things;
2. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
3. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
1. make something more diverse and varied;
2. make motley; color with different colors
1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity);
2. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;
The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.
屋子里摆满了五花八门的家具和绘画。
His friends were a motley crew.
他的朋友三教九流全有.
The volunteers seem a motley crew.
志愿者里似乎什么人都有。
The motley company had increased to ten.
这群乌合之众已经增加到了十个人.
The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage.
不多一会儿,屋子里便挤满了形形色色的来开会的人.