motley的中文翻譯是什麼意思

motley

US/ˈmɑtli/
UK/ˈmɒtli/

adj. 混雜的; 雜色的; 五顏六色的

motley柯林斯釋義

ADJ-GRADED雜七雜八的;混雜的

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...

    雜七雜八的一堆車,有運貨車、舊公共汽車、運牛車,甚至救火車

  • The volunteers seem a motley crew.

    志願者裡似乎什麼人都有。

motley英文釋義

Noun

1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things;

  • a great assortment of cars was on display
  • he had a variety of disorders
  • a veritable smorgasbord of religions

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

      Verb

      1. make something more diverse and varied;

      • Vary the menu

      2. make motley; color with different colors

        Adjective

        1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity);

        • an arrangement of assorted spring flowers
        • assorted sizes
        • miscellaneous accessories
        • a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music
        • a motley crew
        • sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards

        2. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;

        • a jester dressed in motley
        • the painted desert
        • a particolored dress
        • a piebald horse
        • pied daisies

        motley場景例句

        The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.

        屋子裡擺滿了五花八門的傢俱和繪畫。

        His friends were a motley crew.

        他的朋友三教九流全有.

        The volunteers seem a motley crew.

        志願者裡似乎什麼人都有。

        The motley company had increased to ten.

        這群烏合之眾已經增加到了十個人.

        The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage.

        不多一會兒,屋子裡便擠滿了形形色色的來開會的人.

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        motley詞性變形

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