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dapple

/dap-uhl/US // ˈdæp əl //UK // (ˈdæpəl) //

斑驳,斑点,斑斑点点,斑纹

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.
    • : an animal with a mottled skin or coat.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : dappled; spotted: a dapple horse.
  1. 1

    dap·pled, dap·pling.

    • : to mark or become marked with spots.

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Examples

  • On Santa Cruz, book a spot at the remote, oak-dappled Del Norte backcountry camp.

  • The dapple grays were fat, well fed beasts, and the coachman was old and rheumatic.

  • Here there are no mossy rocks or sheltering trees to dapple the scene with their brightness and shadow.

  • It was just as he was about to return to his dapple grays that he received a sudden shock.

  • What are these dark streaks which foul her white decks and dapple her brazen shields?

  • It was neither the fat buck nor the little two-toed horse with 193 dapple hide, but a young cow-buffalo.