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mottle

/mot-l/US // ˈmɒt l //UK // (ˈmɒtəl) //

斑点,斑驳,斑纹,斑斑点点

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mot·tled, mot·tling.

    • : to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a diversifying spot or blotch of color.
    • : mottled coloring or pattern.

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Examples

  • Blue mottle, or Belton greys, which stand work and are better than; 2.

  • The effect of this winding, is to give a beautiful mottle to the barrel; which will be found depicted in plate No. 3.

  • He had a coat of velvet that through age had become marked with an opalescent mottle.

  • In some old strains the "blue mottle" of the Southern Hound is still preserved.

  • Ginsburg put up his gloved hand and wiped clean a face that with passion had turned a mottle of red-and-white blotches.