• adj. 雜色的；混雜的；五顏六色的
• n. 混雜；雜色衣服；小丑
• n. (Motley)人名；(英)莫特利

縮寫(xiě)自盎格魯法語(yǔ)motteley,混雜的，可能來(lái)自mote,塵埃，微粒。即像塵埃一樣的，引申詞義混雜的，雜色的。

motley (adj.)

late 14c., "parti-colored" (originally of fabric), from Anglo-French motteley, probably from Old English mot "speck" (see mote). But Klein's sources say probably from Gaulish. "Diversified in color," especially of a fool's dress. Hence, allusively, "a fool" (1600). As a noun meaning "cloth of mixed color" from late 14c.

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

屋子里擺滿了五花八門(mén)的家具和繪畫(huà)。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. His friends were a motley crew.

他的朋友三教九流全有.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. The volunteers seem a motley crew.

志愿者里似乎什么人都有。

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. The motley company had increased to ten.

這群烏合之眾已經(jīng)增加到了十個(gè)人.

來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹

5. The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage.

不多一會(huì)兒,屋子里便擠滿了形形色色的來(lái)開(kāi)會(huì)的人.

來(lái)自辭典例句