motley
英 [ˈmɒtli]
美 [ˈmɑːtli]
adj. 混杂的; 杂七杂八的
n. (丑角穿的)杂色衣服; 小丑
过去分词:motleyed
Collins.1 / BNC.18743 / COCA.16138
牛津词典
adj.
- 混杂的;杂七杂八的
consisting of many different types of people or things that do not seem to belong together- 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。 - The audience was a motley crew of students and tourists.
观众是一群混杂在一起的学生和游客。
- The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 杂七杂八的;混杂的
You can describe a group of things as amotleycollection 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。
- ...a motley collection of vans, old buses, cattle-trucks, and even a fire engine...
双语例句
- He cuts the blowing, yellow buildings in two, breaks the walls into motley halves;
他把鼓风的黄色建筑一分为二地切开,把墙壁一半一半地折断成五颜六色; - And now, for the first time in her life, she was facing a complex nature. I did not realize how motley are the qualities that go to make up a human being.
如今,她生气第一次碰上了一个性格复杂的人。那时我还没认识到一个人的性格是极其复杂的。 - At Eastwatch someone had sewn him a motley cloak of beaver pelts, sheepskins, and rabbit fur.
在东海望有人用海狸皮,绵羊皮,和野兔皮给他缝了一间杂色花衣。 - Haldon donned a hooded cloak, and Tyrion shed his homemade motley for something drab and grey.
哈尔顿披上一件连帽斗篷,提利昂则脱下他的自制花衫换上单调灰暗的衣物。 - There's a motley collection of old furniture in the house we're renting at the moment.
我们现在租的房子里有一批混杂的旧家具。 - We were a motley group loosely held together by some common threads.
我们是一个松散的五花八门组举行一些共同的线索在一起。 - The lights changed to green, and the car moved forward in a motley sea of traffic and humanity.
此时指挥交通的灯光换了绿色,吴老太爷的车子便又向前进。 - With Tirol before it, the motley battlewagon went on combat alert.
这艘混杂战舰正朝泰洛驶来,进入了战斗警戒状态。 - The volunteers seem a motley crew.
志愿者里似乎什么人都有。 - Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a motley cast of characters.
于是哈克和吉姆一同开始历险的征程,并遇到了许多不同个性的人们。