| 单词 | motley |
| 释义 | motley From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmotleymot‧ley /ˈmɒtli $ ˈmɑːtli/ adjective [only before noun] → a motley collection/crew/assortment etcExamples from the Corpusmotley• A motley bunch of students, ex-convicts and unemployed artists worked together to repair the building.• The party is not a motley collection of ageing hippies, but an arm of a wealthy and complex organisation.• If so, is what you have put together really just a motley collection with a messy clash of styles and materials?• These confiscated nets were a very motley collection.• a motley fleet of aircraft• They were an entertaining and very motley gang.• One seemed to be humans dressed in black, the other was a motley group of exters.• Gaz slowly gathers a motley group of losers.Origin motley (1300-1400) Perhaps from mote |
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