英语词汇“brindle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

brindle

/ˈbrɪnd(ə)l

noun [mass noun]

1A brownish or tawny colour of animal fur, with streaks of other colour: coat colours included red, brindle, and yellowish cream...

The hounds were black, red, silver-grey and brindle, tall and narrow, with tapered muzzles and dark narrow eyes.
Their short, close-lying coats most often occur in one color, fawn, or in one pattern, brindle.
The classic color is fawn with a black mask, but the breed also comes in pinto, white and brindle.

1.1 [count noun] An animal with a brindle coat: he is hoping the speedy brindle can retain the cup...

On these brindles you will find good, strong stripes on one side and very light makings on the other.
In breeding blue merles to brindles the only colors that really suffer will be the reds and brindles.
Most brindles appear striped, although some only have different shades of brown that seem more patchy.

adjective

(also brindled) (Especially of a domestic animal) brownish or tawny with streaks of other colour: a brindle pup...

His brindled hide had lost its luster, the short hair mottled by patches of dried blood.
He remembered he had often cursed the brindle cow and her mates, and had sometimes flung milking stools.
Arnie pointed at a fat brindle cat sitting on top of a stack of hardbacks.

Synonyms

tawny, brownish, brown;

dappled, streaked, stippled, mottled, speckled, flecked, marbled, pied, piebald, pinto

Origin

Late 17th century: back-formation from brindled, alteration of Middle English brinded, probably of Scandinavian origin.

单词	brindle
释义	brindle /ˈbrɪnd(ə)l / noun [mass noun] 1A brownish or tawny colour of animal fur, with streaks of other colour: coat colours included red, brindle, and yellowish cream... The hounds were black, red, silver-grey and brindle, tall and narrow, with tapered muzzles and dark narrow eyes. Their short, close-lying coats most often occur in one color, fawn, or in one pattern, brindle. The classic color is fawn with a black mask, but the breed also comes in pinto, white and brindle. 1.1 [count noun] An animal with a brindle coat: he is hoping the speedy brindle can retain the cup... On these brindles you will find good, strong stripes on one side and very light makings on the other. In breeding blue merles to brindles the only colors that really suffer will be the reds and brindles. Most brindles appear striped, although some only have different shades of brown that seem more patchy. adjective (also brindled) (Especially of a domestic animal) brownish or tawny with streaks of other colour: a brindle pup... His brindled hide had lost its luster, the short hair mottled by patches of dried blood. He remembered he had often cursed the brindle cow and her mates, and had sometimes flung milking stools. Arnie pointed at a fat brindle cat sitting on top of a stack of hardbacks. Synonyms tawny, brownish, brown; dappled, streaked, stippled, mottled, speckled, flecked, marbled, pied, piebald, pinto Origin Late 17th century: back-formation from brindled, alteration of Middle English brinded, probably of Scandinavian origin. Rhymes dwindle, kindle, spindle, swindle, Tyndale
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