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

单词

motley

释义

composed of varied, often disreputable or unsightly, elements

The Natural Law Party … is not a motley collection of ageing hippies, but an arm of a wealthy and complex organisation — Daily Telegraph

multicoloured

[Middle English, perhaps from mot mote, speck]

a woollen fabric of mixed colours made in England between the 14th and 17th cents

the characteristic clothing of a jester, made of motley

a haphazard mixture of often incompatible elements

The lanes are a motley of blank walls and doorways — Colin Thubron

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