| 单词 | pied |
| 释义 | pied (once / 5277 pages) adj Pied means colorfully jumbled. If you're looking at kittens, you may see solid black ones, solid white, or ones with lots of different patches of color. You'd call a patchy one pied. Pied was first used to refer to magpies’ black and white plumage. Later, pied came to refer to an order of friars known for their black and white robes, and even later, pied came to refer to a jumble of typefaces in a printed document. Now, pied can indicate anything having two or more colors. Someone with multicolored articles of clothing can be said to be pied, as in the Pied Piper of Hamlin. WORD FAMILYpied: piedly USAGE EXAMPLESBarry Bennell was a youth scout and coach - described as a "pied piper" - who told young footballers he could help make their dreams come true. BBC(Nov 25, 2016) In dwelling on this potent picture, this virile vision, we are rushing after pied piper Farage, dancing gladly to his tune. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) She witnesses the kankurang, a dancing Pied Piper who carries boys off to their initiations into manhood. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly pied daisies Syn calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, varicolored, varicoloured colored, colorful, coloured having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination |
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