| 单词 | fleck |
| 释义 | fleck (once / 2780 pages) 1nv 2n A fleck is a small patch that is different and stands out from the background, like the flecks of green in your blue eyes. A fleck can also be a fragment of something, like the flecks of peeling paint you might see on the floor in an old building. The noun fleck can describe a color or a spot of light that stands out, like a fleck of orange in a brown and white plaid, or the little bits of light reflected off a sequined top. It can also describe a particle, such as a fleck of dirt you track into your house on your shoe. Fleck can also be a verb that means dotting or marking something with little spots, like when you fleck paint on the wall to produce a random dotted effect. WORD FAMILYfleck: flecked, flecking, flecks USAGE EXAMPLESFleck said showing emotion after the game was nothing new for him. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) That was exactly the response Fleck hoped to get from his players. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Fleck says he talks to recruits about the playoff system and the possibility of Western Michigan playing for a national title. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a small contrasting part of something a fleck of red Syn|Hypo|Hyper dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot pinpoint, speck a very small spot nebula(pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea splasha patch of bright color fret, worn spota spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion plaque(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body macula, maculea patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases mock sun, parhelion, sundoga bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals macula, sunspota cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field faculaa large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots faculaa bright spot on a planet amyloid plaque, amyloid protein plaquea plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease) arterial plaquea fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosis bacterial plaque, dental plaquea film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries freckle, lentigoa small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin liver spota type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin plague spota spot on the skin characteristic of the plague marking a pattern of marks 2v make a spot or mark onto 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper blob, blot, spot stain produce or leave stains splotch blotch or spot defile, maculate, stain, sully, tarnishmake dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically bespeckle, specklemark with small spots bespatter, spatterspot, splash, or soil darkentarnish or stain change surface undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface n a small fragment of something broken off from the whole Syn|Hypo|Hyper bit, chip, flake, scrap matchwood fragments of wood exfoliation, scale, scurfa thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin scurf(botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts sliver, splintera small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal dandersmall scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people dandruffloose scales shed from the scalp fragment a piece broken off or cut off of something else |
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