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	mot·ley I. \ˈmätlē, -li\ adjective (sometimes motleyer or motlier sometimes motleyest or motliest) Etymology: Middle English motteley, motley, perhaps from mot speck — more at mote 1. : marked by a mixture of usually startlingly diverse or haphazardly arranged colors : parti-colored < Swiss guardsmen in the strange motley garb … contrived for them — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < clad in a motley coat with red-and-yellow scarf — J.P.O'Donnell > 2. obsolete : made of motley < a leather bag, a motley jacket — Richard Brathwaite > 3. a. : diverse, heterogeneous < how motley are the qualities that go to make up a human being — W.S.Maugham > < these motley elements of skepticism and reform — Felix Frankfurter > b. : composed of a haphazard and incongruous mixture of heterogeneous elements < lived in varied cities and very motley societies — G.K.Chesterton > < the motley speakers of late provincial Latin — Yakov Malkiel > < a motley crowd > < a motley crew > < a motley scene > Synonyms: see variegated II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English motteley, motley, probably from motteley, motley, adjective 1. : a varicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England and used especially for clothing and cloth bags 2. a. : a garment of this fabric; especially : the characteristic dress of the professional fool < motley's the only wear — Shakespeare > b. : the guise or character of a comedian < no circus clown … when he has put aside the makeup and the motley — Emmett Kelly > < a reign where even tragedy was expected to wear motley — Frances Winwar > 3. a. : a professional fool : jester < all the motleys with their caps and bells — W.H.Dixon > b. : a person who by overfamiliarity or clowning cuts a ludicrous figure in company < made myself a motley to the view — Shakespeare > < making herself a motley to the view with all fresh acquaintances — Angela Thirkell > 4. : a heterogeneous collection or mixture of incongruous elements : medley < a motley of borrowed or invented raiment — Ellen Glasgow > < a motley of hand-me-downs, baggy generalities, and shabby prejudices — H.J.Muller > < a motley of nations … thrown together — A.L.Kroeber > III. transitive verb (motleyed ; motleyed ; motleying ; motleys) Etymology: Middle English motleyen, from motteley, motley, adjective : to make motley or variegated
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