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单词 mottle
释义 mot·tle
I. \ˈmäd.əl, -ätəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably back-formation from motley (I)
1. : a colored spot
 < streaks and mottles >
2.
 a. : a surface having colored spots, blotchings, or cloudings
  < his chest and flanks were a mottle of bruises — Arthur Morrison >
 b. : the arrangement of such markings on a surface
  < available in a variety of opaque colors or mottlesModern Plastics Catalog >
3. : mosaic 5b
II. adjective
: mottled
III. transitive verb
(mottled ; mottled ; mottling \-d.əliŋ, -t(ə)liŋ\ ; mottles)
: to mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained : spot, blotch
 < drifting clouds mottled the sea — J.A.Michener >
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