motley

[US]/ˈmɒtli/
[UK]/ˈmɑːtli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 混杂的杂色的 五颜六色的
Word Forms
过去分词motleyed

Phrases & Collocations

a motley crew

一群五花八门的人

a motley assortment

五花八门的混合物

a motley collection

杂乱的收集

motley colors

多彩的颜色

motley patterns

花花绿绿的图案

Example Sentences

a motley collection of books

杂七杂八的书

a motley collection of social misfits.

与社会格格不入的各色人组合。

a motley crew of discontents and zealots.

一群三教九流的不满现实者和狂热分子。

a motley of interacting interest groups.

一群杂乱的互相影响的利益集团。

His friends were a motley crew.

他的朋友三教九流全有。

the cause attracted a motley crew of discontents and zealots.

这项事业吸引了鱼龙混杂的各色不满分子和狂热分子。

life-size mannequins in full motley .

真人大小、穿着杂色彩衣的人体模型。

With Tirol before it, the motley battlewagon went on combat alert.

在泰洛行星周围,各种战舰处于战斗警戒状态。

the usual motley crowd of tourists, hawkers and pigeons

一群像往常一样杂乱的游客、小贩、鸽子

The audience consisted of a motley crowd of property owners, renters, and drifters.

观众中各色人等都有,有地产所有者、租赁人和流浪汉。

a jester dressed in motley; the painted desert,; a particolored dress; a piebald horse; pied daisies.

穿着杂色衣服的小丑;多彩的沙漠;杂色的裙子;花斑马;杂色的雏菊。

9. a jester dressed in motley; the painted desert,; a particolored dress; a piebald horse; pied daisies.

穿着杂色衣服的小丑;多彩的沙漠;杂色的裙子;花斑马;杂色的雏菊。收藏指正

Real-world Examples

I did not realise how motley are the qualities that go to make up a human being.

那时我还没认识到一个人的性格是极其复杂的。

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

And he needed the psychological skills to manage his literally motley crew.

他还需要心理学技能来管理手下形形色色的船员。

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American April 2019 Collection

Sansa smoothed down her skirts and sat. " I think... fools, my lady? You mean... the sort in motley" ?

珊莎抚平裙子,然后坐下," 呃… … 小丑,夫人?您的意思是… … 穿杂色衣服的那种?"

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

A motley group, but then most friends are.

一个杂色的团体,但大多数朋友都是。

Source: After You (Me Before You #2)

You start to get that sort of motley colouration there it gets worse there.

你开始在那里得到那种杂色的颜色,那里变得更糟。

Source: The Economist (Video Edition)

She was so impressed by hisenormous motley nakedness that she felt an impulse to retreat.

她被他巨大的赤裸所打动,以至于她有种退缩的冲动。

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

They’re a motley crew, independently evolving similar mouthparts at least four times over the eons.

它们是形形色色的群体,在漫长的岁月中至少四次独立进化出相似的口器。

Source: SciShow Collection

His pockets contained a motley collection of coins, movie ticket stubs, and old candies.

【motley】他的口袋里乱七八糟地放了很多东西,有硬币、电影票票根,还有很久以前的糖果。

Source: Collins-Longman-All

This motley group of emerging markets have been among the biggest buyers of gold this time around.

这一次,这群形形色色的新兴市场成为黄金的最大买家之一。

Source: Economist Finance and economics

Behind the car came a motley string of figures—street Arabs, beggars, clowns turning somersaults, and costermongers hawking their wares.

汽车后面是一串形形色色的人物——街头阿拉伯人、乞丐、翻跟头的小丑和叫卖商品的小贩。

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

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