motley
英 [ˈmɒtli]
美 [ˈmɑːtli]
adj. 混杂的; 杂七杂八的
n. (丑角穿的)杂色衣服; 小丑
过去分词:motleyed
Collins.1 / BNC.18743 / COCA.16138
牛津词典
adj.
- 混杂的;杂七杂八的
consisting of many different types of people or things that do not seem to belong together- The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.
屋子里摆满了五花八门的家具和绘画。 - The audience was a motley crew of students and tourists.
观众是一群混杂在一起的学生和游客。
- The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 杂七杂八的;混杂的
You can describe a group of things as amotleycollection if you think they seem strange together because they are all very different.- ...a motley collection of vans, old buses, cattle-trucks, and even a fire engine...
杂七杂八的一堆车,有运货车、旧公共汽车、运牛车,甚至救火车 - The volunteers seem a motley crew.
志愿者里似乎什么人都有。
- ...a motley collection of vans, old buses, cattle-trucks, and even a fire engine...
双语例句
- Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a motley cast of characters.
于是哈克和吉姆一同开始历险的征程,并遇到了许多不同个性的人们。 - A strange and motley set they were, these friends of the Chevalier.
骑士的这班朋友真是五花八门,无奇不有。 - The lights changed to green, and the car moved forward in a motley sea of traffic and humanity.
此时指挥交通的灯光换了绿色,吴老太爷的车子便又向前进。 - Nothing could be more bizarre and at the same time more motley than this troop.
没有什么比这种队伍更奇特和光怪陆离的了。 - His friends are rather a motley crew.
他的朋友都是相当龙蛇杂处的一夥人。 - Motley makes his villains excessively villainous and his heroes wearisomely heroic.
莫特利把坏人写得过于无赖,把他的英雄写得过于英勇。 - Who moved my mind, motley miss.
谁动了我的心弦,斑驳了想念。 - We were a motley group loosely held together by some common threads.
我们是一个松散的五花八门组举行一些共同的线索在一起。 - A motley assortment of things.
各种各样混杂的事物。 - A motley group of people attended the meeting.
到会的人很杂。