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　

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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
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

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.
  1. ...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
  2. The volunteers seem a motley crew.
     志愿者里似乎什么人都有。

双语例句

• 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。
• The motley company had increased to ten.
  这群乌合之众已经增加到了十个人。
• Haldon donned a hooded cloak, and Tyrion shed his homemade motley for something drab and grey.
  哈尔顿披上一件连帽斗篷，提利昂则脱下他的自制花衫换上单调灰暗的衣物。
• When did Motley Crue become classic rock?
  什么时候杂种乐队也变成了经典摇滚？
• A motley crew they are, their doings as dark as they are ludicrous ( John Simon)
  他们是一群行踪诡秘，为人荒唐可笑的乌合之众（约翰西蒙）
• There's a motley collection of old furniture in the house we're renting at the moment.
  我们现在租的房子里有一批混杂的旧家具。
• With Tirol before it, the motley battlewagon went on combat alert.
  这艘混杂战舰正朝泰洛驶来，进入了战斗警戒状态。
• His friends are rather a motley crew.
  他的朋友都是相当龙蛇杂处的一夥人。
• At Eastwatch someone had sewn him a motley cloak of beaver pelts, sheepskins, and rabbit fur.
  在东海望有人用海狸皮，绵羊皮，和野兔皮给他缝了一间杂色花衣。
• A motley collection of junk My car was a worthless wreck.
  我的车子成了一堆无用的废物。