mottle
mottle — 名詞
1. a single patch of a different color on a surface, usually one of many that toget
色斑；斑點
表面上一塊與周圍不同色的小區
a single patch of a different color on a surface, usually one of many that together form an uneven pattern.
Mira noticed a dark mottle on the underside of the old marble table.
Mira 注意到那張舊大理石桌底下有一塊深色的色斑。
singular 'a mottle' for one individual patch
Apinya spotted a pale mottle on the tomato leaf and called the gardener over.
Apinya 在番茄葉上看到一塊淡色色斑，立刻把園丁叫過來。
Each mottle on the koi's back was edged in bright orange.
錦鯉背上每一塊斑點都鑲著鮮亮的橘邊。
Bilal pointed to a small green mottle near the edge of the painted bowl.
Bilal 指著那只彩繪碗邊緣附近的一塊綠色小色斑。
文法句型
a mottle of [color]
用法筆記
Used as a count noun for ONE individual patch within a larger pattern; the pattern as a whole is described by sense 2 or by the mass-noun reading of 'mottle'.
常見錯誤
2. the overall look of a surface that is covered with patches of different colors a
斑駁；雜色
由不規則色塊組成的整體花紋
the overall look of a surface that is covered with patches of different colors arranged in no clear order.
The horse's coat showed a soft mottle of grey and white across its flank.
那匹馬的側腹呈現一片柔和的灰白斑駁。
common frame: a mottle of [color1] and [color2]
Ilan loved the brown and gold mottle of the autumn leaves on the path.
Ilan 很喜歡那條小路上落葉那種棕金交織的斑駁。
Sunlight through the trees threw a soft mottle of light onto Hao's open book.
陽光穿過樹葉，在 Hao 攤開的書上灑下一片柔和的光斑。
Aarav admired the warm honey-brown mottle of the old wooden floor in his grandmother's hallway.
Aarav 很喜歡奶奶家走廊那塊舊木地板那種溫暖的蜜棕色斑駁。
- uniformity
even single color with no variation
文法句型
a mottle of [colors]
用法筆記
Names the whole irregular arrangement, not one patch. Distinguish from sense 1 by counting: if you can point to ONE patch, sense 1; if you describe the overall look, sense 2.
常見錯誤
mottle — 動詞
- mottlepresent simple I / you / we / they
- mottles3rd person singular
- mottling-ing form
- mottledpast simple
1. to cover a surface with uneven patches of different colors, or for a surface to
使呈斑駁
讓表面慢慢出現不規則色塊
to cover a surface with uneven patches of different colors, or for a surface to slowly take on such an uneven, patchy look.
Years of damp had mottled the kitchen ceiling with brown and grey patches.
多年的潮濕讓廚房天花板出現一塊塊棕色和灰色的斑駁。
transitive: X mottles Y with [color]
Élise watched the apples slowly mottle as autumn went on.
Élise 看著那些蘋果隨著秋天慢慢變得斑駁。
intransitive: surface mottles over time
Andrés's hands were mottled with paint after a long day in the studio.
在工作室待了一整天後，Andrés 的雙手沾滿斑駁的顏料。
Sunlight through the curtains mottled the bedroom wall with shifting circles of gold.
陽光穿過窗簾，在臥室牆上投下一圈圈晃動的金色斑點。
After two cold weeks, frost had mottled every window in the kitchen.
冷了兩個禮拜後，霜已讓廚房裡每一扇窗都布滿斑駁。
文法句型
be mottled with [color]
[surface] mottle
用法筆記
Often passive with 'be mottled with [color/substance]'. Subject is usually a slow, surface-changing cause (damp, age, frost, paint, sunlight) — not a quick human action.