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。
collocation: a mottle of/on [surface]
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。
- a dark mottle
- a pale mottle
- a small mottle
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。
extended use: a mottle of light/shadow
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。
- a soft mottle
- a warm mottle
- a mottle of light
- a mottle of color
- 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。
passive: be mottled with [substance]
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。
- mottle with [color]
- be mottled with
- mottle the surface
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.