motley是什么意思？

motley

英[ˈmɒtli] 美[ˈmɑtli]

• adj. 混杂的，杂色的，五颜六色的；
• n. （丑角穿的）杂色衣服，小丑；

复数：motleys;

比较级：motlier;

最高级：motliest;

例句

• 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.
• His friends were a motley crew. 他的朋友三教九流全有.
• 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。
• 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 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... 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 motley crew of failed and aspiring actors who comprised the 'distinguished guests'... “贵宾”由一群形形色色的演员组成，有的郁郁不得志，有的胸怀抱负

同义词

• adj.
  motley的同义词之：混杂的;杂色的
  diversified, many, assorted, mixed, several, varied, various,
• motley的同义词之：其他释义
  mixed, several, diversified, varied, many, assorted, various,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  杂七杂八的;混杂的
  You can describe a group of things as a motley collection if you think they seem strange together because they are all very different.
  例句
  ...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。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  混杂的
  His friends were a motley crew. 他的朋友三教九流全有。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things;
  "a great assortment of cars was on display""he had a variety of disorders""a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
  2. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
  3. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
• Verb
  1. make something more diverse and varied;
  "Vary the menu"
  2. make motley; color with different colors
• Adjective
  1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity);
  "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers""assorted sizes""miscellaneous accessories""a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music""a motley crew""sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
  2. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;
  "a jester dressed in motley""the painted desert""a particolored dress""a piebald horse""pied daisies"