dapple

英 ['dæpl] 美 ['dæpəl]

• n. 斑纹；斑点；花斑动物
• adj. 有斑纹的
• v. (使）有斑纹

英英释义

Noun:

1. a small contrasting part of something;

   "a bald spot"
   "a leopard's spots"
   "a patch of clouds"
   "patches of thin ice"
   "a fleck of red"
   

Verb:

1. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

经典引文

• To watch the dapples of sunlight on the grass.

  出自： J. R. Lowell

• The gentle day..Dapples the drowsy east with spots of grey.

  出自：Much Ado about Nothing , Shakespeare

词汇搭配

• dapple-grey 有深灰色斑纹的(马)...
• dapple-gray 灰地儿而有棕色斑纹的...

近反义词

【近义词】

• mottle 使成杂色
• marble 大理石
• speckle 小斑点
• fleck 斑点
• spot 地点
• cloud 云
• maculation 斑点
• patch 小片