Speckle
['spek(ə)l] or ['spɛkl]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.
(v. t.) To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
道格拉斯校對
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Mark with spots (of a different color from that of the ground).
富兰克林校對
解釋/意思:
n. a little speck or spot in anything different in substance or colour from the thing itself: (Scot.) kind sort.—v.t. to mark with speckles.—adj. Speck′led variegated piebald.—n. Speck′ledness.—adjs. Speck′less spotless perfectly clean; Speck′y partially spotted.
編輯:卢克
例句/造句/用法:
- No, said the smith, turn on, we shall have it bright by-and-by; as yet 'tis only speckled. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The park was speckled by tents, whose flaunting colours and gaudy flags, waving in the sunshine, added to the gaiety of the scene. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Yes, said the man, but _I think I like a speckled axe best_. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It was a chance to fight, an opportunity to loot, and they rose to the bait as a speckled trout to a fly. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The dark bean-shaped cells are the normal blood corpuscles, and the few speckled cells are those infested with the malarial parasites. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- She could climb a tree to rob the nests of the feathered songsters of their speckled spoils. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Mr. Pickwick called attention to his speckled silk stockings, and smartly tied pumps. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Round his brow he had a peculiar yellow band, with brownish speckles, which seemed to be bound tightly round his head. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
手打:诺娜