Mottle

(noun.) an irregular arrangement of patches of color; 'it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green'.

(verb.) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.

(verb.) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained.

手打:利奥波德

• The letter which had been the messenger of death for Milverton lay, all mottled with his blood, upon the table. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Round one of his hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all over with bloodstains. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The back of his ware is never all the same color, but usually mottled with several colors, often yellow, blue, and brown. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I maintain that that 'ere song's personal to the cloth,' said the mottled-faced gentleman, interrupting it at this point. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• A child would know Silver Blaze, with his white forehead and his mottled off-foreleg. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• That's very extraordinary,' said the mottled-faced man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In one instant, the mottled-faced gentleman depressed his hand again, and every glass was set down empty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

编辑:基蒂