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mot·ley
/ˈmɑtli/
(
a
.)雜色的,斑雜的,雜多的,混雜的雜色,雜色衣服,混雜,小丑
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mot·ley
a.
1.
Variegated
in
color
;
consisting
of
different
colors
;
dappled
;
party-colored
;
as
,
a
motley
coat
.
2.
Wearing
motley
or
party-colored
clothing
.
See
Motley
,
n.
, 1.
“A
motley
fool.”
3.
Composed
of
different
or
various
parts
;
heterogeneously
made
or
mixed
up
;
discordantly
composite
;
as
,
motley
style
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mot·ley
,
n.
1.
A
combination
of
distinct
colors
;
esp
.,
the
party-colored
cloth
,
or
clothing
,
worn
by
the
professional
fool
. --
Chaucer
.
“
Motley
'
s
the
only
wear.”
--
Shak
.
2.
Hence
,
a
jester
,
a
fool
. [
Obs
.]
Man of motley
,
a
fool
. [
Obs
.] --
Beau
. &
Fl
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
motley
adj
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 [
syn
:
assorted
,
miscellaneous
,
mixed
,
sundry(a)
]
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
" [
syn
:
calico
,
multicolor
,
multicolour
,
multicolored
,
multicoloured
,
painted
,
particolored
,
particoloured
,
piebald
,
pied
,
varicolored
,
varicoloured
]
n
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
" [
syn
:
assortment
,
mixture
,
mixed bag
,
miscellany
,
miscellanea
,
variety
,
salmagundi
,
smorgasbord
,
potpourri
]
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
v
1:
make
something
more
diverse
and
varied
; "
Vary
the
menu
"
[
syn
:
vary
,
variegate
]
2:
make
motley
;
color
with
different
colors
[
syn
:
parti-color
]
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