motley

英 [ˈmɒtli]

美 [ˈmɑːtli]

adj.  混杂的; 杂七杂八的
n.  （丑角穿的）杂色衣服; 小丑

过去分词：motleyed　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18743 / COCA.16138

牛津词典

adj.

• 混杂的；杂七杂八的
  consisting of many different types of people or things that do not seem to belong together
  1. 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。
  2. The audience was a motley crew of students and tourists.
     观众是一群混杂在一起的学生和游客。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 杂七杂八的;混杂的
  You can describe a group of things as amotleycollection if you think they seem strange together because they are all very different.
  1. ...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
  2. The volunteers seem a motley crew.
     志愿者里似乎什么人都有。

双语例句

• Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a motley cast of characters.
  于是哈克和吉姆一同开始历险的征程，并遇到了许多不同个性的人们。
• Who moved my mind, motley miss.
  谁动了我的心弦，斑驳了想念。
• There's a motley collection of old furniture in the house we're renting at the moment.
  我们现在租的房子里有一批混杂的旧家具。
• Intel and Microsoft are Motley Fool Inside Value recommendations.
  英特尔和微软是莫特利内价值的建议傻瓜。
• The FARSCAPE crew is a motley band of renegades.
  FARSCAPE全体人员是一根叛徒的杂色的带子。
• A motley collection of junk My car was a worthless wreck.
  我的车子成了一堆无用的废物。
• Haldon donned a hooded cloak, and Tyrion shed his homemade motley for something drab and grey.
  哈尔顿披上一件连帽斗篷，提利昂则脱下他的自制花衫换上单调灰暗的衣物。
• I got to know this motley crew quite well.
  我认识摩特利和船员的。
• We were a motley group loosely held together by some common threads.
  我们是一个松散的五花八门组举行一些共同的线索在一起。
• Lady Gaga is Dorothy, a simple girl with a dream surrounded by a motley crew of friends and supporters, struggling to make it to the Wonderful Land of Oz.
  夫人加加是多萝西，一个由朋友和支持者杂牌军包围的梦想简单的女孩，努力使这对奥兹神奇的土地。