with obj.
- mark with spots or smears of colour使呈杂色：
the cow's coat was light red mottled with white
这头母牛有淡红夹杂着白色的毛皮
as adj. mottled a bird with mottled brown plumage.羽毛斑驳的棕色鸟儿。
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- an irregular arrangement of spots or patches of colour杂色, 斑驳：
the ship was a mottle of khaki and black.
这艘船呈黄褐色夹杂着黑色。
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- a spot or patch forming part of such an arrangement斑点, 斑纹：
a pale grey with lighter grey mottles.
夹杂着灰白色斑纹的淡灰。
词源
late 18th cent.: probably a back-formation from MOTLEY.