mass noun
1- a brownish or tawny colour of animal fur, with streaks of other colour(动物毛皮)带其他颜色斑纹的浅棕色(或黄褐色)。
1.1
- count noun an animal with such a coat(夹有其他颜色的条纹的)浅棕色(或黄褐色)动物。
(亦作brindled)
- (especially of domestic animals) brownish or tawny with streaks of other colour(尤指家畜)有条纹的浅棕色(或黄褐色)的:
a brindle pup.
一只浅棕色有条纹的小狗。
词源
late 17th cent.: back-formation from brindled, alteration of Middle English brinded in the same sense, probably of Scandinavian origin.