with obj.(一般作be dappled)
- mark with spots or rounded patches使斑驳, 使有斑点：
the floor was dappled with pale moonlight
地板上斑驳散落着苍白的月光
as adj. dappled the horse's dappled flank.马的斑驳胁腹。
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- a patch or spot of colour or light色斑, 光斑。
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- an animal whose coat is marked with patches or spots花斑动物。
词源
late 16th cent. (earlier as an adjective)： perhaps related to Old Norse depill 'spot'.