名詞 mosaic:

1. art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
2. viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves
3. a freeware browser
4. a pattern resembling a mosaic
5. transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube
6. assembly of aerial photographs forming a composite picture

形容詞 mosaic:

1. of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him
2. decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together
   同義詞：tessellated

1. The sky this morning was a mosaic of blue and white.
   今天早上的天空是幅藍(lán)白相間的畫面。
2. Mosaic a design on a rosewood box.
   將一個(gè)圖案嵌入紅木盒子上
3. It's a rich mosaic of meadows, rivers and woods.
   這是一幅由草地，河流，樹木組成的五光十色的鑲嵌畫。

mo.sa.ic

n.（名詞）

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.
馬賽克：圖畫或裝飾性的設(shè)計(jì)，通過把小的有色彩的石塊或瓦塊嵌入一個(gè)表面制成
The process or art of making such pictures or designs.
鑲嵌工藝：制造這種圖畫或圖案的過程或藝術(shù)
A composite picture made of overlapping, usually aerial, photographs.
組合圖畫：由重疊的，通常由航空照相制成的組合圖畫
Something that resembles a mosaic:
綜合物：馬賽克般的東西：
例句：
a mosaic of testimony from various witnesses.
從不同證人中得來的綜合證詞

Botany A virus disease of plants, resulting in light and dark areas in the leaves, which often become shriveled and dwarfed.
【植物學(xué)】 花葉?。褐参锏牟《拘约膊。谌~子上形成輕度黑區(qū)，通常使葉子變得枯萎和發(fā)育不良
A photosensitive surface, as in the iconoscope of a television camera.
感光面： 一種感光面，如電子照像機(jī)中的光電攝影管上的感光面
Biology An individual exhibiting mosaicism.
【生物學(xué)】 嵌合體：一種個(gè)體的展示性鑲嵌現(xiàn)象
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
mo.sa.icked,mo.sa.ick.ing,mo.sa.ics
To make by mosaic:
鑲嵌：由鑲嵌構(gòu)成：
例句：
mosaic a design on a rosewood box.
將一個(gè)圖案嵌入紅木盒子上

To adorn with or as if with mosaic:
用馬賽克裝飾：用馬賽克或似馬賽克般的東西裝飾：
例句：
mosaic a sidewalk.
用馬賽克裝飾花梨木制箱子

來源：
Middle English musycke
中古英語 musycke
from Old French mosaique
源自 古法語 mosaique
from Old Italian mosaico
源自 古意大利語 mosaico
from Medieval Latin môs3icum [neuter of] môs3icus [of the Muses]
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 môs3icum [] môs3icus的中性 [繆斯的]
from Latin Môsa [Muse]
源自 拉丁語 Môsa [繆斯]
from Greek Mousa * see men-
源自 希臘語 Mousa *參見 men-

【引伸】
mosa.icist