名詞 motley:

1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
   同義詞：assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri
2. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
3. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

動(dòng)詞 motley:

1. make something more diverse and varied
   同義詞：vary, variegate
2. make motley; color with different colors
   同義詞：parti-color

形容詞 motley:

1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)- I.A.Richards
   同義詞：assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry
2. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
   同義詞：calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured

1. The people she'd invited were a pretty motley crew.
   她請(qǐng)的人相當(dāng)雜。
2. They were a motley crew.
   這幫人成份混雜。
3. They are wearing a motley collection of old clothes.
   他們穿著各式各樣的舊衣服。

mot.ley

adj.（形容詞）
Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous:
混雜的：具有大量不同種類或由不同成份組成的；異質(zhì)的：
例句：
.Most Ivy League freshman classes are chosen from a motley collection of constituencies . . . and a bare majority of entering students can honestly be called scholars.(New York Times)See Synonyms at miscellaneous
.常春藤聯(lián)合會(huì)的大部分新成員選自于五花八門的候選人集合體…而且有過半數(shù)的新生簡(jiǎn)直可以被稱作學(xué)者.(紐約時(shí)報(bào))參見 miscellaneous

Having many colors; variegated; parti-colored:
多色的：有許多顏色的；雜色的；多色的：
例句：
a motley tunic.
迷彩服

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 mot.leys
The parti-colored attire of a court jester.
宮廷小丑穿的雜色彩衣
A heterogeneous, often incongruous mixture of elements.
混雜物：有各種成份的、通常有不協(xié)調(diào)成份的混合物

來源：
Middle English motlei [variegated cloth, variegated]
中古英語(yǔ) motlei [雜色布，雜色的]
probably Anglo-Norman
可能為 英法語(yǔ)
probably from Middle English mot [speck] * see mote
可能源自 中古英語(yǔ) mot [污點(diǎn)] *參見 mote