motley meaning in English
n.
莫特利〔姓氏〕。
adj.
杂色的；穿着杂色衣服的；繁杂的,混杂的；杂凑成的。
n.
杂色；(丑角穿的)杂色衣服；穿着杂色衣服的小丑。 wear (the) motley 扮演丑角；装傻。
Examples
- The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage .
不多一会儿，屋子里便挤满了形形色色的来开会的人。 - A strange and motley set they were, these friends of the chevalier .
骑士的这班朋友真是五花八门，无奇不有。 - His interpretations on history are far less strained than those of motley .
他对于历史的解释不象莫特利那样牵强。 - I did not realize how motley are the qualities that go to make up a human being .
那时我还没认识到一个人的性格是极其复杂的。 - Motley makes his villains excessively villainous and his heroes wearisomely heroic .
莫特利把坏人写得过于无赖，把他的英雄写得过于英勇。