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Variegated Plant 英 Veəriəɡeɪtɪd] 美 Verɪɡeɪtɪd Adj.杂色的;斑驳的;形形色色的 动词variegate的过去式和过去分词形式 Specimen

英语单词 variegated
英美音标 英 ['veəriəɡeɪtɪd] 美 ['verɪɡeɪtɪd]
中文释义 adj.杂色的;斑驳的;形形色色的
动词variegate的过去式和过去分词形式.
英语例句 (1) This specimen is richly variegated in colour.
(2) This plant has beautifully variegated leaves.
中文例句 (1) 这件标本上有很多颜色。
(2) 这种植物的叶子色彩斑驳,非常美丽。
vocabulary简明 Something variegated has many different colors, as in the trees of autumn or the feathers of a peacock. Whenever you see "vari" at the beginning of a word, you know that the idea of difference or change is involved.
vocabulary扩展 Using vari is a good way to start thinking about this word. It's the same root as in various, variable, varied, and variety. All these words mean something similar: lots of different versions of something. The scales of a fish can appear quite variegated from one angle and then strangely uniform from another. A tiger's variegated coat helps it stay hidden.
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1
[ADJ 形容词](树叶或植物)杂色的,斑驳的 A variegated leaf or plant has different colours on it.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [TECHNICAL 术语]
  • The leaves are a variegated red.

    这些树叶呈斑驳的红色。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]多种多样的;形形色色的 Something that is variegated consists of many different parts or types.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...our variegated dialects.

    我们形形色色的方言

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