dapple

• 名词，指斑点、色斑或杂色斑纹，常用于描述动物皮毛上的花纹或光与影交错的效果。

A noun referring to a spot or patch of color, or a mottled marking, often used to describe the pattern on an animal's coat or the effect of light and shade.

1. Marking on an animalC1formal

   A small, roundish patch of color or light, especially on an animal's coat.

   斑点

   • The horse had a beautiful dapple on its flank.
   • The dog's coat was covered in dark dapples.
   • The deer's dapples helped it blend into the forest.

   同义词blotchfleckmarkmottlepatchspeckspecklespot

• 动词，指在物体表面形成或散布斑点、色块、光斑或阴影，使其呈现斑驳、斑点的外观。

A verb used to describe the act of marking something with spots or patches of color or light and shade.

1. Mark with spotsC1formal

   To mark something with spots or patches of a different color or shade.

   使…有斑点

   • The sunlight dappled the forest floor through the leaves.
   • The horse's coat was dappled with white and gray patches.
   • Shadows dappled the garden path as clouds passed overhead.

   同义词bespeckledotfleckmottlespecklespotstipple