motley

名词 motley:

1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
   同义词：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

动词 motley:

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

形容词 motley:

1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)- I.A.Richards
   同义词：assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry
2. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
   同义词：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.
   她请的人相当杂。
2. They were a motley crew.
   这帮人成份混杂。
3. They are wearing a motley collection of old clothes.
   他们穿着各式各样的旧衣服。

mot.ley

adj.（形容词）
Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous:
混杂的：具有大量不同种类或由不同成份组成的；异质的：
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
.常春藤联合会的大部分新成员选自于五花八门的候选人集合体…而且有过半数的新生简直可以被称作学者.(纽约时报)参见 miscellaneous

Having many colors; variegated; parti-colored:
多色的：有许多颜色的；杂色的；多色的：
例句：
a motley tunic.
迷彩服

n.（名词）
【复数】 mot.leys
The parti-colored attire of a court jester.
宫廷小丑穿的杂色彩衣
A heterogeneous, often incongruous mixture of elements.
混杂物：有各种成份的、通常有不协调成份的混合物

来源：
Middle English motlei [variegated cloth, variegated]
中古英语 motlei [杂色布，杂色的]
probably Anglo-Norman
可能为 英法语
probably from Middle English mot [speck] * see mote
可能源自 中古英语 mot [污点] *参见 mote