speckle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a small contrasting part of something
- a bald spot
- a leopard's spots
- a patch of clouds
- patches of thin ice
- a fleck of red
• Syn:
spot, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
• Derivationally related forms:
fleck (for: fleck), patchy (for: patch), patch (for: patch), dapple (for: dapple), spot (for: spot)
• Hypernyms:
marking
• Hyponyms:
speck, pinpoint, nebula, splash, worn spot,
fret, plaque, macule, macula, parhelion, mock sun,
sundog, sunspot, facula

II - verb

1. produce a mottled effect
- The sunlight stippled the trees
• Syn:
stipple
• Hypernyms:
mottle, dapple, cloud
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. mark with small spots
- speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots
• Syn:
bespeckle
• Hypernyms:
spot, fleck, blob, blot
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spot, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation, bespeckle, stipple