consisting of many different types of people or things that do not seem to belong together 混杂的;杂七杂八的 She had a motley group of friends at college. 她在大学里有一群混杂的朋友。 The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings. 屋子里摆满了五花八门的家具和绘画。 The audience was a motley crew of students and tourists. 观众是一群混杂在一起的学生和游客。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMotley is used with these nouns:- assortment
- bunch
- collection
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin; perhaps ultimately related to mote.