n. 斑纹, 花斑

a. 有斑纹的

vt. (使)起斑纹

vi. (使)起斑纹

Dapple \Dap"ple\, n. [Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with
spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.]
One of the spots on a dappled animal.

He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare
hath dapples. --Sir P.
Sidney.


Dapple \Dap"ple\, Dappled \Dap"pled\, a.
Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted;
variegated; as, a dapple horse.

Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. --Sir
W. Scott.

Note: The word is used in composition to denote that some
color is variegated or marked with spots; as,
dapple-bay; dapple-gray.

His steed was all dapple-gray. --Chaucer.

O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. --Sir
W. Scott.


Dapple \Dap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dappled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dappling}.]
To variegate with spots; to spot.

The gentle day, . . .
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. --Shak.

The dappled pink and blushing rose. --Prior.