speck·le /ˈspɛkəl/
小的斑點,褐斑,斑(vt.)弄上斑點,弄成斑紋,沾上斑點
Spec·kle n. A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.
An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. --Spebser.
Spec·kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speckled p. pr. & vb. n. Speckling ] To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
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speckle
n : 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]
v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
[syn: stipple]
2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
spots" [syn: bespeckle]