| 单词 |
speckling |
| 释义 |
ˈspeckling, vbl. n. [f. speckle v.] The action of the vb.; speckled marking or marks.
1611Cotgr., Tacheture,..a spotting, speckling, marking. 1648Hexham ii, Een spickelinge, a Speckling, or a Spotting. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 254 More or less dusky speckling on the throat, breast and sides. 1965Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. LV. 247/1 Speckling has..been observed when viewing a translucent material which is backlighted by a cw [sc. continuous wave] laser. 1973Astrophysical Jrnl. CLXXXII. l139 Small, high-contrast features such as umbral dots and faculae near the limb [of the sun] show the speckling most clearly. So ˈspeckling ppl. a., producing speckles or blemishes. In quot. fig.
1602Marston Ant. & Mel. iv. Wks. 1856 I. 45 O, this is naught but speckling melancholie. |
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