maculation — 영어 사전

명사

1. The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

   용법

   • 가산
   • 사어
   • 불가산

   예문

   I speak not ‘be thou true,’ as fearing thee, For I will throw my glove to Death himself, That there’s no maculation in thy heart:

   더 많은 예문 (1)

   1891, Ambrose Bierce, “A Holy Terror” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, p. 218, He could make out a mottled pattern on the hollow cheeks—the maculations of decay.

2. A pattern of spots.

   용법

   • 불가산

   예문

   Females [of the species Speyeria nokomis] are cream above with heavy black maculation accompanied by much dark suffusion.

   더 많은 예문 (1)

   1990, Mason E. Hale, A Synopsis of the Lichen Genus Xanthoparmelia (Vainio) Hale (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae), Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 195, [This lichen] species […] is recognized by […] more or less distinct maculation on the upper surface, and pale brown lower surface.

명사

1. a small contrasting part of something

   동의어

   spotspeckledapplepatchfleck

   상위어

   marking

   예문

   a bald spot

   a leopard's spots

   더 많은 예문 (3)

   a patch of clouds

   patches of thin ice

   a fleck of red

2. the act of spotting or staining something

   동의어

   stainingspotting

   상위어

   soilingsoiluredirtying