maculate
vt. 弄脏
adj. 有斑点的
过去式：maculated 过去分词：maculated 现在分词：maculating 第三人称单数：maculates
近义词：mottle，defile，foul，stain，defiled，befoul，sully，tarnish，
英英释义
Adjective
- morally blemished; stained or impure
- spotted or blotched
Verb
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically;
"The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air" "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- spot, stain, or pollute;
"The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
例句
- Seeds oblate, 6-9 mm in diam., with tawny maculate stripes. 扁球形的种子，直径6-9毫米，具褐黄色的具斑点的条纹。
- Seeds numerous, ovoid, 3-4 mm, surface maculate, apex acute. 种子多数，卵球形，3-4毫米，表面具斑点，先端锐尖。
- Capsule oblate, red, ca. 1.5 cm in diam., squarrulose maculate. 扁球形，红色的蒴果，长约直径1.;5厘米，具小糠秕状具斑点。
- Capsule globose, 6-8 mm in diam., green-white, squarrulose maculate. 直径的蒴果球状，6-8毫米，绿色白色，具小糠秕状具斑点。
- This paper presents a morphological description of Mene maculate (Bloch et Schneider). 摘要泪骨特大，其余的眶下骨为极薄的小骨片。犁骨无齿。翼耳骨发达，较长。有上颞窝。
- Capsule subglobose, 1-1.5 mm in diam., pallid and pale yellowish brown, weakly squarrulose maculate. 近球形的蒴果，直径的1-1.;5毫米，灰白色和浅的淡黄棕色，身体虚弱具小糠秕状具斑点。