dapple
verb [ T ] uk/ˈdæp.əl/ us/ˈdæp.əl/
（使）有斑点;（使）成斑驳
to cover something with spots of colour that are lighter or darker than the main colour, or to cover something with areas of light and darkness
At 7,000 feet, thin patches of snow dapple the sandstone. 在海拔7000英尺的地方，沙岩上覆盖着薄薄的雪斑。
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- For centuries, scientists have measured the sun's activity by counting how many sunspots dapple its surface.
- Britten's opera "A Midsummer Night's Dream" opens with shimmering curtains of blue-green fabric and swirling pools of light dappling the stage.
- The cat was at the kitchen door, alert, a shaft of sunlight dappling the stripes of his back.
- As he walks deeper into the woods, branches of oak, hickory and sugar maple trees dapple the sunlight.
dapple
noun [ C ] uk/ˈdæp.əl/ us/ˈdæp.əl/
斑点;斑驳
a small area of colour or light
They walked through a dapple of sunlight that shifted as the breeze shifted the leaves. 他们走过一片斑驳的阳光，光斑随着微风吹动树叶而移动。
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- The illustrations by Jane Ray are all exquisitely patterned with circles, stars, dapples, dots and curlicues and are delicately and ravishingly coloured.
- The little horse had dapples in his coat.
- There is really an extraordinary range of different barks. I think my favourite has to be the dapples of spotted gum bark (Eucalyptus maculata).