piebald的词源

英文词源

piebald (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"of two different colors," 1580s, formed from pie (n.2) "magpie" + bald in its older sense of "spotted, white;" in reference to the black-and-white plumage of the magpie. Hence, "of mixed character, mongrel." Technically only of black-and-white colorings.

中文词源

piebald:黑白两色的,花斑的

pie,喜鹊,bald,此处来自其古义斑点的,斑白的。即喜鹊的颜色,或形如喜鹊的黑白斑点。

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