mosaic
Word family adverbmosaicallynounmosaicismmosaicistmosaic
mo·sa·ic /məʊˈzeɪ-ɪk $ moʊ-/ ●○○ noun1 [countableC, uncountableU]AV a pattern or picture made by fitting together small pieces of coloured stone, glass etc 馬賽克,鑲嵌圖案rooms decorated with wall paintings and mosaics 用壁畫和馬賽克裝飾的房間
a 3rd-century Roman mosaic floor 三世紀羅馬鑲嵌地面
2 [countableC usually singular]CF a group of different things that exist next to each other or together 鑲嵌畫般的東西;鑲嵌細工似的圖案mosaic ofThe forest floor was a mosaic of autumn colours. 森林的地面上秋色斑斓,猶如一幅馬賽克拼圖。
the complex mosaic of world cultures 世界文化萬花筒
mosaic of• Planted last fall, the garden is a mosaic of colors. Origin mosaic (1300-1400) Old French mosaique, from
Late Latin musivus “of a muse, artistic”, from
Latin Musa;
→ MUSE2