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A freckle is a small brown spot on the skin, especially on the face, arms, and shoulders.
A freckle isfreckle指的是 a small brown spot on the skin皮膚上一個小小的棕色斑點 especially on the face, arms, and shoulders尤其常出現在臉、手臂和肩膀上
Many people are born with a of them; the sun can make them more numerous and darker in summer, and they often fade a little in winter. They are not dirt, and they are not usually a sign that something is wrong — they are just how some skin shows light.
Many people are born with a scattering of them很多人天生就有一些散落的雀斑 the sun can make them more numerous and darker in summer太陽會讓它們在夏天變多、變深 and they often fade a little in winter冬天則常常會淡一點 They are not dirt它們不是髒污 and they are not usually a sign that something is wrong通常也不代表哪裡出了問題 they are just how some skin shows light只是有些皮膚對光線的反應方式
People also use the verb: skin can freckle in the sun, meaning those spots appear or darken.
People also use the verb這個字也可以當動詞用 skin can freckle in the sun皮膚可以在陽光下freckle meaning those spots appear or darken意思是那些斑點出現或變深
One spot is a freckle; many are freckles.
One spot is a freckle一個斑點是a freckle many are freckles好幾個就是freckles
They are different from a mole (usually darker, more raised, and there all year) and from the larger brown marks that come with age.
They are different from a mole它們跟mole（痣）不一樣 usually darker, more raised, and there all year痣通常顏色更深、比較凸起，而且整年都在 and from the larger brown marks that come with age也跟隨著年紀出現的那種比較大片的棕色斑不一樣
組成From Middle English freken / frekel, from Old Norse freknur (a plural: freckles). An older English cousin was sprecel. The far-back idea is “to strew, sprinkle”. Scholars also tie that old family to spark, and to dialect words like spry and sprack.
同家族的字
- freckledthe adjective: having freckles
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frecklenoun/ˈfɹɛkəl/
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A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
- Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.
- The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep, / The wind whispered, "Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!" / And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace, / Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face.
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Any small spot or discoloration.
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A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
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slangThe anus.
freckleverb/ˈfɹɛkəl/
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To cover with freckles.
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To become covered with freckles.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。