Speckled describes something covered with many small spots or marks, usually in a colour different from the background. A speckled egg, speckled skin, a speckled brown hen.

Speckled describes something covered with many small spots or marksSpeckled形容一個東西上面布滿許多小斑點或小痕跡, usually in a colour different from the background通常顏色跟底色不一樣。A speckled egg像speckled egg（有斑點的蛋）, speckled skinspeckled skin（有斑點的皮膚）, a speckled brown hen或a speckled brown hen（有斑點的棕色母雞）。

The picture it gives is of small dots scattered irregularly — not a neat pattern, not stripes, not big blotches. If the dots were in tidy rows you would say 'spotted' or 'dotted'; speckled suggests they happened naturally and are sprinkled about.

The picture it gives is of small dots scattered irregularly它給人的畫面是小點不規則地散布著 — not a neat pattern不是整齊的圖案, not stripes不是條紋, not big blotches也不是一大片一大片的斑塊。If the dots were in tidy rows you would say 'spotted' or 'dotted'如果那些點排得整整齊齊，你會說'spotted'或'dotted'; speckled suggests they happened naturally and are sprinkled aboutspeckled則暗示這些點是自然形成、隨意灑落的。

It is used most often about natural things: eggs, birds' feathers, stones, fish, and about skin — speckled hands, a speckled face from the sun. Food too: speckled bananas, a speckled loaf of bread with seeds in it.

It is used most often about natural things它最常用在自然的東西上: eggs, birds' feathers, stones, fish蛋、鳥的羽毛、石頭、魚, and about skin還有皮膚 — speckled hands像speckled hands（有斑點的手）, a speckled face from the sun或曬出斑點的臉。Food too食物也可以: speckled bananas像speckled bananas（帶斑點的香蕉）, a speckled loaf of bread with seeds in it或表面有籽、帶斑點的麵包。

It is an adjective and it usually sits in front of the noun ('a speckled egg') though you will also hear it after a linking verb ('the egg was speckled'). You can add what the specks are with 'with': 'speckled with mud', 'speckled with grey'. That pattern is very common and useful.

It is an adjective它是形容詞 and it usually sits in front of the noun通常放在名詞前面 ('a speckled egg')（像'a speckled egg'） though you will also hear it after a linking verb不過你也會聽到它放在連綴動詞後面 ('the egg was speckled')（像'the egg was speckled'）。You can add what the specks are with 'with'你可以用'with'加上斑點是什麼: 'speckled with mud'像'speckled with mud'（沾著泥點）, 'speckled with grey'或'speckled with grey'（帶著灰色斑點）。That pattern is very common and useful這個用法很常見也很好用。

The feeling is neutral or even a bit pleasant — speckled things often sound pretty, like a bird's egg. It does not usually mean dirty.

The feeling is neutral or even a bit pleasant這個字的語感是中性的，甚至帶點討喜 — speckled things often sound prettyspeckled的東西聽起來常常滿好看的, like a bird's egg就像鳥蛋一樣。It does not usually mean dirty它通常不是指髒。