Spotted describes something covered with small round marks of a different colour — a spotted dog, a spotted shirt, a spotted egg. The spots are part of how the thing looks, its pattern, not dirt. You use it in front of a noun very comfortably: 'a spotted tie'.

Spotted Spotted describes something covered with small round marks of a different colour形容表面佈滿不同顏色小圓點的東西——a spotted dog, a spotted shirt, a spotted egg像a spotted dog、a spotted shirt、a spotted egg。The spots are part of how the thing looks那些斑點是這東西外觀的一部分，its pattern是它的花紋，not dirt不是髒污。You use it in front of a noun very comfortably你可以很自然地把它放在名詞前面：'a spotted tie''a spotted tie'（有斑點的領帶）

For clothes and fabric, British English says spotted where Americans usually say polka-dot, and both languages also reach for dotted.

For clothes and fabric講到衣服和布料，British English says spotted英式英文說spotted，where Americans usually say polka-dot美式英文通常說polka-dot，and both languages also reach for dotted兩邊也都會用dotted

Be careful with animals: leopards are described as spotted, but a cow or a horse with big irregular patches is usually patchy or, for horses, piebald.

Be careful with animals講到動物要小心：leopards are described as spotted豹會被形容成spotted，but a cow or a horse with big irregular patches但身上有大片不規則斑塊的牛或馬，is usually patchy or, for horses, piebald通常說patchy，馬則說piebald

There is a second life to this word that trips learners up — it is also the past form of the verb spot, meaning to see or notice something, especially something hard to see: 'He was spotted leaving the building.' Same spelling, completely different job, and context is what tells you which one you are looking at.

There is a second life to this word that trips learners up這個字還有第二個常讓學習者搞混的用法：it is also the past form of the verb spot它也是動詞spot的過去式，meaning to see or notice something, especially something hard to see意思是看到或注意到某樣東西，尤其是不容易看到的東西——'He was spotted leaving the building.''He was spotted leaving the building.'（他被人看到離開那棟大樓）。Same spelling, completely different job拼法一樣，功能完全不同，and context is what tells you which one you are looking at要靠上下文才能判斷是哪一個意思