Dictionary entry
Variegated
Pronunciation: /ˈvɛːrɪəɡeɪtɪd/
Pronunciation
/ˈvɛːrɪəɡeɪtɪd/
Myanmar Meaning
ရောင်စုံအဖတ်အမျိုးမျိုးရှိသော။ အရောင်နှစ်မျိုး၊ ထိုထက်ပို၍ ပါရှိသည့် အရွက်များရှိသော။
Definition
variegated / 'veǝriǝgeÇtÇd / adj ၁။ ေျပာက္ေျပာက္က်ားက်ား။ အေျပာက္အၿပိန္း။ a plant with variegated leaves/ flowers ❍ This specimen is richly variegated in colour. ၂။ အမ်ဳိးမ်ဳိးအဖံုဖံု။ အမ်ဳိးမ်ဳိး။ ေျပာက္ေသာက္။ a variegated assortment of people/ buildings/ opinions. ❏ variegation / veǝriǝ'geÇʃn / n [U] အေျပာက္အၿပိန္း။ ေျပာက္က်ိေျပာက္က်ား။
Examples
- ‘Sea view: snorkelling swimmers at Australia's Barrier Reef can catch an inspiring glimpse of giant clams
- sharks and variegated coral.’
- ‘So knitting with variegated yarns not only requires a certain amount of persistence but also requires an openness to accepting the pooling effect.’
- ‘I love subtly variegated yarns
- when knitted up they tend to have a heathery effect.’
- ‘I am knitting a scarf in a variegated blue-ish green-ish rainbow-ish tone.’
- ‘The entering daylight streaks her high-waisted silk gown
- as if invaded by sunset
- with trails of variegated colours.’
- ‘The variegated facades of brick
- painted aluminum
- and stainless steel are Gehry's own brand of contextual design.’
- ‘Work began on the cathedral in 1064
- to be faced in entirely in variegated bands of marble.’
- ‘The lung specimens from seven patients with IPF had a variegated appearance
- with alternating zones of Obrosis and intervening patches of normal lung at low magnification.’
- ‘To create the illusion on Shelburne's mocha ware teapot
- small particles of dried
- variegated wedged clay were thoroughly mixed into a larger batch of blue clay.’
- ‘The walls and the floor were covered with variegated marbles
- and the roof of cedar wood was covered with lead.’
- ‘Then in the gloaming I can just make out a series of variegated camouflage sheets
- the size of lonely single beds
- strung between the trunks about 2ft off the ground.’
- ‘It is a beautifully variegated yarn
- and was very nice to work with.’
- ‘The frame of the inscribed plaque is also variegated.’
- ‘Using variegated yarn for the weft automatically creates a delightful striped pattern as the student continues weaving.’
- ‘Marcia especially likes Japanese maples
- ornamental grasses
- and plants with variegated foliage.’
- ‘Gilded Hawke is a variegated curly ivy with grey-green central colouring and gold margins.’
- ‘If you select foliage plants with variegated or lighter colored leaves
- they will prefer brighter light.’
- ‘Yellow variegated leaves are still quite efficient at using the energy of sunlight to produce sugars.’
- ‘Plants with fascinating leaf shapes and variegated foliage can turn your shade garden from a drab
- dark place to an intriguing cool retreat.’
- ‘The 32 paintings exhibited at the gallery prove how variegated were the thoughts and ideas of the artist.’