spotty
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++spot·ty /ˈspɒti $ ˈspɑːti/ adjective 1 British English informalMIHBH someone who is spotty has small raised red marks on their skin, especially on their face 〔尤指脸上〕有粉刺的 a tall, thin, spotty youth 一个又高又瘦、脸上长着粉刺的年轻人 a spotty face 长粉刺的脸2. American EnglishBAD good only in some parts, but not in other parts 〔质量〕有好有坏的，参差不齐的 SYN British English patchyExamples from the Corpus
spotty• Even their kisses might give him a disease from which he would die or become horribly spotty.• Kelly said that because reporting by the 17 cities had been voluntary since 1993, cooperation had been spotty.• Waved back by a Kalashnikov-wielding, spotty boy-soldier, I was subject to a ten-minute harangue by two bad-tempered border guards.• spotty bus service• Clear a spotty complexion with this easy homemade mask.• a spotty performance• But sketch shows have a spotty prime-time record of late.• The content is pretty spotty so far.• What makes cognac the international high-flyer, and armagnac the spotty, stay-at-home plodder?spot·ty adjectiveChineseSyllable
someone is raised Corpus spotty small red who has
spotty
spot‧ty /ˈspɒti $ ˈspɑːti/
adjective1. British English informal someone who is spotty has small raised red marks on their skin, especially on their face:
a tall, thin, spotty youth
a spotty face
2. American English good only in some parts, but not in other parts
SYN patchy British English
spot‧ty /ˈspɒti $ ˈspɑːti/
adjective1. British English informal someone who is spotty has small raised red marks on their skin, especially on their face: 2. American English good only in some parts, but not in other parts
SYN patchy British English