freckle
freckle — 名詞
1. Small, flat brown dots that appear on a person's skin — usually the face, arms,
雀斑
皮膚上的淺棕色小斑點
Small, flat brown dots that appear on a person's skin — usually the face, arms, or shoulders — and that get darker or stand out more when that person spends time outside in sunny weather.
Trang's light skin was covered in tiny freckles that stood out every summer.
Trang 白皙的皮膚上布滿細小的雀斑，每到夏天就特別明顯。
collocation: covered in freckles
The little girl counted the freckles on her grandmother's arms one lazy afternoon.
小女孩某個悠閒的下午數著祖母手臂上的雀斑。
Ryo noticed a small cluster of faint freckles across his nose after the beach trip.
Ryo 注意到去海灘之後，鼻子上出現了一小片淺淺的雀斑。
Dahlia's freckles would fade in winter and return again each spring.
Dahlia 的雀斑冬天會褪去，每到春天又會重新出現。
Adina used sunscreen every morning to keep her freckles from getting darker.
Adina 每天早上都塗防曬乳，以免雀斑變得越來越深。
用法筆記
Freckles almost always appear in groups, so the plural form is much more common than the singular.
常見錯誤
freckle — 動詞
1. To cover someone's skin with small brown dots — for example, when strong sunligh
使長雀斑
曬出斑點覆蓋皮膚
To cover someone's skin with small brown dots — for example, when strong sunlight causes freckles to appear on a person's face or arms.
The bright summer sun freckled Léa's cheeks and forehead within a week.
明亮的夏日陽光讓 Léa 的臉頰和前額在一週內長滿了雀斑。
pattern: [sun] freckled [body part]
Years of outdoor work had freckled Christopher's arms with tiny brown dots.
多年的戶外工作讓 Christopher 的手臂上布滿了細小的棕色斑點。
The hot summer freckled Zuri's shoulders despite her wide-brimmed hat.
炎熱的夏天讓 Zuri 的肩膀長了雀斑，儘管她戴了寬邊帽。
Each long mountain hike freckled Ishaan's nose a little more than before.
每一次登山健行都讓 Ishaan 的鼻子多長了一些雀斑。
A childhood spent at the coast freckled Hari's face so much that his friends teased him.
在海邊度過的童年讓 Hari 臉上長滿了雀斑，朋友們常拿這個開他玩笑。
文法句型
[sun/weather/activity] + freckle + [body part]
用法筆記
This transitive sense appears mostly in descriptive or literary writing. In everyday conversation, speakers usually say 'got freckles' or 'developed freckles' instead.
2. For a person's skin to develop small brown spots, especially as a result of bein
長雀斑
皮膚出現棕色斑點
For a person's skin to develop small brown spots, especially as a result of being in the sun.
Hamza's pale skin freckled easily whenever he spent time outdoors.
Hamza 蒼白的皮膚只要一曬太陽就很容易長雀斑。
pattern: [skin] freckles easily
After two weeks at the beach camp, Amani's face freckled across the bridge of her nose.
在海灘夏令營待了兩週後，Amani 的鼻子兩側長出了雀斑。
The children's arms freckled during the long summer holiday.
孩子們的手臂在漫長的暑假中長出了雀斑。
Renata's skin had freckled noticeably since she joined the cross-country running team.
Renata 加入越野跑步校隊後，皮膚明顯長出了雀斑。
The lifeguard's shoulders freckled after a whole summer by the pool.
那位救生員的肩膀在泳池邊待了一整個夏天之後長出了雀斑。
- develop spots
a more general phrasal alternative that does not specify the sun-related cause
文法句型
[body part/skin] + freckle (+ adverb)
用法筆記
Often used with adverbs like 'easily' or 'quickly' to describe how readily someone's skin develops freckles. The subject is usually a body part or 'skin'.