mosaic
noun /məʊˈzeɪɪk/
/məʊˈzeɪɪk/
[countable, uncountable]- a picture or pattern made by placing together small pieces of glass, stone, etc. of different colours
镶嵌图案；马赛克 - a Roman mosaic
罗马镶嵌画 - a design in mosaic
马赛克图案 - mosaic tiles
马赛克瓷砖 - (figurative) A mosaic of fields, rivers and woods lay below us.
我们下方是由田野、河流和林木交织成的图画。
Collocations DictionaryMosaic is used before these nouns:- tile
词源late Middle English: from French mosaïque, based on Latin musi(v)um decoration with small square stones, perhaps ultimately from Greek mousa ‘a muse’. - a Roman mosaic