speckled

grammar · medium

易错句子The bird's feathers are speckled by red spots.

正确表达The bird's feathers are speckled with red spots.

表示“布满…斑点”时，speckled 后应接介词 with，而非 by。by 表示动作的执行者，不适用于描述斑点的分布。

grammar · medium

易错句子The egg speckled with small dots.

正确表达The egg was speckled with small dots.

speckled 作为形容词表示“有斑点的”，常用于系表结构（be speckled with），而非作为动词的过去式。缺少系动词 be 会导致句子语法错误。