/məʊ'zeɪɪk; mo`zeɪk/
n
1 [C, U] picture or pattern made by placing together small pieces of glass, stone, etc of different colours 马赛克（用不同颜色的小块玻璃, 石子等材料拼凑, 镶嵌成的图画或图案）
*ancient Greek mosaics 古希腊的马赛克
* a design in mosaic 马赛克图案
* [attrib 作定语] a mosaic design, pavement, ceiling 马赛克的图案、地面、天花板.
2 [C usu sing 通常作单数] ~ (of sth) design or pattern made up of many different individual items; patchwork 镶嵌画; 镶嵌图案
*a rich mosaic of meadows, rivers and woods 由草地、河流和林木组成的五光十色的镶嵌画.

n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: mosaique, from Late Latin musivus 'of a muse, artistic', from Latin Musa; MUSE²]
[U and C]
a pattern or picture made by fitting together small pieces of coloured stone, glass etc
　rooms decorated with wall paintings and mosaics
　a 3rd century Roman mosaic floor
[C usually singular]
a group of different things that exist next to each other or together
mosaic of
　The forest floor was a mosaic of autumn colours.
　the complex mosaic of world cultures