calico
英 [ˈkælɪkəʊ]
美 [ˈkælɪkoʊ]
n. (本色白)厚棉布; 印花平布
复数:calicos
BNC.23901 / COCA.23048
牛津词典
noun
- (本色白)厚棉布
a type of heavy cotton cloth that is usually plain white - 印花平布
a type of rough cotton cloth that has a pattern printed on it
柯林斯词典
- 白棉布;白布
Calicois plain white fabric made from cotton.
英英释义
noun
- coarse cloth with a bright print
adj
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies
- made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
- calico dresses
- a calico cat
双语例句
- There are some color stains in this piece of calico.
这块白棉布有些色斑。 - So we shortened up one of the calico gowns, and I turned up my trouser-legs to my knees and got into it.
于是,我们把一件印花睡衣弄短,我把自己的裤腿卷到膝盖上,穿上了那件衣服。 - A spotted or calico horse or pony.
带斑点或带斑纹的马或小型马。 - He can chose either to work from patterns or to use calico and create the pattern directly onto the dress stand.
他可以用纸样裁剪,也可以用样布直接在胸架上制出样板。 - I can't see one calico kitten.
我没看到一只小花猫。 - On the floor, the corpse is covered with a sheet of calico.
地上的死者已经被蒙着一块白布。 - Sally was selling pins and sugar and calico all day and every day.
萨利一天到晚忙着卖别针,卖糖,卖印花布,每日不变。 - The colonists bartered calico with the natives for furs.
这些移民用花布与土著人换毛皮。 - Ma had calico for a dress, too;
他给妈妈也带回一匹做裙子的印花棉布。 - The company imported a lot of calico from a foreign country.
那家公司从国外进口了许多印花棉布。