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
  1. a jester dressed in motley
  2. the painted desert
  3. a particolored dress
  4. a piebald horse
  5. pied daisies
  Synonym:motleymulticolormulti-colormulticolourmulti-colourmulticoloredmulti-coloredmulticolouredmulti-colouredpaintedparticoloredparticolouredpiebaldpiedvaricoloredvaricoloured
• made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
  1. calico dresses
  2. a calico cat

双语例句

• USE: Suitable for cutting all kinds of kraft paper 、 tea paperboard 、 grass paperboard 、 calico and art paper.
  用途：适用于牛皮纸、茶板纸、草板纸、印花纸、和铜板纸的分切。
• A strapping girl of fifteen, in the customary sunbonnet and calico dress, asked me if I "used tobacco"& meaning did I chew it.
  一个十五岁的高个儿女孩，戴着普通的太阳帽，穿着印花布的连衣裙，问我“用不用烟草”&意思是我要不要嚼烟草。
• "What's the row, Sam" inquired one gentleman in black calico sleeves.
  什么事吵吵闹闹的，萨姆？一位穿着黑色印花布袖套的绅士问道。
• The calico cat was getting her regular evening petting when she suddenly bit into Ms. Briske's right hand.
  那天晚上，这只花斑猫在像平常一样接受主人爱抚的时候，突然咬住了戴安娜的右手。
• The Research of Blue Calico Design Traveling Souvenir Development in Jiangnan
  江南蓝印花布旅游纪念品设计开发研究
• There are some color stains in this piece of calico.
  这块白棉布有些色斑。
• The colonists bartered calico for Indian land.
  殖民者以印花布交换印地安人的土地。
• This kind of Latin American printed calico is popular among customers.
  这种拉美风格的印花布很受顾客欢迎。
• I smile as I count seventeen hand-sewn calico hearts.
  当我数着被子上17朵手绣的印花布心形图案时，我笑了。
• There was two old dirty calico dresses, and a sun-bonnet, and some women's underclothes hanging against the wall, and some men's clothing, too.
  还有两件脏旧不堪的花洋布衣服，还有一顶太阳帽和几件女人的内衣，都挂在墙上。