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

• It can be seen that the characteristics'civilians of the blue calico is subsisted and developed with its soul.
  可见，蓝印花布的平民化特质是其生存和发展的灵魂。
• Applications of happening color in Chinese blue calico ′ s innovative design
  偶发性色彩在蓝印花布创新设计中的应用
• You like calico solid which of the white victory, it probably is this human circumstance.
  你喜欢白色胜利，它可能是这人情势的白棉布固体。
• There was a small bed in there. On it were neatly folded quilts of silk and red printed calico.
  舱中有个小小床铺，床上有锦绸同红色印花洋布铺盖，折叠得整整齐齐。
• The colonists bartered calico for Indian land.
  殖民者以印花布交换印地安人的土地。
• 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。
• 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。
• Charles Bernouin in1672 in Regensburg strapped a rocket to himself as well as calico wings.
  1672年查尔斯·贝尔努安在雷根斯堡把火箭炮和布质的翅膀绑在自己身尝试飞行。
• "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。