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

• The girl who had so suddenly arrested the step of Hetty was dressed in a calico mantle.
  这位突然止住海蒂脚步的姑娘，上身穿着一件印花布的罩衫。
• 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
• 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。
• 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
• "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。
• 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 colonists bartered calico with the natives for furs.
  这些移民用花布与土著人换毛皮。
• 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。
• 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。
• I can't see one calico kitten.
  我没看到一只小花猫。