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 colonists bartered calico for Indian land.
  殖民者以印花布交换印地安人的土地。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned.
  由印花布或白棉布做，或类似于印花布的图案。
• 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。