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

• Ma had calico for a dress, too;
  他给妈妈也带回一匹做裙子的印花棉布。
• "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。
• Design of those cylindrically shaped magazines is loosely based on American Calico designs.
  杂志的圆柱型的设计是基于美国的松散印花布设计。
• 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 is all the new calico, that was bought last week, not touched yet.
  我们上星期买的印花布还都在这儿，动也没动。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• A spotted or calico horse or pony.
  带斑点或带斑纹的马或小型马。