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。
• The colonists bartered calico for Indian land.
  殖民者以印花布交换印地安人的土地。
• Ma had calico for a dress, too;
  他给妈妈也带回一匹做裙子的印花棉布。
• 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。
• Saying so, Qianliang points to the calico covered corpse inside the rented house.
  浅良一边说着，一边伸手指向出租屋内的一具蒙着白布的尸体。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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