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

• A strapping girl of fifteen, in the customary sunbonnet and calico dress, asked me if I "used tobacco"& meaning did I chew it.
  一个十五岁的高个儿女孩，戴着普通的太阳帽，穿着印花布的连衣裙，问我“用不用烟草”&意思是我要不要嚼烟草。
• 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。
• This kind of Latin American printed calico is popular among customers.
  这种拉美风格的印花布很受顾客欢迎。
• A spotted or calico horse or pony.
  带斑点或带斑纹的马或小型马。
• 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。
• 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。
• I can't see one calico kitten.
  我没看到一只小花猫。
• 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。