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

• 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。
• 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。
• There are some color stains in this piece of calico.
  这块白棉布有些色斑。
• 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。
• Charles Bernouin in1672 in Regensburg strapped a rocket to himself as well as calico wings.
  1672年查尔斯·贝尔努安在雷根斯堡把火箭炮和布质的翅膀绑在自己身尝试飞行。
• 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
• The colonists bartered calico for Indian land.
  殖民者以印花布交换印地安人的土地。
• 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。
• I smile as I count seventeen hand-sewn calico hearts.
  当我数着被子上17朵手绣的印花布心形图案时，我笑了。