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 Research of Blue Calico Design Traveling Souvenir Development in Jiangnan
  江南蓝印花布旅游纪念品设计开发研究
• 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。
• I can't see one calico kitten.
  我没看到一只小花猫。
• 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。
• In the waters of the Fiji Islands, an emperor shrimp and a commensal crab nearly vanish in the calico pattern of a large leopard sea cucumber.
  在斐济群岛的水域中，帝王虾和寄居蟹消失隐秘在大豹海参皮肤上豹纹中。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was two old dirty calico dresses, and a sun-bonnet, and some women's underclothes hanging against the wall, and some men's clothing, too.
  还有两件脏旧不堪的花洋布衣服，还有一顶太阳帽和几件女人的内衣，都挂在墙上。
• 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。
• 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。