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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ma had calico for a dress, too;
  他给妈妈也带回一匹做裙子的印花棉布。
• 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
• 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。
• Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned.
  由印花布或白棉布做，或类似于印花布的图案。
• 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 are some color stains in this piece of calico.
  这块白棉布有些色斑。
• 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。