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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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 are some color stains in this piece of calico.
  这块白棉布有些色斑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。