n. (pl. calicos, calicoes) 1.〔英国〕白布;〔美国〕印花布。 2.花斑动物〔如花狗、斑马等〕。 3.〔美俚〕女学生,女人。 adj. 〔美国〕杂色的,花的;印花布一样的。 calico horse 花马。
made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned; "calico dresses"; "a calico cat"
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" 同义词:motley, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured,
coarse cloth with a bright print
例句与用法
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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。
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As hetty concluded, she reverently unrolled a small english bible from its envelope of coarse calico . 海蒂说完,就庄重地从印花粗布套子里拿出一本小版本英语《圣经》。
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There is all the new calico there that was bought last week, not touched yet. i almost broke my back by cutting it out . 我上星期买的新花布都在那儿,动也没动。我剪裁花布差一点把背都累断了。
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The colonists bartered calico for indian land 殖民者以印花布交换印地安人的土地。
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One side is black . the other side is small calico 一面是黑色一面是小碎花!
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And don t go about women in that old calico 还有,别穿着这样旧的花布衣服装成女人啦。
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Keep a calico by the bedside , this what i m all about 将一肤一发将一分一寸摄入脑内留存
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The colonists bartered calico with the natives for furs 这些移民用花布与土著人换毛皮。
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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。