calico

[US]/'kælɪkəʊ/
[UK]/'kælɪko/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 印花布,白棉布
Word Forms
复数calicos

Phrases & Collocations

calico cat

三花猫

calico pattern

卡利科图案

calico printing

棉布印花

Example Sentences

Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

不久前她还是个皮包骨头的黑小妞,穿着简单的短裙,扎着呆板的发辫,如今俨然一派保姆的模样,穿着印花布的连衣长裙,戴着浆洗得硬挺的雪白头巾。

Real-world Examples

Look at the threads in the calico.

仔细看看棉布里的细线。

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Turkey red is perfectly plain in calicoes, she answered.

" 土耳其红是印花布中的绝对纯色。

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

Stripes are worn more than anything else in calicoes, said she.

" 穿印花布时,条纹比其他任何东西都要多。"

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

Now get a small bit of calico or muslin, and begin to fray out the edge.

小朋友, 请你拿一小块儿白棉布, 动手把边儿上的线抽出来。

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Their faces beneath their sun-bonnets were sallow and malarial-looking but shining clean and their freshly ironed calicoes glistened with starch.

她们头戴遮阳帽,脸色发暗,仿佛得了疟疾,但都是干干净净,浆过熨过的印花布衣服显得发亮。

Source: Gone with the Wind

I went down in the elevator, and out on the street. I was completely sick of red calico.

我下了电梯,走到街上。我完全厌倦了红色印花布。

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

Dunn, show this man red calicoes. Mr. Dunn took my sample and looked at it.

" 邓恩,给这个人看看红色印花布。" 邓恩先生拿过我的那块布看了看。

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

Her faded calico dress was open to the waist and her large bronze breast exposed.

她那件褪色的印花布衣裳敞到腰部,青铜色胸脯完全裸露在外面。

Source: Gone with the Wind

She handed a new and absolutely plain garment, of coarse and unbleached calico.

她递给她一件新的、绝对朴素的衣服, 是粗的、未漂白的印花布。

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

Have you any red calico like this? I asked the saleswoman.

" 你们有这样的红色印花布吗?" 我问售货员。

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

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