calico

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

Translation

n. 印花布,白棉布
Word Forms
複數calicos

Phrases & Collocations

calico cat

三花貓

calico pattern

卡利科圖案

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.

不久前她還是個皮包骨頭的黑小妞,穿着簡單的短裙,扎着呆板的髮辮,如今儼然一派保姆的模樣,穿着印花布的連衣長裙,戴着漿洗得硬挺的雪白頭巾。

Real-world Examples

Look at the threads in the calico.

仔細看看棉布裏的細線。

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Turkey red is perfectly plain in calicoes, she answered.

" 土耳其紅是印花布中的絕對純色。

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

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

" 穿印花布時,條紋比其他任何東西都要多。"

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, 請你拿一小塊兒白棉布, 動手把邊兒上的線抽出來。

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.

她們頭戴遮陽帽,臉色發暗,彷彿得了瘧疾,但都是乾乾淨淨,漿過熨過的印花布衣服顯得發亮。

Source: Gone with the Wind

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

我下了電梯,走到街上。我完全厭倦了紅色印花布。

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

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

" 鄧恩,給這個人看看紅色印花布。" 鄧恩先生拿過我的那塊布看了看。

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,青銅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.

她遞給她一件新的、絕對樸素的衣服, 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.

" 你們有這樣的紅色印花布嗎?" 我問售貨員。

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

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