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单词 madras
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madras
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Madras is a type of cotton cloth that's patterned with a colorful plaid design. If you're headed to a preppy country club, you might want to wear your favorite madras shorts.
Madras is a fabric that's commonly worn during the warmest months and can be spotted in the form of golfers' pants, men's summer jackets, and women's sundresses. This distinctive cloth is named for the place it was originally made, the Indian city once called Madras, which is known today as Chennai.
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madras
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For men, there were plenty of fashions in madras plaid, including shirts, pants and vests.
Seattle Times(Sep 10, 2016)
The care home will host a celebratory curry night this week which will include including Mrs Phillips' favourite prawn madras.
BBC(Apr 05, 2016)
They feel they’ve made a big effort to get “dressed up” when they’re in pressed dark jeans, a crisp madras shirt and a quilted vest.
Wall Street Journal(Mar 16, 2016)
n a light patterned cotton cloth
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cloth, fabric, material, textile
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Madras
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Madras: Madrass
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The 204-year-old Madras Literary Society in Chennai is getting a new lease of life, thanks to youthful volunteers and a social media campaign.
BBC(Dec 09, 2016)
Venkatachalapathy, a historian and professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 06, 2016)
Chennai, formerly Madras, a city of more than four million people, is likely to be paralyzed for several days.
New York Times(Dec 05, 2016)
1n a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras
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Tamil Nadu
province, state
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
2n a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
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Chennai
city, metropolis, urban center
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
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