| 释义 |
stripe
I. \ˈstrīp\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English; probably akin to stripe (IV)
Scotland : a small stream : rivulet
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from Middle Low German strippe strap, lash; akin to Middle Dutch stripe strip, stripe
: a stroke or blow with a rod or lash
< was laying on the prescribed number of stripes so lustily that the punished man's screams rent the air — F.V.W.Mason >
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to beat or lash with a rod or whip
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, strip, from Middle Dutch, stripe, strip; akin to Old Irish sriab stripe, Old English strica line, streak — more at streak
1.
a. : a line or long narrow section of something differing in color or texture from the parts adjoining
< a white stripe down the center of the highway >
b.
(1) : a textile design consisting of vertical or horizontal lines or bands against a plain background and created by various weaving, printing, or finishing processes
(2) : a fabric with a striped design
c. : a long narrow strip (as of land)
2.
a. : a piece of gold, silver, silk, cotton, or other braid (as on the sleeve of a coat) used to indicate military rank or length of service — see half-stripe, service stripe
b. : chevron
3. : a distinct shade or variety (as of character, opinion, or partisan affiliation) : class, kind, sort, type
< men of a different moral stripe from the God-fearing, stolid farmers — Rex Lardner >
< artists of every stripe — Celestine Sibley >
< a man of paler stripe would be content to net for herring — J.W.Noble >
4.
a. : barley stripe
b. : streak 2f
5. : a narrow white mark extending down the face of a horse from between the eyes to the bridge of the nose
6. : striped bass
7. stripes plural : a prisoner's distinctive horizontally striped uniform
Synonyms: see type
V. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to make stripes on : form with lines of different colors or textures : variegate with stripes |