单词 | calico |
释义 | calico /kal"i koh'/, n. , pl. calicoes, calicos, adj. n. 1. a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side. 2. Brit. plain white cotton cloth. 3. an animal having a spotted or particolored coat. 4. Obs. a figured cotton cloth from India. adj. 5. made of calico. 6. resembling printed calico; spotted or mottled. [1495-1505; short for Calico cloth, var. of CALICUT CLOTH, named after city in India which orig. exported it] |
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