calico

英 ['kælɪkəʊ] 美['kælɪko]

复数: calicoes;

calico: calico: [16] Calico, a plain cotton cloth, was originally Calicut-cloth. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was the main export of Calicut, now known as Kozhikode, a city and port on the southwest coast of India whose first European visitor was the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1469–1524). In the 19th century Calicut was South India’s major port. (It has no connection with Calcutta.)
calico (n.): 1530s, kalyko, corruption of Calicut (modern Kozhikode), seaport on Malabar coast of India, where Europeans first obtained it. In 16c. it was second only to Goa among Indian commercial ports for European trade. Extended to animal colorings suggestive of printed calicos in 1807, originally of horses.

The company imported a lot of calico from a foreign country.: 那家公司从国外进口了许多印花棉布.

Charles Bernouin in 1672 in Regensburgstrapped a rocket to himself, as well as calico wings.: 1672年查尔斯·贝尔努安在雷根斯堡把火箭炮和布质的翅膀绑在自己身尝试飞行.

As Hetty concluded, she reverently unrolled a small English Bible from its envelope of coarse calico.: 海蒂说完, 就庄重地从印花粗布套子里拿出一本小版本英语《圣经》.

USE: Suitable for cutting all kinds of kraft paper 、 tea paperboard 、 grass paperboard 、 calico and art paper.: 用途: 适用于牛皮纸、茶板纸、草板纸、印花纸、和铜板纸的分切.

Return the home in, on bag of lane piece calico, ling lamely Xue gave the door.: 回到家里, 弄块白布包上, 玲儿一瘸一拐地踅出了门.

Red cloth plain white cloth, calico wraps date plum persimmon.: 红布包白布, 白布包黑枣.

China Blue Calico process, that is, using leak Edition business card printing and membership card.: 我国的蓝印花布工艺, 就是采用漏孔版制卡和会员卡制作的.

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.

Calico Screen Printing on Dacron Textile Products ( Part 1 ): 突破常规的涤纶织物印花工艺 ( 一 )

This kind of Latin American printed calico is popular among customers.: 这种拉美风格的印花布很受顾客欢迎.