|
calicoback n. 甘藍菜的害蟲 甘藍菜的害蟲 Calico \ Cal" i* co\, n.; pl. { Calicoes}. [ So called because first imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.] 1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc. [ Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] The importation of printed or stained colicoes appears to have been coeval with the establishment of the East India Company. -- Beck ( Draper' s Dict. ). [ 1913 Webster] 2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In the United States the term calico is applied only to the printed fabric. [ 1913 Webster] { Calico bass} ( Zool.), an edible, fresh- water fish ({ Pomoxys sparaides}) of the rivers and lake of the Western United States ( esp. of the Misissippi valley.), allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated colors; -- called also { calicoback}, { grass bass}, { strawberry bass}, { barfish}, and { bitterhead}. { Calico printing}, the art or process of impressing the figured patterns on calico. [ 1913 Webster]
Calicoback \ Cal" i* co* back`\, n. ( Zool.) ( a) The calico bass. ( b) An hemipterous insect ({ Murgantia histrionica}) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also { calico bug} and { harlequin cabbage bug}. [ 1913 Webster] Calicular
|
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
|