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plaid

/plad/US // plæd //UK // (plæd, pleɪd) //

格子花纹,格子布,格子呢,格子图案

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.
    • : a pattern of this kind.
    • : a long, rectangular piece of cloth, usually with such a pattern and worn across the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the pattern of a plaid.

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Examples

  • In their pastels and plaids, an army of West Palm Beach residents gathered on Tuesday evening to litigate a bitter fight engulfing their community.

  • Nothing pleased her more, you feel, than a plaid shirt or a striped chair.

  • Based on his sock puppet, I expected him to be a burly bearded giant clad in plaid—basically, a Canadian Paul Bunyan.

  • There are young rock chicks and rock-boys and arty-looking men and women, in plaid, denim, ripped and stretched cardigans.

  • Wearing a plaid shirt, the stocky singer looked like a bricklayer playing an open mic at a bar.

  • In the back of a limo, wearing a plaid blazer, Quast raises his drink and says with a wink, “you stay classy, Iowa.”

  • Harry kept his plaid shirt on and danced in the comforts of his own skybox.

  • When he entered the house he found the plaid cloak, formerly his master's, hanging in the entry.

  • You may consider yourself 'geyan fine,' all covered over with Scotch plaid, but I wouldn't be so 'kenspeckle' for worlds!

  • We think that her success came chiefly from her writing the verses with a Scotch plaid lead-pencil.

  • That which he had called cubical I had never had much doubt of; sure enough, it was a little Bible, to carry in a plaid-neuk.

  • In this a man swathes himself, somewhat as a Highlander does in his plaid, pinning it over the shoulder and leaving the arms free.