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- a long narrow band or strip, typically of the same width throughout its length, differing in colour or texture from the surface on either side of it条纹, 长条, 线条:
a pair of blue shorts with pink stripes.
有粉红色条纹的蓝短裤。
1.1
- archaic a blow with a scourge or lash〈古〉鞭挞。
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- a chevron sewn on to a uniform to denote military rank(制服上标示军衔的)条纹, V型臂章。
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- chiefly N. Amer. a type or category〈主北美〉类型, 类别:
entrepreneurs of all stripes are joining in the offensive.
各类企业家联合发起攻势。
with obj(一般作be striped)
- mark with stripes给…画条纹, 使有条纹:
her body was striped with bands of sunlight.
她身体上有一道道阳光。
词源
late Middle English: perhaps a back-formation from STRIPED, of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German strīpe.