Have you any red calico like this? I asked the saleswoman.

" 你们有这样的红色印花布吗？" 问售货员。

Now get a small bit of calico or muslin, and begin to fray out the edge.

朋友, 请你拿儿白棉布, 动手把边儿上的线抽出来。

Look at the threads in the calico.

仔细看看棉布里的细线。

When I got there I asked for red calico.

里时，询问是否有红色印花布。

Turkey red is perfectly plain in calicoes, she answered.

" 土耳其红是印花布中的绝对纯色。

Their faces beneath their sun-bonnets were sallow and malarial-looking but shining clean and their freshly ironed calicoes glistened with starch.

她们头戴遮阳帽，脸色发暗，仿佛得了疟疾，但都是干干净净，浆过熨过的印花布衣服显得发亮。

This is why calico cats have patches.

这就是为什么三花猫会有色。

Oh my god, are you a calico perfect kitten?

天啊，你是只完美的三花猫吗？