: a narrow strip of braid or embroidery usually in the shape of a bar, arc, or chevron that is worn (as on the sleeve of a military uniform) to indicate rank or length of service
Verb the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, welt, long scar, blow, probably from stripe band on a garment
Verb
Middle English, to place bands or edging on (a garment), from Middle Dutch stripan, from stripe, strepe stripe; akin to Middle High German strīfe stripe
Noun (2)
Middle English, band or stripe on a garment, in part from stripen, verb, in part from Middle Dutch stripe
1long narrow line條紋ADJECTIVE | STRIPE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤broad, wide寬條紋;闊條紋▸➤narrow, thin窄條紋;細條紋▸➤bold, dark粗條紋;黑條紋▸➤subtle淡淡的條紋▸➤distinctive醒目的條紋▸➤diagonal, horizontal, vertical斜條紋;橫條紋;豎條紋STRIPE + VERB➤run條紋延伸◇The butterfly is black and white with a blue stripe running down each wing.這蝴蝶黑白相間,每隻翅膀縱貫着一道藍色條紋。PREPOSITION➤with stripes帶有條紋◇a white tablecloth with red stripes白底紅條的桌布➤stripe across, stripe down條紋穿過⋯/沿着⋯◇The toad has a distinctive yellow stripe down its back.蟾蜍的背部從上至下有一道醒目的黃色條紋。stripe
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2 (especially NAmE) kind/type類型ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤ideological, political意識形態/政治類型➤all, any, every, various所有/任何/每個/各種類型PREPOSITION➤of... stripe⋯類型的⋯◇Politicians of every stripe have demonstrated a thirst for power.無論哪種類型的政客都表現出對權力的渴望。