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词汇 paisley
释义 paisley
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈpeɪz.li/ us /ˈpeɪz.li/
a colourful pattern of curved shapes, usually on cloth: 佩斯利(涡旋)花纹
My sister loves paisley.我妹妹喜欢佩斯利花纹。
a paisley tie佩斯利花纹领带
 
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paisley | American Dictionary


paisley
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈpeɪz·li/
(esp. of cloth) having a pattern of curved, colored shapes:
a paisley tie

Examples of paisley


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Paisley, on the other hand, was known in the late eighteenth century as a center for the production of muslin with a population of highly skilled weavers (244-45).
The paisley pattern is world renowned.
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Paisley's name was not to be attached to his party.
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Paisley was the great creator of the industrial revolution in cotton and textiles.
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Paisley as a man with whom no business can be done.
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Paisley is at the heart of the area.
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Paisley is proud of the skill of her craftsmen in textiles, shipbuilding, engineering and a variety of other industries.
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Paisley sheriff court levied pitifully small fines on the contractor and the site operator.
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Paisley has been losing people ever since, and it still happens.
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Paisley is affected in a way, although not directly.
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Paisley university draws its students mainly from lower-income backgrounds.
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Paisley university faces the new century as a proud and ambitious institution.
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Paisley added quickly that he was not to be taken literallly.
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Paisley but his suggestion that attacking the police was the sort of thing that his followers might reasonably do.
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Paisley was a mill town, where some 10,000 women were employed in the manufacture of thread.
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