词汇 | tartan |
释义 | tartan noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈtɑː.tən/ us /ˈtɑːr.ən/ a pattern of different coloured straight lines crossing each other at 90 degree angles, or a cloth with this pattern: 方格花纹(或图案);格子呢;格子织物 a tartan kilt(苏格兰高地男子穿的)格子呢褶裥短裙 Compare plaid Andy Crawford/ Dorling Kindersley/GettyImages Patterns and shapes amorphous arabesque argyle asymmetrically asymmetry fishhook flecked formless formlessly fretted saltire scalloped scissor semilunaris shapeable wavery wavily weave willow pattern zigzag tartan | American Dictionarytartan noun[ C ] us/ˈtɑr·tən/ a cloth woven in a pattern of different colored straight strips crossing each other at 90 angles, or the pattern itself; plaid: a tartan kilt Examples of tartantartan However, tartan taxes are even more unfair if there is no tartan minimum wage to help pay for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would the tartan tax be levied according to where people live, where they work, or where their company is located? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we have had enough of tartan tales. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But one of the extraordinary items is for tartan for trousers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that a tartan tax would create enormous problems and anomalies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tartan tax would add to the costs of employment and of businesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cap it all, that parliament would have the power to raise taxes—a special tartan tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a mantra as meaningless as the tartan tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing that breathes the heather or wears the tartan has been left outside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After the rebellion of 1745 a law was passed forbidding either the wearing of the kilt or the wearing of tartan. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought it better not to disillusion her because she was very taken with the combination of the tartan and the red hair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall name but a few—the social chapter, the minimum wage and the tartan tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not want their tartan to be taken from them, or interfered with in any way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where will it come from if not from the tartan tax? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was asked who will pay the tartan tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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