plaid

来自苏格兰语plaid,格子呢，词源不详。可能来自ply的过去分词，编织，缠绕，词源同plait.

plaid (n.)

1510s, from Scottish, from or related to Gaelic plaide "blanket, mantle," of unknown origin, perhaps a contraction of peallaid "sheepskin," from peall "skin," from Latin pellis (but OED finds this "phonetically improbable"). The wearing of it by males forbidden by act of parliament, under penalty of transportation, 1746-82. As an adjective c. 1600, from the noun.

1. I am wearing a plaid nightgown trimmed with white lace.

我穿着一件带有白色蕾丝花边的格子呢睡衣。

2. Eddie wore blue jeans and a plaid shirt.

埃迪穿着蓝色牛仔裤和方格布衬衫。

3. Jack's plaid shirt didn't mix well with his striped trousers.

杰克的方格衬衫与条纹长裤不相配.

4. She wore a plaid shirt and blue jeans.

她穿着彩格呢衬衫和牛仔裤.

5. She dressed very simply and elegantly in short plaid skirts and waists of knitted silk.

她身穿方格子的绒布短裙和丝织的上衣,相当朴素而入时.