stripe
noun [ C ] uk/straɪp/ us/straɪp/
(COLOUREDSTRIP)
B1 条纹，斑纹
a strip on the surface of something that is a different colour from the surrounding surface
The zebra is a wild African horse with black and white stripes. 斑马是一种身体上有黑白条纹的非洲野马。
- More examples
- There are a couple of fish with blue markings, and a few more with gold stripes down the side.
- She was wearing a dress which had vertical stripes on it.
- The book has a diagonal black stripe on the cover.
- I wear a lot of stripes.
- I chose the fabric with stripes.
(ON UNIFORM)
(US also bar)（军装上表示等级的）臂章，军阶条
a strip of material that is sewn onto the arm of a military uniform to show the rank of the person wearing it
By the age of 25 he'd already earned his third stripe and become a sergeant. 25岁时他为自己的军服添上了第3道军阶条，成为一名中士。
Idiom
of every stripe/of all stripesidiom 各类
of all types
Governments of every stripe (= of all political opinions) have a bad habit of interfering in state broadcasting. 各种政治主张的政府都有干涉国家广播业的坏习惯。