stripy

IPA/ˈstraɪpi/
IPA/ˈstraɪpi/

stripy — adjective

  • stripypositive
  • stripiercomparative
  • stripiestsuperlative

1. Having straight, narrow bands of colour that run parallel across or along the su

1.形容詞B1
釋義

Having straight, narrow bands of colour that run parallel across or along the surface of something.

例句

Chun-hei wore a stripy red-and-white shirt to the school picnic.

adjective before noun with colour words: stripy + colour-and-colour + noun

The stripy towel was folded neatly on the bathroom shelf.

同義詞
  • striped

    The neutral, more common equivalent used in both British and American English

  • streaky

    Describes irregular or uneven lines rather than neat, parallel stripes

反義詞
  • plain

    Without any pattern or decoration at all

  • solid-colour

    Made of a single colour with no stripes or other pattern

文法句型

stripy + noun

be + stripy

用法筆記

Stripy is the British form of striped. It sounds slightly more informal than striped and is rarely used in American English, where striped is the standard form for both speaking and writing.

常見錯誤

❌She wore a stripped shirt.
✅She wore a stripy shirt.
💡Stripped is the past tense of strip (to remove); stripy is the adjective meaning with stripes. These spellings are easy to confuse.