Having stripes — lines or bands of colour running across or along something. A zebra is striped; so is a tiger, a candy cane, a school tie, a deckchair.

Having stripesStriped 的意思是有條紋 — lines or bands of colour顏色的線條或色帶 running across or along something橫過或沿著某個東西延伸。 A zebra斑馬 is striped是 striped 的 ; so is老虎、糖果棒、學校領帶、躺椅也都是 a tiger, a candy cane, a school tie, a deckchair。

The lines are usually a different colour from the background and usually repeat: one stripe alone is not really 'striped'.

The lines這些線條 are usually a different colour from the background通常跟底色是不同顏色 and usually repeat而且通常會重複出現 : one stripe alone只有一條單獨的線 is not really 'striped'其實不算是「striped」。

You can say which stripes: red-striped, blue-striped, or more naturally 'a shirt with red stripes'. You can also name the size: pinstriped (very thin lines, on business suits), candy-striped (narrow, usually red and white).

You你 can say which stripes可以說是哪種顏色的條紋 : red-striped, blue-stripedred-striped、blue-striped or more naturally或更自然一點說 'a shirt with red stripes'「a shirt with red stripes」。 You你 can also name the size也可以講條紋的粗細 : pinstriped (very thin lines, on business suits)pinstriped（非常細的線條，常見於西裝） candy-striped (narrow, usually red and white)candy-striped（比較窄，通常是紅白相間）。

Pronunciation trips people. It is one syllable — /straɪpt/, rhyming with 'wiped'. Some older or more literary speakers say two syllables, /ˈstraɪ.pɪd/, especially before a noun, but one syllable is the safe modern choice.

Pronunciation發音常常 trips people讓人搞錯。 It它 is one syllable只有一個音節 — /straɪpt//straɪpt/ rhyming with 'wiped'跟「wiped」押韻。 Some older or more literary speakers有些較年長或比較文學性的講法 say two syllables會唸成兩個音節 /ˈstraɪ.pɪd//ˈstraɪ.pɪd/ especially before a noun尤其是放在名詞前面的時候 but but 現在 one syllable比較保險的唸法是一個音節 is the safe modern choice。

Compare it with its neighbours: striped = lines, spotted = round dots, checked/checkered = squares, plain = nothing at all. Those four cover almost every patterned shirt a student will ever need to describe.

Compare it with its neighbours拿它跟鄰居們比較一下 : striped = lines, spotted = round dots, checked/checkered = squares, plain = nothing at allstriped＝線條，spotted＝圓點，checked/checkered＝方格，plain＝完全沒有花紋。 Those four這四個字 cover almost every patterned shirt幾乎涵蓋了每一種花紋襯衫 a student will ever need to describe學生會需要形容的。