| 单词 | plait |
| 释义 | plait1 /plæt $ pleɪt, plæt/ verb [transitive] British EnglishTIE to twist three long pieces of hair or rope over and under each other to make one long piece 把…编成辫[绳] SYN American English braid She plaited her hair hurriedly. 她匆匆地把头发编成辫子。 a plaited leather belt 编成辫状的皮带→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusplait• Her hair had been plaited and coiled at the back of her head, but there was no mistaking her for Han.• Her older sisters plaited and decorated her hair, encouraging an already overdeveloped vanity.• I washed and combed and plaited my hair and rubbed my clogs, then I went round and knocked on the door.• Perhaps I would like them to plait my hair?• Some of them had plaited scraps of cloth in their long black hair and all wore beads around their necks.• You will need to plait your horse's mane and pull or plait his tail.Related topics: Hair & beautyplait2 noun [countable] British EnglishDCB a length of something, usually hair, that has been plaited 发辫，辫子；辫状物 SYN braid American Englishin plaits Jenni wore her hair in plaits. 珍妮梳着辫子。 →5 see picture at 见图 hairstyleExamples from the Corpusplait• She chewed at the spiky end of a plait and kicked at a kitchen chair-leg.• A woman with a blond plait was seen getting out of a car with a man near the canal upstream of Sharpness.• She has tied her hair in one drooping plait.• The rope of her orange-grey plait tumbled on to her shoulder.• Melanie started wearing her hair in stiff plaits, in the manner of a squaw.• Lynn had a round face with freckles and brown eyes and she wore her fair hair in a thick plait.• She was about eleven, with long red hair in two plaits.in plaits• Her hair was no longer confined in plaits, but hung down her back to the base of her spine.• She wore her dark hair in plaits about her head.• Sarah had her hair in plaits, and Mouse had his in a ponytail.Origin plait (1400-1500) Old French pleit, from Latin plictus, past participle of plicare “to fold”plait1 verbplait2 nounChinese hair Corpus three of long pieces twist to or |
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