plait

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n. 褶, 辫子, 麦秆条带 vt. 打褶, 编织, 把...编成辫

发音

其它 /pleɪt/

词形变化

plaits 复数 plaits plaited plaiting plaits 三单 plaiting 现在分词 plaited 过去式 plaited 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.

    a box plait

  2. 2.

    A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat

    及物

    to plait a ruffle

  2. 2.

    To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

    及物

    to plait hair

    plaiting rope

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

twist braid pleat tress

上位词 10

bend fold hairstyle hairdo crease crimp coif coiffure flexure plication

下位词 6

tuck queue box pleat kick pleat knife pleat pigtail
动词

同义词 2

lace braid

上位词 3

tissue weave interweave

相关短语

plait fog plait sawdust Polish plait [医] 纠发病, 发真菌病 French plait lemon plait

词源

From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat.

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