ply
n. 厚度, 板层 vt. 使用, 使劲挥舞, 从事, 折, 弯 vi. 辛勤工作, 定期航行
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释义与例句
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A layer of material.
可数 不可数two-ply toilet paper
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A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
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Clipping of plywood.
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In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
可数 不可数 计算机He proposed to build Deep Purple, a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess.
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A condition, a state.
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A bent; a direction.
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To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
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To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
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To work at (something) diligently.
及物He plied his trade as carpenter for forty-three years.
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To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
及物He plied his ax with bloody results.
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To press upon; to urge persistently.
及物to ply someone with questions or solicitations
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To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
及物to ply someone with drink
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To travel over (a route) regularly.
及物/不及物 交通to ply the seven seas
The steamer plies between several ports on the coast.
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To work diligently.
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To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.
不及物 废旧 航海 交通
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English pleit, plit, plite (“a fold, pleat, wrinkle; braid, strand in a braided cord, ply”), from Anglo-Norman pli, plei, pleit, and Middle French pli, ploy, ply (“a fold, pleat; joint in armour; situation, state”) (modern French pli (“a fold, pleat”)), from plier, ployer (“to bend, fold”), from plicāre (“to bend, fold, roll up”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait, weave”).
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