Braid



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v. 穗子, 发辫; 编成辫子
• ［英］ 发辫 ( plait)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English breyden to move suddenly, snatch, plait, from Old English bregdan; akin to Old High German brettan to draw (a sword)
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. to make from braids <braid a rug>
  • b. to form (three or more strands) into a braid
• 2. to do up (the hair) by interweaving three or more strands
• 3. mix, intermingle <braid fact with fiction>
• 4. to ornament especially with ribbon or braid
• ? braider noun

II. noun

• Date: 1530
• 1.
  • a. a length of braided hair
  • b. a cord or ribbon having usually three or more component strands forming a regular diagonal pattern down its length; especially a narrow fabric of intertwined threads used especially for trimming
• 2. high-ranking naval officers

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