Plait



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v. 发辫, 编成辫
• ［英］ n. / v. 发辫, 编成辫 ( a braid of hair)
• ［类］ knit : yarn / plait : hair ( 用纱线编织 / 用头发编辫)
• ［例］ The woman wore her hair in two plaits.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English pleit, from Anglo-French pleit, plei, pli, from Vulgar Latin *plicitum, from neuter of Latin plicitus, past participle of plicare to fold — more at ply
• Date: 14th century
• 1. pleat
• 2. a braid of material (as hair or straw); specifically pigtail

II. transitive verb

• Date: 14th century
• 1. pleat 1
• 2.
  • a. to interweave the strands or locks of ; braid
  • b. to make by plaiting <plait a basket>
• ? plaiter noun

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