plait
英 [pl?t]
美[plet, pl?t]
- n. 褶；辮狀物
- vt. 編織；把…編成辮（等于pleat）；給…打褶
- n. (Plait)人名；(法)普萊
GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?plaits;第三人稱單數(shù):?plaits;過去式:?plaited;過去分詞:?plaited;現(xiàn)在分詞:?plaiting;
助記提示
1. Pleat, plait, are essentially the same word.
2. pleat <=====> plait.
3. plic- / plicat- / plict- "fold, twist" => pleat, plait.
中文詞源
plait 辮子來自古法語pleir,折疊，編織，來自拉丁語plicare,折疊，編織，詞源同ply,complicate.引申詞義辮子。
英文詞源
- plait
- plait: see pleat
- plait (v.)
- late 14c., "to fold, gather in pleats," also "to braid or weave," from Old French pleir "to fold," variant of ploier, ployer "to fold, bend," from Latin plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)). Related: Plaited; plaiting.
- plait (n.)
- c. 1400, "a fold, a crease," from Anglo-French pleit, Old French ploit, earlier pleit, "fold, manner of folding," from Latin plicatus, past participle of plicare "to lay, fold, twist" (see ply (v.1)). Meaning "interlaced strands of hair, ribbon, etc." is from 1520s, perhaps from plait (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. Joanna parted her hair, and then began to plait it into two thick braids.
- 喬安娜將頭發(fā)分開，然后開始把它編成兩條粗辮子。
來自辭典例句
- 2. The women plait mats in their threshing - fields or courtyards, vast quantities of silvery, snow - white mats.
- 女人們,在場里院里編著席.編成了多少席?
來自漢英文學(xué) - 中國現(xiàn)代小說
- 3. The montage shears the plait table that the cutting is like music.
- 蒙太奇剪輯像音樂的編譜.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. The flexible portion of a whip, such as a plait or thong.
- 鞭梢鞭子上柔韌易彎曲的部分, 如鞭狀物或皮鞭.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Reporter side plaIt'side ask: " how much money a month? "
- 記者一邊編一邊問: “ 一個月能賺多少錢? ”
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)