plait

英 [pl?t] 美[plet, pl?t]

GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數:?plaits;第三人稱單數:?plaits;過去式:?plaited;過去分詞:?plaited;現在分詞:?plaiting;

1. Pleat, plait, are essentially the same word.
2. pleat <=====> plait.
3. plic- / plicat- / plict- "fold, twist" => pleat, plait.

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。

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.).

1. Joanna parted her hair, and then began to plait it into two thick braids.: 喬安娜將頭發分開，然后開始把它編成兩條粗辮子。

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?

3. The montage shears the plait table that the cutting is like music.: 蒙太奇剪輯像音樂的編譜.

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.

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? ”