plait

英 [plæt] 美[plet, plæt]

GRE低频词扩展词汇

复数: plaits;第三人称单数: plaits;过去式: plaited;过去分词: plaited;现在分词: plaiting;

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

plait 辫子

来自古法语pleir,折叠，编织，来自拉丁语plicare,折叠，编织，词源同ply,complicate.引申词义辫子。

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.: 乔安娜将头发分开，然后开始把它编成两条粗辫子。

2. The women plait mats in their threshing - fields or courtyards, vast quantities of silvery, snow - white mats.: 女人们,在场里院里编着席.编成了多少席?

3. The montage shears the plait table that the cutting is like music.: 蒙太奇剪辑像音乐的编谱.

4. The flexible portion of a whip, such as a plait or thong.: 鞭梢鞭子上柔韧易弯曲的部分, 如鞭状物或皮鞭.

5. Reporter side plaIt'side ask: " how much money a month? ": 记者一边编一边问: “ 一个月能赚多少钱? ”