plait
/pleyt, plat/US // pleɪt, plæt //UK // (plæt) //
辫子,编制,编织,纺织
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- : a pleat or fold, as of cloth.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to braid, as hair or straw.
- : to make, as a mat, by braiding.
- : to pleat.
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Examples
“A lot of the critical details in the plot were a mishmash of ideas that made no sense,” astronomer Phil Plait wrote at Slate.
For a moment I was as dumbfounded as the bridegroom who discovers a plait of hair on his brides dressing table.
They plait it very ingeniously in small tresses, frequently making more than a hundred.
He learnt to plait the foliage of faded crocuses, and pin them tidily to the ground with little wooden forks.
The Egyptian jewellers employed wire, both to lay down on a background and to plait or otherwise arrange jour.
As she began to twist it into one heavy plait, she walked to the window and stood looking out.
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