释义
n.
Brit. a single length of hair, straw, rope, or other material made up of three or more interlaced strands
〈英〉 发辫;草辫;辫状物。
archaic term for PLEAT.
〈古〉 同<Bold>PLEAT</Bold>.
v.
form (hair, straw, rope, or other material) into a plait or plaits
把(头发、草、绳等)编成辫状。
make (something) by forming material into a plait or plaits
(用编辫方式)编制。
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词源
"late Middle English: from Old French pleit ‘a fold', based on Latin plicare ‘to fold'. The word was formerly also pronounced like ‘plate'; since late Middle English there has been an alternative spelling plat, to which the current pronunciation corresponds."