词典释义：
[mass noun] threads of silk, cotton, or other material woven into a decorative band for edging or trimming garments
（用丝、棉或其他材料编成的）镶边；穗带
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a coat trimmed with gold braid 镶金边的上衣
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[count noun]
fancy braids .精致的穗带。
a length of hair made up of three or more interlaced strands
（将头发分成三股或三股以上编成的）辫子，发辫
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her hair curled neatly in blonde braids .她金黄色的头发整洁地梳成一根根辫子。
a length made up of three of more interlaced strands of any flexible material
（任何弹性材料编成的含三股或三股以上的）辫子
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a flexible copper braid .有弹性的铜缏。
interlace three or more strands of (hair or other flexible material) to form a length
把（头发）编成辫子；把…编成带（或缏）
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their long hair was tightly braided .他们的长发被紧紧编成了辫子。
[often as adj.
（用饰带等）镶边，镶缀
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braided red trousers .镶边的红裤子。
[usu. as adj.
（河或小溪）迂回流动；交叉往来。
"Old English bregdan ‘make a sudden movement’， ‘also interweave’， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
