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plait

🇬🇧 UK/pleit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A braid of hair, straw, or other material; a flat fold or pleat in cloth

辫子;褶,折叠

v.

To braid or interweave strands of hair or other material; to fold into pleats

编辫子,编织;打褶

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
plaitfold, bend, involve
=plait

Common Collocations

  • 1.wear a plait梳辫子
  • 2.braid a plait编辫子
  • 3.long plait长辫子
  • 4.[straw plait]草编辫

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She wore her hair in a long plait that reached her waist.

  • 2.

    The little girl asked her mother to undo her plait before bedtime.

  • 3.

    The basket was woven from plaits of dried straw.

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