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braid

noun
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  1. [uncountable] thin coloured rope that is used to decorate furniture and military uniforms（装饰家具和军装的）彩色穗带
    • The general's uniform was trimmed with gold braid.将军的制服饰有金色穗带。🔊🔊
    • The curtains were trimmed with silk braid.窗帘用丝绸编织物修剪。
  2. (especially North American English)
    (British English usually plait)
    [countable] a long piece of something, especially hair, that is divided into three parts and twisted together辫状物；发辫；辫子
    • She wears her hair in braids.她梳着发辫。🔊🔊
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    3. Word OriginOld English bregdan ‘make a sudden movement’, also ‘interweave’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breien (verb).

braid

verb
🔊/breɪd/
🔊/breɪd/
 (especially North American English)
(British English usually plait)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they braid
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he / she / it braids
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past simple braided
🔊/ˈbreɪdɪd/
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past participle braided
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-ing form braiding
🔊/ˈbreɪdɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbreɪdɪŋ/
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  1. braid something (especially North American English) to twist three or more long pieces of hair, rope, etc. together to make one long piece将（头发、绳子等）编成辫
    • She'd braided her hair.她梳着发辫。🔊🔊
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBraid is used with these nouns as the object:
    • hair
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    Word OriginOld English bregdan ‘make a sudden movement’, also ‘interweave’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breien (verb).