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plait

noun
🔊/plæt/
🔊/plæt/
(British English)
(also braid especially in North American English)
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  1. a long piece of something, especially hair, that is divided into three parts and twisted together辫状物；发辫；辫子
    • in plaits She wore her hair in plaits她梳着辫子。🔊🔊
    • in a plait Her hair was tied back in a long thick plait.她的头发绑在一个长长的辫子上。
    • She fixed her hair into a thick plait.她把头发编成一团浓密的辫子。
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pleit ‘a fold’, based on Latin plicare ‘to fold’. The word was formerly often pronounced like “plate”; since late Middle English there has been an alternative spelling plat, to which the current pronunciation corresponds.

plait

verb
🔊/plæt/
🔊/plæt/
 (British English)
(also braid North American English, British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they plait
🔊/plæt/
🔊/plæt/
he / she / it plaits
🔊/plæts/
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past simple plaited
🔊/ˈplætɪd/
🔊/ˈplætɪd/
past participle plaited
🔊/ˈplætɪd/
🔊/ˈplætɪd/
-ing form plaiting
🔊/ˈplætɪŋ/
🔊/ˈplætɪŋ/
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  1. plait something 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
    • a basket with plaited handles编结的篮子
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPlait is used with these nouns as the object:
    • hair
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pleit ‘a fold’, based on Latin plicare ‘to fold’. The word was formerly often pronounced like “plate”; since late Middle English there has been an alternative spelling plat, to which the current pronunciation corresponds.