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braid

/breyd/US // breɪd //UK // (breɪd) //

辫子,发辫子,编制,发辫

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to weave together strips or strands of; plait: to braid the hair.
    • : to form by such weaving: to braid a rope.
    • : to bind or confine with a band, ribbon, etc.
    • : to trim with braid, as a garment.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
    • : a hairstyle formed by interweaving three or more strands of hair.
    • : a narrow, ropelike band formed by plaiting or weaving together several strands of silk, cotton, or other material, used as trimming for garments, drapery, etc.
    • : a band, ribbon, etc., for binding or confining the hair.

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Examples

  • It’s also the latest twist in an intellectual braid that started long ago with an ancient curiosity.

  • Her side-parted, carefully smoothed style tapered to an extension braid.

  • Studies show that common hairstyles like braids, twists, and Afros can affect job prospects.

  • Basically, they want either a ponytail or braid that's 10 to 12 inches long of clean, not chemically treated hair.

  • It is based on yet another area of mathematics involving transforming a set of numbers by combining elements, often according to elaborate geometric patterns, such as braids.

  • Boys let me know they liked me, too, and I realized that I looked good, tall and slim, my long hair in a braid down my back.

  • E.J. Montoya, 16, has the well-muscled shoulders of a football player and a glossy, black braid down his back.

  • There were more snubs than you could shake your DNA-sharing braid at.

  • (9 p.m.) WEDNESDAY Braid Paisley and Carrie Underwood host the 42nd annual CMA Awards on ABC.

  • Her hair had fallen from its pins and hung in a braid, its length concealed by her position, and making the effect of a queue.

  • I want a spool of red silk, two pieces of crimson dress braid, and a spool of fifty cotton.

  • She wore overalls and high boots, and the night braid of her hair was twisted several times round her throat.

  • She hurried on her riding-clothes, dropped her braid under her jacket, and ran down the stairs.

  • Yes; for every wound we get we have the right to wear a narrow strip of gold braid on the tunic sleeve.