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dreadlocks

/dred-loks/US // ˈdrɛdˌlɒks //UK // (ˈdrɛdˌlɒks) //

辫子,发绺,发辫子,发辫

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hairstyle, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.

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Examples

  • They wanted her to have dreadlocks—oh God, I wanted to have dreadlocks so bad!

  • Even reference seems to float free: Are those ten appendages swollen fingers, or dreadlocks, or sea cucumbers?

  • Lum is a fresh-faced recent graduate of Loyola Marymount, with dreadlocks and a tweed jacket.

  • Flux Rostrum is a genial 35-ish man with dirty-blond dreadlocks.

  • What do you think when you look back on the early '90s, Are You Gonna Go My Way-era Lenny, with the dreadlocks and snarl?