單詞
braid
英 [bre?d]
美[bred]
基本信息
- vt. 編織
- n. 辮子；穗帶；發辮
- n. (Braid)人名；(英)布雷德
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詞態變化
復數:?braids;
助記提示
音：編累的----編辮子編得很累。
中文詞源
braid 穗帶
來自zero-grade 詞根br, 明亮的，照耀的，詞源同bright. 原指編織穗帶使人眼花繚亂的動作，后指穗帶。
英文詞源
- braid
- braid: [OE] The ultimate source of braid was West and North Germanic *bregthan, whose underlying meaning was probably ‘make sudden jerky movements from side to side’. This was carried through into Old English bregdan, but had largely died out by the 16th century. However, ‘making swift side-to-side movements’ had early developed a special application to the intertwining of strands or threads, and it is this ‘plaiting’ sense which has survived. The Germanic base *bregth- was also the ultimate source of bridle, but the superficially similar embroider had a different origin.
=> bridle, upbraid - braid (v.)
- "to plait, knit, weave, twist together," c. 1200, breidan, from Old English bregdan "to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (in wrestling), draw (a sword); bend, weave, knit, join together; change color, vary; scheme, feign, pretend" (class III strong verb, past tense br?gd, past participle brogden), from Proto-Germanic *bregthan "make sudden jerky movements from side to side" (compare Old Norse bregea "to brandish, turn about, braid;" Old Saxon bregdan "to weave;" Dutch breien "to knit;" Old High German brettan "to draw, weave, braid"), from PIE root *bherek- "to gleam, flash" (compare Sanskrit bhrasate "flames, blazes, shines"). In English the verb survives only in the narrow definition of "plait hair." Related: Braided; braiding.
- braid (n.)
- in part from stem found in Old English gebr?gd "craft, fraud," gebregd "commotion," Old Norse brage "deed, trick," and in part from or influenced by related braid (v.). Earliest senses are "a deceit, stratagem, trick" (c. 1200), "sudden or quick movement" (c. 1300); meaning "anything plaited or entwined" (especially hair) is from 1520s.
雙語例句
- 1. Use pins to keep the braid in place as you work.
- 工作時，用別針把辮子固定住。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She wore her hair in a long braid.
- 她梳著一根長辮子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The general's uniform was trimmed with gold braid.
- 將軍的制服飾有金色穗帶。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The uniform was trimmed with gold braid.
- 制服上鑲著金黃色的穗帶.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. She laced strands into a braid.
- 她把幾股線編織成一根穗帶.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》