plait
noun/plæt/
/plæt/
(British English) (also braid especially in North American English)
- a long piece of something, especially hair, that is divided into three parts and twisted together
enlarge image辫状物；（尤指）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.
她的头发在脑后扎成一条又长又粗的辫子。 - She fixed her hair into a thick plait.
她把头发扎成一条粗辫子。
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. - in plaits She wore her hair in plaits.