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- Brit. a single length of hair, straw, rope, or other material made up of three or more interlaced strands〈英〉发辫; 草辫; 辫状物。
with obj.
1- form (hair, straw, rope, or other material) into a plait or plaits把（头发、草、绳等）编成辫状。
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- make (something) by forming material into a plait or plaits（用编辫方式）编制。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French pleit 'a fold'， based on Latin plicare 'to fold'. The word was formerly also pronounced like 'plate'; since late Middle English there has been an alternative spelling plat, to which the current pronunciation corresponds.