have one's hair in braids
braid 作名词表示“辫子”时常用复数 braids；表示“把头发编成辫子”可说 have one's hair in braids。
The dancer had her hair in braids.
那位舞者把头发编成了辫子。
饰带；装饰带；镶边；编织带；编织绳；绞合线；多股绞线；屏蔽编织层；编织屏蔽套；辫子（数学概念）
a hairstyle made by braiding or twisting the hair
A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
通过编织或扭转头发形成的发型
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together.
用于装饰衣服或窗帘的饰边
trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains
A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.
Given two sets of n points on corresponding positions on two parallel lines, a braid is a unique set of crossings (over or under) between n strands that connect each point on one line to a point on the other line such that all points represent the terminus of one and only one strand and the traversal of any strand from a starting point to an ending point never moves further away from the from the ending point.
She always wears her hair in a single long braid.
她总是把头发梳成一条长辫子。
用法提示：braid 是名词，表示“辫子”。
He watched the girl practice making a braid in her hair.
他看着那个女孩练习在头发上编辫子。
用法提示：braid 在这里作名词，指“编成的辫子”。
The child's hair was pulled back into two neat braids.
那个孩子的头发被拢到脑后，扎成两条整齐的辫子。
用法提示：braids 是 braid 的复数形式，仍为名词，指“辫子”。
braid 作名词表示“辫子”时常用复数 braids；表示“把头发编成辫子”可说 have one's hair in braids。
The dancer had her hair in braids.
那位舞者把头发编成了辫子。
a braid of 后接具体材料（如头发、丝线、蒜等），指由多股编或扭成的带状物。
She bought a braid of garlic at the market.
她在市场买了一串编成辫子的大蒜。
表示“饰带、镶边”时 braid 通常为不可数名词，不加 a/an。
The jacket was decorated with braid along the cuffs.
这件夹克的袖口用饰带镶边。
与 braid 同义，尤用于英式英语；可互换指编成的发辫。
常指两侧各一条的发辫，也可指不编发的束发；单独说 pigtail 不如 braid 通用。
指垂在脑后的一条长辫，略带古旧或历史色彩，现代口语中少用。
grammar · medium
易错句子She has two braid.
正确表达She has two braids.
braid 是可数名词，复数形式为 braids；数词 two 后必须用复数。汉语名词没有复数变化，所以学习者容易漏掉 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子She wears her hair in braid.
正确表达She wears her hair in a braid.
braid 作“一根辫子”讲是可数名词，单数形式不能裸用，前面要有冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，学习者常漏掉 a。这里指扎一根辫子，应说 a braid。
braid 与 plait 都指把头发分成几股交叉编成的辫子；braid 在美式英语中更常见，且还可指衣物、窗帘的饰带，plait 更偏英式，主要表示编在一起的头发或编织动作。
braid 指“辫子”这一发型或辫状物本身；pigtail 常特指垂在头两侧或脑后的发辫，通常成对出现，有时也可指未编扎的马尾束，不能用来指衣服或窗帘的饰边。
braid 作“饰带/镶边”用时指扁平的编织窄带；lace 是用线纱编成网眼状的花边，也常用于装饰衣服或窗帘，但特指蕾丝，且“鞋带”只能用 lace 表示。
法式辫
She learned how to do a French braid from a video.
她从视频里学会了怎么编法式辫。
把头发扎成辫子
She usually wears her hair in a braid when she works out.
她锻炼时通常把头发扎成辫子。
一条辫子
He gently pulled on her long braid of hair.
他轻轻拉了一下她长长的辫子。
金色饰带
The captain's uniform was decorated with gold braid.
上尉的制服上装饰着金色饰带。
一辫大蒜
She hung a braid of garlic by the kitchen door.
她在厨房门边挂了一辫大蒜。
编织辫子的主体材料。
编织时相互缠绕的每一股线。
常与头发一起编入起装饰作用的带子。
辫子属于一种发型。
辫状饰边可用于装饰衣物或窗帘。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.