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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。
辫子；发辫
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辫子；发辫
a hairstyle made by braiding or twisting the hair
The dancer had her hair in braids.
那位舞者把头发编成了辫子。
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
She always wears her hair in a single long braid.
她总是把头发梳成一条长辫子。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
She has two braid.
Use this
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。
Not this
She wears her hair in braid.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
Use braid naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象三股头发（strand）交错编成一条辫子，braid 的字母 i 就是中间那根被左右股线穿过；看到 raid 记住‘辫子经得住拉扯’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：hair styling、sewing and textile decoration 作为名词，braid 通常指发辫，多用于发型和日常生活语境；也指服装或窗帘的饰带，常见于缝纫、裁缝或家居装饰语境。整体语域中性，正式和口语场合均可用。
这些词都以 /eɪd/ 音结尾，与 braid (/breɪd/) 押韵。maid、paid、laid 和 raid 与 braid 共享拼写片段 -aid；grade 和 made 发音押韵但拼写不同。注意形近词：bread 和 said 不押韵（分别读 /bred/ 和 /sed/）。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.