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wear one's hair in pigtails
pigtails 常用复数，指两条辫子；注意它不是“猪尾巴”。
The girl wears her hair in pigtails.
那个女孩梳着两条辫子。
辫子；发辫
pigtails — plural of pigtail
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辫子；发辫
a plait of braided hair
The girl wears her hair in pigtails.
那个女孩梳着两条辫子。
扭成绳状或卷状的烟草。
Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
辫成辫子的头发
a plait of braided hair
辫子；发辫。
A braided plait of hair; queue.
短段绞合电线。
A short length of twisted electrical wire.
She wore her hair in a single pigtail down her back.
她把头发扎成一条辫子垂在背后。
The little girl's two pigtails bounced as she ran.
小女孩的两条辫子在她跑动时一甩一甩的。
He tied his long hair into a neat pigtail before work.
他上班前把长发扎成一条整齐的辫子。
pigtails 常用复数，指两条辫子；注意它不是“猪尾巴”。
The girl wears her hair in pigtails.
那个女孩梳着两条辫子。
She braided her hair into a pigtail.
她把头发编成一条辫子。
Not this
She often wears a pigtail when she goes jogging.
Use this
She often wears a ponytail when she goes jogging.
pigtail指发辫（辫子），而马尾辫应使用ponytail。该句语境是运动时扎马尾辫，故应改为ponytail。
Not this
She has two long pigtail.
Use this
She has two long pigtails.
pigtail是可数名词，一条辫子用a pigtail，两条辫子必须用复数pigtails。中文名词没有复数变化，因此容易漏加-s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
扎着辫子
She wears pigtails to school every day.
她每天扎着辫子去上学。
把头发扎成两条辫子
She tied her hair in pigtails for the party.
为了参加聚会，她把头发扎成了两条辫子。
拽某人的辫子
Stop pulling my pigtails!
别拽我的辫子！
扎辫子的女孩
The girl with pigtails is my classmate.
那个扎辫子的女孩是我同学。
长辫子
Her long pigtails reached her waist.
她的长辫子垂到了腰际。
Use pigtails naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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联想：pig（猪）+tail（尾巴），小猪卷曲的尾巴就像一条辫子。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、发型与美容 该词指编成辫子的头发时语气中性，通常用于日常交流，也多见于发型、美容相关的语境；在较正式的书面语中可考虑改用更正式的说法，但日常使用并不突兀。
这些词都以 -ail 结尾，发音为 /eɪl/，与 pigtail 中的 -tail 部分发音一致。注意：pigtail 的重音在第一个音节 /pɪɡ/，开头不要读成 /paɪɡ/。另外 tail 与 tale 同音，但拼写和意思不同。
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