Word · Frequency #26054
pigtails
辫子；发辫
pigtails is the plural of pigtail.
a plait of braided hair
- 1.
Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
扭成绳状或卷状的烟草。
- 2.
a plait of braided hair
辫成辫子的头发
- 3.
A braided plait of hair; queue.
辫子；发辫。
- 4.
A short length of twisted electrical wire.
短段绞合电线。
- 5.
The flamingo flower (anthurium)
火鹤花(红掌)。
- 6.
Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
支架的扭曲终端；支架端,通常但不一定是另一固定部件。
扭成绳状或卷状的烟草。；辫成辫子的头发；辫子；发辫。；短段绞合电线。；火鹤花(红掌)。
In use
She wore her hair in a single pigtail down her back.
The little girl's two pigtails bounced as she ran.
He tied his long hair into a neat pigtail before work.
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。
braid sth into a pigtail
She braided her hair into a pigtail.
她把头发编成一条辫子。
Common mistakes
She often wears a pigtail when she goes jogging.She often wears a ponytail when she goes jogging.
Connections
Collocations
- wear pigtails
- 扎着辫子
- She wears pigtails to school every day.她每天扎着辫子去上学。
- tie one's hair in pigtails
- 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。
- pull someone's pigtails
- 拽某人的辫子
- Stop pulling my pigtails!别拽我的辫子！
- a girl with pigtails
- 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。
- long pigtails
- 长辫子
- Her long pigtails reached her waist.她的长辫子垂到了腰际。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：pig（猪）+tail（尾巴），小猪卷曲的尾巴就像一条辫子。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.