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pleat sth
及物用法，宾语为布料或衣物，表示给……打褶。
She pleated the fabric before sewing the skirt.
她在缝裙子前把布料打了褶。
打褶；给…打褶
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
打褶；给…打褶
To fold or form fabric or a garment into regular pleats or gathers.
She pleated the fabric before sewing the skirt.
她在缝裙子前把布料打了褶。
To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
To plait.
打褶或聚集成褶边
pleat or gather into a ruffle
折叠成褶
fold into pleats,
pleat
Base
原形
pleats
3rd person
第三人称单数
pleating
-ing
现在分词
pleated
Past
过去式
pleated
Past participle
过去分词
She pleats the fabric carefully.
她仔细地给布料打褶。
He pleated the skirt yesterday.
他昨天给裙子打了褶。
They have pleated the curtains for the new room.
他们已经为新房间的窗帘打了褶。
规则动词，意为'打褶'
She pleated the skirt to give it more volume.
她把裙子打褶以增加蓬松感。
AI contextual example
I am pleating the fabric to create a ruffle.
我正在给布料打褶以制作褶边。
AI contextual example
The tailor pleats the trousers carefully.
裁缝仔细地给裤子打褶。
AI contextual example
Pleat the cloth
给布料打褶。
WordNet
及物用法，宾语为布料或衣物，表示给……打褶。
She pleated the fabric before sewing the skirt.
她在缝裙子前把布料打了褶。
用 into 引出打褶后形成的形状，如 ruffle、fan 等。
The tailor pleated the cloth into a ruffle.
裁缝把布料打褶成一条荷叶边。
被动语态常用来描述衣物的静态特征，说明某处有褶。
The skirt is pleated at the waist.
这条裙子的腰部是打褶的。
Not this
She pleated on the skirt.
Use this
She pleated the skirt.
pleat 是及物动词，宾语应为布料或衣物本身，不能按中文“在裙子上打褶”直译成 on the skirt；改正后把 skirt 直接作宾语，意思为“给裙子打褶”。
Not this
She wore a pleat skirt.
Use this
She wore a pleated skirt.
pleat 是动词，不能直接作定语修饰名词；表示“百褶裙”时要用过去分词 pleated 作形容词，所以应说 a pleated skirt。
Not this
She pleated the dress with pleats.
Use this
She pleated the dress.
pleat 本身已含“打褶、折叠成褶”之意，后面再加 with pleats 语义重复；直接说 pleat the dress 即可。
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给布料打褶
Before sewing the curtain, she pleated the fabric by hand.
缝窗帘前，她用手给布料打了褶。
百褶裙
She wore a pleated skirt to the interview.
她穿着一条百褶裙去参加面试。
腰部打褶的
The dress is pleated at the waist for a better fit.
这条连衣裙腰部打褶，更合身。
把边缘打褶
She pleated the edge of the fabric to make a ruffle.
她把布料边缘打褶，做成了褶边。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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pleat 里有 eat（吃），想象吃太饱时裤腰要打褶放宽，记住 pleat 是给衣服打褶。
语域：neutral 常见场景：sewing、garment making、clothing descriptions 该词多用于缝纫、服装制作或衣物描述中，属于比较常见的专业动词；在日常口语中一般不单独出现，更常见于书面说明或操作指南。正式与日常语境均可接受，但整体偏书面。
常用于描述衣物的褶皱或褶边制作
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