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Pleat N Plait Pli:T N.(衣服上的)褶 英 衣服上的)褶(A Fold

单词 pleat
音标 [pli:t]
解释 n.(衣服上的)褶
红宝书 【英】 n. (衣服上的)褶(a fold in cloth)
【记】 plait(打褶,编辫子) 的变体
字源 pleat (v.)
1560s, used as the verb version of plait (n.) and probably representing an alternative pronunciation. Related: Pleated; pleating.
pleat (n.)
"a fold," 1580s, variant of plait (n.). With a gap in the printed record 17c.-18c., but probably it was in continuous oral use.
不择手段背单词 n. 衣服上的褶 = fold; v 打褶
【记】plea(n 恳求)t他: 恳求他的时候要下跪, 所以衣服就褶了.
【类】perforate: hole = pleat: fold打孔产生孔 = 打褶产生褶
趣味全助记 【记】等于plait;类似complicate的plicate 复杂在一起的结

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