tress

/tres/ (bre, ipa) · [trˈɛs] /tres/ (ame, ipa) · [trˈɛs] /ˈtres How to pronounce tress (audio)/ (ame, mw)

tress — noun

  • tresssingular
  • tressesplural

1. a long strand of hair that hangs loose or curls away from the head

1.名詞C1
釋義

a long strand of hair that hangs loose or curls away from the head

例句

A loose tress fell across Folake's cheek during the wedding photos.

visual detail: a loose tress across the cheek

Quan tucked one dark tress behind his ear before the concert.

pattern: tuck a tress behind your ear

同義詞
  • lock

    close in meaning, but often suggests a fuller or more noticeable piece of hair

  • strand

    the plain everyday word and less literary in tone

  • curl

    only fits when the piece of hair has a curved shape

文法句型

a loose tress

tuck a tress behind your ear

golden tresses

用法筆記

Usually appears in literary or descriptive writing and often in the plural tresses. It points to one visible strand or lock, not to all of someone's hair.

常見錯誤

❌A tress covered her whole head.
✅Her hair covered her whole head.
💡A tress is one strand or lock, not all of someone's hair.

2. a section of hair that has been braided into one hanging piece

2.名詞C2
釋義

a section of hair that has been braided into one hanging piece

例句

Noor tied the last tress with red ribbon before the dance.

braided strand finished with ribbon

The stylist added beads to each tress along Madison's back.

beads added to each braided section

同義詞
  • braid

    the normal modern word for this kind of woven hair section

  • plait

    common in British English for the same style

  • pigtail

    often means a whole hairstyle or one of two side braids, not just one braided section

文法句型

a long tress

tie a tress with ribbon

beaded tresses

用法筆記

This older sense is for a section of hair after it has been braided. Use it for the finished braid itself, not for loose hair in general.

常見錯誤

❌She made a tress before school.
✅She braided her hair before school.
💡A tress is the finished braided strand, not the action of braiding.