dreadlocks
/ˈdredlɒks/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdredlɑːks/ (ame, ipa)
dreadlocks — 名詞
1. a way of wearing the hair in many long, thick twisted ropes.
髒辮
整頭扭成粗束的髮型
a way of wearing the hair in many long, thick twisted ropes.
Tariro tied her dreadlocks back before the hospital shift began.
Tariro 在醫院那班開始前，先把髒辮綁到後面。
pattern: tie dreadlocks back
After three years, Ritu's dreadlocks reached the middle of her back.
過了三年，Ritu 的髒辮已經長到背部中央。
common scene: grow dreadlocks over time
The swim coach asked Christopher to cover his dreadlocks with a cap.
游泳隊教練請 Christopher 用泳帽把髒辮包起來。
Antonia washed her dreadlocks carefully after the dusty bus trip.
搭完滿是灰塵的巴士後，Antonia 小心地洗她的髒辮。
At graduation, Emre wore neat dreadlocks with a dark suit.
畢業典禮上，Emre 穿著深色西裝，留著整齊的髒辮。
文法句型
wear dreadlocks
grow dreadlocks
tie dreadlocks back
用法筆記
Usually used in the plural for the hairstyle as a whole, even when one person has it. Common verbs are wear, have, grow, and tie back.
常見錯誤
2. one separate twisted rope of hair in that hairstyle, rather than the full style.
髒辮束
其中單獨一束扭結的頭髮
one separate twisted rope of hair in that hairstyle, rather than the full style.
The stylist wrapped a loose dreadlock around her finger to inspect it.
造型師把鬆掉的那束髒辮繞在手指上檢查。
singular use: one separate rope of hair
A bead slid down one dreadlock when Ilan bent over the sink.
Ilan 彎到洗手槽前時，一顆珠子沿著一束髒辮滑了下來。
pattern: one dreadlock
Wren trimmed one broken dreadlock near the back of his neck.
Wren 把後頸附近那束斷掉的髒辮修短。
During class, Sade tucked a thin dreadlock behind her ear.
上課時，Sade 把一束細細的髒辮勾到耳後。
Anong decorated each dreadlock with blue thread for the parade.
Anong 為了遊行，在每一束髒辮上都纏了藍線。
文法句型
one dreadlock
a loose dreadlock
trim a dreadlock
用法筆記
Often appears when the speaker is counting or pointing to one individual rope of hair. It commonly follows words such as one, each, loose, broken, or thin, unlike sense 1, which names the hairstyle itself.