a long piece of something, especially hair, that is divided into three parts and twisted together 辫状物;发辫;辫子 - in plaits
She wore her hair in plaits 她梳着辫子。 - in a plait
Her hair was tied back in a long thick plait. 她的头发被扎成一根又长又粗的辫子。 She fixed her hair into a thick plait. 她把头发扎成一根粗辫子。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pleit ‘a fold’, based on Latin plicare ‘to fold’. The word was formerly often pronounced like “plate”; since late Middle English there has been an alternative spelling plat, to which the current pronunciation corresponds.- in plaits