| 单词 | ply |
| 释义 | Word Frequency ply 1(plaɪ) verbWord forms: plies, plying or plied (mainly tr) 1. to carry on, pursue, or work at (a job, trade, etc) 2. to manipulate or wield (a tool) 3. to sell (goods, wares, etc), esp at a regular place 4. (usually foll by with) to provide (with) or subject (to) repeatedly or persistently he plied us with drink the whole evening to ply a horse with a whip she plied the speaker with questions 5. (intransitive) to perform or work steadily or diligently to ply with a spade 6. (also intr) (esp of a ship) to travel regularly along (a route) or in (an area) to ply between Dover and Calais to ply the trade routes Word origin C14 plye, short for aplye to applyWord Frequency ply 2(plaɪ) nounWord forms: plural plies 1. a. a layer, fold, or thickness, as of cloth, wood, yarn, etc b. (in combination) four-ply 2. a thin sheet of wood glued to other similar sheets to form plywood 3. one of the strands twisted together to make rope, yarn, etc verb (transitive) 4. to twist together (two or more single strands) to make yarn Word origin C15: from Old French pli fold, from plier to fold, from Latin plicāre |
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