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单词 plied
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plied in British English

past participle of verb, past tense of verb
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ply in British English 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 apply

Examples of 'plied' in a sentence
plied

He was duly diagnosed as having flu, and put back to bed, where he was plied with aspirin and scrambled eggs.
Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2003)
We were so thankful, we literally plied him with drink.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Fifteen years later, more than a hundred steamboats plied the river system.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
Ahead, a fish eagle plied his trade.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The ferries that once plied their trade from here, however, are no more.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It will be plied through our letterboxes and computer systems.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For someone whose trade is plied farther infield the transition is infinitely more difficult.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She'd go back to their houses where they plied her with food and presents.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
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