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单词 plyingly
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ply1 /plaɪ/USA pronunciation   v., plied, ply•ing. 
  1. to work hard or long while using (something):[+ object]to ply the needle.
  2. to carry on or continue doing steadily:[+ object]to ply a trade.
  3. to keep supplying or offering something to (someone):[+ object]to ply a person with drink.
  4. to keep asking (someone) questions:[+ object]The press kept plying the judge with questions.
  5. to pass over or along (a stream, a route, etc.) steadily: [+ object]boats plying the Mississippi.[no object]ships plying between Europe and the New World.

ply2 /plaɪ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. a measure of the thickness or layer of something:two-ply toilet paper.
  2. a unit of yarn:single ply.
See -plic-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ply1  (plī),USA pronunciation v., plied, ply•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to work with or at diligently;
    employ busily;
    use:to ply the needle.
  2. to carry on, practice, or pursue busily or steadily:to ply a trade.
  3. to treat with or apply to (something) repeatedly (often fol. by with):to ply a fire with fresh fuel.
  4. to assail persistently:to ply horses with a whip.
  5. to supply with or offer something pressingly to:to ply a person with drink.
  6. to address (someone) persistently or importunately, as with questions, solicitations, etc.;
    importune.
  7. to pass over or along (a river, stream, etc.) steadily or on a regular basis:boats that ply the Mississippi.

v.i. 
  1. to run or travel regularly over a fixed course or between certain places, as a boat, bus, etc.
  2. to perform one's work or office busily or steadily:to ply with the oars; to ply at a trade.
  • Middle English plien, aphetic variant of aplien to apply 1300–50
plying•ly, adv. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged follow, exercise.

ply2  (plī),USA pronunciation n., pl. plies, v., plied, ply•ing. 
n. 
  1. a thickness or layer.
  2. Automotivea layer of reinforcing fabric for a tire.
  3. a unit of yarn:single ply.
  4. Buildingone of the sheets of veneer that are glued together to make plywood.
  5. Building, Informal Terms[Informal.]plywood.
  6. bent, bias, or inclination.

v.t. 
  1. British Termsto bend, fold, or mold.

v.i. 
  1. [Obs.]to bend, incline, or yield.
  • Latin plicāre to fold; see fold1
  • Middle French plier to fold, bend, variant of ployer, Old French pleier
  • Middle English plien (verb, verbal) 1300–50

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