單詞
dreadlocks
美['dr?dlɑks]
基本信息
- n. 長發(fā)綹；細(xì)發(fā)辮；未梳理的亂發(fā)串
中文詞源
dreadlocks 駭人長發(fā)綹
dread, 恐懼。locks, 發(fā)綹。原指非洲部落勇士的一種發(fā)型。
英文詞源
- dreadlocks (n.)
- 1960, from dread + locks (see lock (n.2)). The style supposedly based on that of East African warriors. So called from the dread they presumably aroused in beholders, but Rastafarian dread (1974) also has a sense of "fear of the Lord," expressed in part as alienation from contemporary society.
雙語例句
- 1. He was turned down for a driving job when he refused to cut his dreadlocks.
- 他拒絕剪掉他的“駭人”長發(fā)綹，所以沒能謀到開車的差事。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The American comedy actress Whoopi Goldberg is all voice dreadlocks and teeth.
- 美國喜劇女演員伍皮·戈德堡是個(gè)大嗓門,披著一頭長發(fā)辮,長著一嘴大牙.
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