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ply

美音:[plaı ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.厚度,板层,褶 vt.不住地使用,从事,折,弯 vi.辛勤工作,(船、车等)定期地来往

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ply为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词复数:plies 动词过去式:plied 过去分词:plied 现在分词:plying 第三人称单数:plies

词根

ply,pli,ple=to fold(表"倍;重"之义)

近义词, 同义词

use  utilize  make use of  employ  put to use  set in motion  ply  work  wield  handle  manipulate  try  moldexert oneself  labor  work  toil  sweat  slave  strive  pull  tug  ply    

ply


/plaɪ; plaɪ/
n [U] (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词)
1 layer of wood or thickness of cloth (木的)层; (布的)厚度
*three-ply wood 三层胶合板.
2 strand of rope or yarn (绳或纱的)股
*three-/four-ply knitting wool 三[四]股毛线.

/plaɪ; plaɪ/
v (pt, pp plied / plaId; plaId/)
1 [Tn] (fml 文) use or wield (a tool or weapon) 使用(工具或武器)
*ply one's needle, ie work busily at one's sewing 忙于缝纫
* ply the oars, ie row a boat 划桨.
2 [I, Ipr, Tn] (of ships, buses, etc) go regularly to and fro along (a course) (指船、公共汽车等)沿(某路线)定时运行
*ply the routes between the islands 定期在两岛间航行
* ferries that ply between England and France 往返英法间的渡轮
* ships that ply (across) the South China Sea (经)南中国海的定期班轮.
3 (idm 习语) ply one's `trade work at a (skilled) job 从事某(熟练)工作. ply for `hire (of taxi drivers, boatmen, etc) wait in a place or move about, looking for passengers (计程车司机、船夫等)候客, 揽客, 等生意
*taxis licensed to ply for hire at the railway station 许可在火车站候客的计程车.
4 (phr v) ply sb with sth
(a) (repeatedly) give or offer sb (food and drink) (反覆)给或让某人(食物或饮料):She plied us with cakes. 她再三让我们吃蛋糕.
(b) repeatedly ask sb (questions) 反覆问某人(问题).
1. The muscles will ply the short wings with irresistible power.
    这肌肉不断地给短翅膀提供非常坚强的力量.

2. And these will ply the short wings with such irresistible power that they can bore for long distances through an opposing gale before exhaustion follows.
    这些肌肉以巨大的力量扇动短小的翅膀,使这类鸟能顶着大风飞行很远的路才会疲劳。

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