pigtail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪɡ.teɪl/    美 /ˈpɪɡ.teɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The tail of a pig. literally
  2. Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
    — One person […] continued constantly to ply him with the very best pig-tail tobacco, which he had most carefully cut in very small pieces purposely for him.
  3. A braided plait of hair; queue.
    — Let padded breasts, high coat collars, stiff stocks, broad-shouldered straps, tight belts, trowser-straps and boots be consigned to the tomb of pigtails and powder.
  4. A braided plait of hair; queue.; Either of a pair of braids or tails worn on the sides of the head. especially
    — [I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails.
  5. A braided plait of hair; queue.; A hairstyle with a pair of pigtails. in-plural
  6. A braided plait of hair; queue.; A person who wears pigtails. colloquial,in-plural
    — […] Chinese, whom he called “pigtails”; or Indians, whom he dismissed as “baboos.”
  7. A short length of twisted electrical wire.
  8. The flamingo flower (anthurium)
  9. Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
动词 v.
  1. To connect wires of a circuit by means of a short additional wire.

词形变化

pigtails plural pig-tail alternative pigtails present,singular,third-person pigtailing participle,present pigtailed participle,past pigtailed past pig-tail alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
pigtailed pigtail macaque

词源

词源 1
From pig + tail.
词源 2
From pig + tail.
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