braid
意味
- 組みひも,さなだひも;《おもに米》(髪を結ぶ)リボン,バンド
- 《おもに米》=plait
- モール
- 《おもに米》=plait
- …を組みひも(モール)で飾る
例文
To braid the rope only after the thief is caught.
泥棒を見て縄をなう。
Mom, I want you to braid my hair.
お母さん、髪の毛を編み込みにして欲しいんだけど。
Tom has braided his beard.
トムは髭をより合わせた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”).