dreadlocks

英 [ˈdredlɒks]

美 [ˈdredlɑːks]

n.  (尤指拉斯塔法里教派成员蓄的)“骇人”长发绺

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指拉斯塔法里教派成员蓄的）“骇人”长发绺
  hair that is twisted into long thick pieces that hang down from the head, worn especially by Rastafarians

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL （尤指拉斯塔法里教派成员蓄的）“骇人”长发绺
  If someone hasdreadlocks, their hair is divided into a large number of tight strips, like pieces of rope. Dreadlocks are worn especially by men who are Rastafarians.
  1. He was turned down for a driving job when he refused to cut his dreadlocks.
     他拒绝剪掉他的“骇人”长发绺,所以没能谋到开车的差事。

双语例句

• Linda would like to someday grow her dreadlocks so long she could weave them into a wire-supported structure on the top of her head like a topiary and maybe store a bird there.
  琳达希望把发辫留长，有一天能在头顶编成钢丝支撑的结构，类似树雕，或许在里头摆只鸟。
• He was turned down for a driving job when he refused to cut his dreadlocks.
  他拒绝剪掉他的“骇人”长发绺，所以没能谋到开车的差事。
• The wearing of dreadlocks, hair that is matted into ropelike strands, is also closely associated with the movement.
  披着细发辫，即把头发一缕缕编成绳子状，也与这个运动有密切的关系。
• The American comedy actress Whoopi Goldberg is all voice dreadlocks and teeth.
  美国喜剧女演员伍皮·戈德堡是个大嗓门，披着一头长发辫，长着一嘴大牙。
• Dreadlocks are really hard to wash.
  雷鬼烫真的很难洗头。
• I met Linda ( and her dreadlocks, and her piercings) in Bali almost two years ago, when I went for that Yoga retreat.
  大约两年前，我在巴厘岛参加瑜伽训练营时遇上琳达（留着细发辫，在身上穿洞）。