dreadlocks

• n. 长发绺；细发辫；未梳理的乱发串

dread, 恐惧。locks, 发绺。原指非洲部落勇士的一种发型。

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.

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。

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2. 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.

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