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单词 dreadlocks
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dreadlocks

[ dred-loks ]
/ ˈdrɛdˌlɒks /
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noun (used with a plural verb)

a hairstyle, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.

Origin of dreadlocks

First recorded in 1955–60; dread + lock2 + -s3

Words nearby dreadlocks

drch., D.R.E., dread, dreadful, dreadfully, dreadlocks, dreadnought, dream, Dream Act, dream analysis, dreamboat
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Example sentences from the Web for dreadlocks

  • They wanted her to have dreadlocks—oh God, I wanted to have dreadlocks so bad!

    Orange Is the New Black’s Kimiko Glenn on Hippie Brook Soso and Chapel Sex with Natasha Lyonne|Marlow Stern|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • Even reference seems to float free: Are those ten appendages swollen fingers, or dreadlocks, or sea cucumbers?

    A Martian's Eye View of Modern Art|Blake Gopnik|January 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • Lum is a fresh-faced recent graduate of Loyola Marymount, with dreadlocks and a tweed jacket.

    Occupy Wall Street Breaks Up With Bank of America on Valentine’s Day|Josh Dzieza|February 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • What do you think when you look back on the early '90s, Are You Gonna Go My Way-era Lenny, with the dreadlocks and snarl?

    Lenny Kravitz’s ‘Black & White’ Album|Marlow Stern|August 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for dreadlocks

dreadlocks
/ (ˈdrɛdˌlɒks) /

pl n

hair worn in the Rastafarian style of long matted or tightly curled strands
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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