英语词汇“ply”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

plyply1 /plaɪ/ verb (plies, plied, plying)

ETYMOLOGYply¹

Origin: 1300-1400 apply

VERB TABLE

ply

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ply
	he, she, it	plies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	plied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have plied
	he, she, it	has plied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had plied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ply
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have plied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am plying
	he, she, it	is plying
	you, we, they	are plying
Past	I, he, she, it	was plying
	you, we, they	were plying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been plying
	he, she, it	has been plying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been plying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be plying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been plying

1ply your trade formal to work at your business or special skill: A number of drug dealers ply their trade in the park.2[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] literary if a boat or vehicle plies between two places, it travels to those two places regularly: ply between/across etc. Small fishing boats were plying back and forth across the harbor. Graceful sailboats ply the Nile.3[transitive] old use or literary to use a tool skillfullyply somebody with something phrasal verb1to keep giving someone large quantities of food and drink: Agents plied him with liquor to get him talking.2ply somebody with questions to keep asking someone questions

verb | noun

plyply2 noun [uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYply²

Origin: 1500-1600 French pli, from Old French plier; ➔ PLIERS

two-ply/three-ply etc. a unit for measuring the thickness of plywood, toilet paper, thread, rope, etc., based on the number of layers or threads that it has: double-ply toilet paper