dreadlocks

dreadlocks

　　美 ['drɛdlɑks]

n. 長發綹；細發辮；未梳理的亂發串

中文詞源：

dreadlocks 駭人長發綹

dread, 恐懼。locks, 發綹。原指非洲部落勇士的一種發型。

例句：

1. He was turned down for a driving job when he refused to cut his dreadlocks.
他拒絕剪掉他的“駭人”長發綹，所以沒能謀到開車的差事。

2. The American comedy actress Whoopi Goldberg is all voice dreadlocks and teeth.
美國喜劇女演員伍皮·戈德堡是個大嗓門,披著一頭長發辮,長著一嘴大牙.