weave
verb
uk/wiːv/us/wiːv/weaveverb(MAKE)
[IorT]woveorUSalsoweaved|wovenorUSalsoweaved
to makeclothbyrepeatedlycrossingasinglethreadthrough two sets oflongthreadson aloom(=specialframe):
（在织布机上）织，编，编织Thistypeofwooliswovenintofabricwhich will makejackets.这种羊毛被织成衣料，用来做外套。
[T]woveorUSalsoweaved|wovenorUSalsoweaved
totwistlongobjectstogether, or to make something by doing this:
编，编织；编制，编成We wereshownhow toroughlyweavefernsandgrasstogetherto make atemporaryshelter.有人给我们演示了如何将蕨类植物和草简单地编起来，搭成临时的栖身之所。
Ittakesgreatskillto weave abasketfrom/out ofrushes.用灯心草编篮子需要很高的技巧。
[T]literarywoveorUSalsoweaved|wovenorUSalsoweaved
toformsomething from several different things or tocombineseveral different things, in acomplicatedorskilledway:
（通过糅合不同的事物）编写；编造Thebiographyiswovenfromthe manyaccountswhichexistof things she did.该传记是根据大量现存的对她的事迹的记载编写而成的。
Textiles: general words
- baize
- Bargello
- bias
- brocade
- cloth
- cutpiece
- denier
- gauze
- multifilament
- nap
- padding
- pile
- pill
- reweave
- strand
- suiting
- swatch
- textile
- webbed
- yarn
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Bending, twisting and curving
Crafts
Connecting and combining
weaveverb(MOVE QUICKLY)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]weaved|weaved
to go or make apathbymovingquicklyandchangingdirectionoften,especiallytoavoidhittingthings:
（尤指为避开障碍）迂回行进，穿行Theboyweavedthrough/between/in and out ofstationarytrafficon abicycle.那个男孩骑着自行车在静止的车流中迂回穿行。
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- buzz
- careen
- career
- fluent
- gun
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
Idioms
duck and weave
get weaving
weave
noun
uk/wiːv/us/wiːv/weavenoun(CLOTH)
[Cusually singular]
the way in whichclothhas beenwoven, forexamplewith thethreadspulledfirmlytogether, or thepatternproducedby thisprocess:
织法；编织式样atightweave密实的织法
astriped/traditionalweave条纹／传统编织式样
Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- asymmetrically
- asymmetry
- bossy
- cutout
- filigree
- fishhook
- flecked
- flowery
- formless
- fretted
- herringbone
- oblong
- shapeless
- shapelessly
- shapelessness
- sigmoid
- snow angel
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Textiles: general words
weavenoun(HAIR)
[C]
apieceofhairthat isaddedto a person's ownhairinorderto make thehairthickerorlonger:
（使头发显得厚密或更长的）织发TorecreateAlexander the Great'smaneofhair, theactorhadblondedyeand a weave.为了再现亚历山大大帝又长又密的头发，这位演员把头发染成金色还织了发。
Compare
hair extension
Hairstyles
- Afro
- Afro puff
- bandeau
- Bantu knots
- barnet
- blow-dry
- bowl cut
- chignon
- dreadlocks
- fade
- hair extension
- hairdo
- pudding basin
- relaxed
- shake out
- shoulder-length
- sidelock
- skinhead
- spiked
- undercut