Ply
[ plai ]
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vt.& vi. 使用（工具）;经常供应（食物、饮料）;固定往来;经营生意;
n. （毛线、绳等的）股;层;厚;（夹板的）层片;
vt. （娴熟地）使用;
📝 例句
Boats ply the channel in all weather.
小船风雨无阻地定期往返于该海峡。
And don't ply foreigners with lots and lots of disparate questions.
不要没完没了地向老外提出大量的互不相关的问题.
The ferry-boats ply across the Channel.
这些渡船定时往来英吉利海峡。
Ferryboats ply across the English Channel.
渡船定期往返于英吉利海峡。
Buses ply between the two cities.
公车定期往返于那两个城市之间。
🌱 联想助记
【串】007为了得到pay(报酬)而ply(定期往返)于各军事要点pry(刺探)军情
【记】ply-定期往返,pay-工资:夫妻分居两地,定期往返将工资花完了
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
ply
n[U]
(esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词)
1 layer of wood or thickness of cloth （木的）层; （布的）厚度
three-ply wood 三层胶合板.
2 strand of rope or yarn （绳或纱的）股
three-/four-ply knitting wool 三[四]股毛线.
ply v (pt, pp plied )
1 [Tn] (fml 文) use or wield (a tool or weapon) 使用（工具或武器）
ply one's needle, ie work busily at one's sewing 忙於缝纫
ply the oars, ie row a boat 划桨.
2 [I, Ipr, Tn]
(of ships, buses, etc) go regularly to and fro along (a course) （指船、 公共汽车等）沿（某路线）定时运行
ply the routes between the islands 定期在两岛间航行
ferries that ply between England and France 往返英法间的渡轮
ships that ply (across) the South China Sea （经）南中国海的定期班轮.
3 (idm 习语) ply one's `trade work at a (skilled) job 从事某（熟练）工作. ply for `hire (of taxi drivers, boatmen, etc) wait in a place or move about, looking for passengers （计程车司机、 船夫等）候客, 揽客, 等生意
taxis licensed to ply for hire at the railway station 许可在火车站候客的计程车.
4 (phr v) ply sb with sth
(a) (repeatedly) give or offer sb (food and drink) （反覆）给或让某人（食物或饮料）:She plied us with cakes. 她再三让我们吃蛋糕.
(b) repeatedly ask sb (questions) 反覆问某人（问题）.
🔁 扩展释义
*[plai]n. 厚度, 板层vt. 使用, 使劲挥舞, 从事, 折, 弯vi. 辛勤工作, 定期航行【机】 层重叠相关词组: take a ply ply sb with sth
📖 同为「外贸」词汇
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The World Trade Center, an office building for over 1200 firms employing about 50,000 people, is even higher at 411 metres.
世界贸易中心要高得多，有411米。它是一座办公大楼，楼里有1，200多家公司，大约有5万雇员。
The fax has greatly changed office work, especially in China.
特别是在中国，传真机大大地改变了办公室的工作。
Experts believe that there are about 40,000 different types of job in the world. Choosing the right one is a difficult job in itself.
专家们认为世界上大约有4万个不同种类的工作。要从中选择一个适合自己的工作是很困难的。