英语词汇“ply”的意思、释义、用法解释及翻译-春雷网

ply¹

nounPlural plies plʌɪplaɪ

1A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material.
（折叠或胶合材料的）一层，一层厚
tiles that have a black PVC ply in the lamination
Example sentencesExamples
- Synthetic single ply roof systems are not the cheapest way to reroof a mobile home in the short term.
- The bathroom interior, however, with its combination of ply, porcelain and white marble, is a moment of unexpected luxury.
- This can be done by increasing the number of plies and upgrading the surfacing in a built-up roofing system or installing a thicker, fully adhered single-ply membrane.
- Methods of sealing roof drain pipes in single ply synthetic plastic roof cover systems and roof cover systems employing such drain pipe sealing assemblies
- The chassis was a typical composite ‘sandwich’ with inner and outer skins made up of woven laminated plies.
- As per latest research, bamboo can be used for construction of houses of permanent natures, doors, window frames, corrugated sheets, and bamboo ply etc.
- The rush into single-ply roofing of the 1980's has established single ply as a durable, reliable alternative to bituminous roofing.
- With built-up membranes, ‘thicker is better’ refers to the number of plies and not necessarily the measured thickness of the finished roof.
- Gauze or gauze-like products are typically manufactured as a single piece of material folded into a several ply gauze pad.
- No ply, glass fibre or any other modern materials were employed.
- They used to joke that I control the ply of the toilet paper on the show.
Synonyms
layer, thickness, strand, sheet, leaf, fold, insertion
1. 1.1usually in combination A strand of yarn or rope.
  一股（纱线或绳子）
  as modifier four-ply yarn
  Example sentencesExamples
  This colour has been discontinued for some time now and while I still like it, I've got a lot of 4 ply cotton in stash and I'm offering this at $40 the bag.
  It's been a long time since I've touched this sweater and it's in 4 ply wool.
  By twisting these single yards together to form the ply yard, the fabric is more resilient and long lasting.
  The ply yarns are twisted together to form cord- and the cord is the actual material used in the weaving process.
  A rope is a ply of natural threads or synthetic fibers.
  I took a skinny 4 ply yarn and knitted it double.
  A nice dense thread or 3-8 ply yarn seams to work quite nicely for a blanket stitch.
  An 8 ply acrylic wool wick is placed in the soil mixture and through the bottom into a container (like a margarine container) with a weak solution which is then taken up by the plant as required.
  Can anyone imagine anything more boring than 4 ply, stocking stitch in a dark blue, that snaps whenever you pull too hard?
2. 1.2 The number of multiple layers or strands of which something is made.
  层（数），股（数）
  the yarn can be any ply from two to eight
  纱线可以是2到8股。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ply is a factor that defines the number of single yards which are twisted to become the ply yard from which the bedding is woven.
  Mr. Johnston noted that it was apparent that the roof of the stair tower had been done after the completion of the main roof, thus resulting in some 8 plies of felt building up at the connection.
  So 4 - ply shouldn't be relegated to baby stuff and socks, but should be used for a special garment for a special person.
  Even things like toilet paper came in only 1 ply or 2.
  Another benefit of multiple plies is their insulating quality.
3. 1.3usually in combination A reinforcing layer of fabric in a tyre.
  as modifier a six-ply whitewall tire
2
short for plywood
Example sentencesExamples
- They have curved doors made of marine-grade ply with a lacquer finish.
- Mr Constable has also designed his own home kitchen using hoop pine and maple ply.
- The decks are marine ply, the spars were made out of local timber and the design was kept close to the original.
- The association had pleaded for an increase of 5 per cent in the price of commercial plywood and 10 per cent on commercial and waterproof board and waterproof ply.
- Although this route is more expensive than a roof coating, the single ply can be installed as a re-cover, saving the cost of tear off, if the existing roof is less than 25 percent wet.
- The skin is fibreglass over a thin layer of plywood, which is itself supported by a skeleton of thicker ply, stiffened by a steel structure.
- The table, as well as the maple ply and cast-steel dining chairs, are easily wiped clean after meals.
- Made from leather, moulded rosewood ply and aluminium.
3mass noun (in game theory) the number of levels at which branching occurs in a tree of possible outcomes, typically corresponding to the number of moves ahead (in chess strictly half-moves ahead) considered by a computer program.
（游戏规则用语）级数，步数，着数，招数
Example sentencesExamples
- This creates a ‘tree’ of analysis with moves branching at each ply.
- This will likely include dozens of lines and several first ply candidate moves.
1. 3.1count noun A half-move (i.e. one player's move) in computer chess.
  （电脑象棋中的）半步
  Example sentencesExamples
  For example, suppose the chances that the move at each ply of a specific line your are considering are only 40% each.
  After a few minutes Sargon 4 was up to 7 ply and it said the best move was 19 Bd6.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'fold'): from French pli 'fold', from the verb plier, from Latin plicare 'to fold'.

plight from Old English:
In the traditional marriage ceremony the bride and groom each say ‘I plight thee my troth’, meaning ‘I pledge my word’. Plight means ‘to promise solemnly’, and pledge (Middle English) is probably a distant relative. Troth is an old variant of truth, meaning ‘giving your word’ and still preserved in betroth (Middle English). The other meaning of plight, ‘a predicament’, is from Old French plit ‘fold’, suggesting the idea of a difficult or complicated situation. Other words from plit include Middle English pliant (Late Middle English) literally ‘foldable’; and pliable (Late Middle English); pliers (mid 16th century) tools for bending things; and ply (Late Middle English) in the sense of ‘thickness’ as in plywood (early 20th century). (The other ply as in ply with drink, is simply a shortening of apply, see appliance). Pleat and plait (Middle English) are further relatives. Compliant (mid 17th century) looks as if it should be a relative, but its immediate source, to comply (early 17th century), originally came from Latin complere ‘to fulfil, accomplish’, although compliant later developed senses influenced by its similarity to pliant.

Rhymes

ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai

ply²

verbplying, plies, plied plʌɪplaɪ

[with object]

1Work steadily with (a tool)
a tailor delicately plying his needle
灵巧地使着针的裁缝。
Example sentencesExamples
- That's like seeing a psychiatrist plying a tendon hammer, or an orthopaedic surgeon with a pleasant bedside manner nice in a curiously old fashioned way.
- He could ride, swim, dive in deep rivers and the sea, ply the whip, climb trees, scale cliffs without a rope, bring down birds and beasts with arrow and sling.
- He wet his hands in a small bowl of water, and gently wiped away any dust from the stone before plying his tools to it again.
- Penhall plies his pen widely, commenting on the dilapidated National Health Service and the nature of perception, sanity, and normalcy.
Synonyms
use, wield, work, work with, employ, operate, utilize, manipulate, handle
1. 1.1 Work steadily at (one's business or trade)
  （辛勤地或不停地）从事，做
  for three years he plied a profitable export trade between England and Australia
  Example sentencesExamples
  Down on the floor of the exchange are phalanxes of desks, where some two dozen brokers ply their trade.
  Importantly, 1,900 postgraduate research students also ply their trade here, firing up the boiler of Scotland's economic engine.
  According to owner Ah Hua, who has been plying a roaring trade since he opened for business 14 years ago, the non-eatery feel is what makes the place so popular.
  He's plying his trade as an electrician in the windy city, the more things change the more they stay the same.
  Ironically Gourlay now spends much of the year plying his professional trade in Australia and is expected to base himself Down Under in the not-too-distant future.
  The best education I got after design grad school was plying my trade within a large organization.
  Thus, Cottage Industry's workers plied their trades in rooms filled with period furniture, family photos, handmade quilts, paintings and vintage clothing.
  Synonyms
  engage in, carry on, be engaged in, pursue, conduct, follow, practise, work at, occupy oneself with, busy oneself with
  archaic prosecute
2no object, with adverbial of direction (of a vessel or vehicle) travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes.
（船或车辆尤指为商业目的而定期）航行于，往返于
ferries ply across a strait to the island
渡船横穿海峡开往海岛。
Example sentencesExamples
- Around 2,200 ferries ply 40 of the major rivers.
- Once the underpass is through vehicles plying on Chord Road can cross this junction without any interruption as in the case of Mekhri Circle.
- The ferries plying in these rivers provide cheap transportation to many villagers and poor people who live in remote areas, not accessible by road.
- The company now has 115 buses plying around a dozen regular routes and a further 20 routes at peak time.
- Steam-driven vessels were plying up and down the eastern coast of Britain as early as 1821.
- Since medieval times a ferry had plied across the river at this point - but with the building of the railway station, it became increasingly obvious a more substantial crossing was needed.
- Incidentally, the new boat will ply on the Ernakulam-Vypeen route.
- Strict enforcement of parking regulations is indeed a prerequisite to tide over the present crisis caused by the increasing number of motor vehicles plying through the narrow roads in the State.
- The additional buses would be run on those long routes where no buses were plying for the past several years due to the shortage and will spell more comfort for the bus passengers, who had to change buses to reach a destination.
- Buses ply frequently between Hospet and Hampi, and budget tourists can easily hire cycles or mopeds.
- The vehicles plying on Bangalore roads are growing every day.
- During the monsoons the ferries stop plying and the Gateway looks a trifle forlorn without the seething crowds that normally sit around it, shooting the breeze when the weather is gentler.
- That the number of vehicles plying on the city roads has multiplied cannot be disputed.
- Over 50,000 commercial vessels ply the straits each year.
- Previously only a few rickshaws or horse-drawn carriages plied along that road; now big motorcars raced about all day.
- The number of vehicles plying on our roads is increasing in alarming proportion posing threat to pedestrians and vehicle users.
Synonyms
go regularly, travel regularly, make regular journeys, travel, go back and forth, shuttle, commute
1. 2.1with object Regularly travel over (a route)
  the fleet has plied the Bristol Channel since Victorian times
  从维多利亚时代开始，那船队就往返于布里斯托尔海峡之间。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Pride of Rotterdam, which plies the route between Europort and Hull, is the largest ship of its kind in the world.
  The ancient Egyptians were seafarers and Roman galleys, Phoenician ships and the fleet of the mighty Ottoman Empire plied these waters.
  Now, the barge will ply the canal again, as it once did in the 1940s.
  Its lack of depth makes it more difficult each year to handle the newer, larger and deeper vessels plying the southern African route.
  Vast cruise liners of 150,000 tons - floating resorts more than twice the size of the QE2 - ply the oceans.
  Airlines will be free to ply routes between any EU city and any US one, as well as to go further afield.
  The driver refused to comply and stopped the bus in the middle of the road, before alerting his fellow drivers plying other routes.
  She plied her Pacific route until near the turn of the century, when she was sold to the Italian firm, based in Genoa.
  The riverboat will ply the waterways between Amsterdam and Brussels, with prices starting at just £7 per night.
  And there just behind us, over the fence outside the park, a steady flow of modern red London buses plied their scheduled routes up the Seven Sisters Road.
  If you can't face the steep walk, three funicular trams ply the gruelling route.
  We are not willing to ply the route causing trouble to ourselves or people, " he said.
  The Cape then was a regular stopover for trading vessels plying the Europe-East Indies route.
  For now, the airport survives as a hub for older cargo planes plying the polar route.
  Instead of plying the expressways, they now circle the inspection centres for confused accident victims to go to them.
  Roman Paszke hails from the Polish shores of the Baltic Sea, where he started plying the waters at 11.
  In 1912 the SS Earnslaw began to ply the lake and you still can take a trip on this historic steamer.
  Birds ply each of these smaller flyways according to their custom and can be counted on to return year after year.
  All in all, Indonesia lost over half the planes plying its domestic routes.
  The Malacca Strait, a busy sealane with more than 50,000 commercial ships plying it annually, is also a hotbed for pirates.
3ply someone withProvide someone with (food or drink) in a continuous or insistent way.
不断提供，硬要给（食物，饮料）
she plied me with tea and scones
她不断地给我斟茶夹饼。
Example sentencesExamples
- That's my game - ply everyone with food and make the world a better place.
- Often the hotel rooms would be double booked, so it was our job to make sure the guests came straight off the coach and into the welcome party, where they would be plied with local drink.
- Wherever I went I was plied with cigarettes, tea and pastries.
- He likes to ply me full of whiskey, fill and refill my glass.
- He plied the boys with treats - such as cakes, sweets and alcopops - and money.
- When a company is introducing a new product, they will invite members of the press to see the unveiling, often plying them with free food and alcohol to help seal the deal.
- They used to ply us with so much drink the night before you weren't in any shape to play.
- We were then ushered down into a holding area where we were plied with drink and nibbles.
- He also claimed his alcohol problem made it difficult for him to distinguish fact from fiction and that the journalist took his comments ‘out of context’ after plying him with drink at a hotel.
- Maybe if I ply him with drink on Saturday, he'll forgive me.
- As he plied me with mint tea and Belgian chocolates it struck me that, despite appearances, he was a lonely and frightened man.
- He comes over to my house and plies me with Italian food.
- She was plying her neighbours with cups of tea in an effort to brace them against the biting chilling wind.
- While I plied him with filtered water, he patiently answered questions for a couple of hours.
- It was possible to just laze around on deck on one of the many sun-loungers soaking up the rays while attentive staff members plied you with ice cold drinks.
- They fed us dinner, plied us with tea and laid on a hikers' breakfast.
- But when playtime rolls around my workmates are eager to ply me with stiff drinks.
- You go to a reception and the waiting staff fall over themselves to ply you with drink.
- More importantly, there is an outstanding semi-private beach, again with plenty of beach beds and sunshades and with faultless waiter service to ply you with cold drinks.
- Jacob's mom and dad fed us, plied us with drink, and made us feel all relaxed and comfy.
Synonyms
provide, supply, keep supplying, lavish, shower, regale, load, heap
1. 3.1 Direct (numerous questions) at someone.
  不断提问
  she plied him with questions about his visit
  Example sentencesExamples
  I didn't focus the talk on young people, but one father came up to me afterward and plied me with questions about what kind of music he should let his kids listen to, what kind of media, films, TV programs, etc.
  Still as popular as in his playing days, and looking not a day older, Rhodes was plied with questions about his own career, and also about the current South African team.
  He was unfailingly helpful to the researchers and lay-people who plied him with questions from all four comers of the globe.
  Then the camera starts to roll and they start to ply me with a string of questions that I seem to remember were on the application.
  At a news conference after yesterday's meeting, which was billed to have transformation in sport as the main discussion point, journalists plied Balfour with questions about the alleged remarks.
  With my father in the room, I'd have felt safe enough to remain but I was always sent out and therefore unable to answer the questions my older sisters plied me with.
  And the unusually bright Lester has been plying her with all kinds of questions about death and God that she can't really answer.
  He looks forward to plying the winemakers with questions about their products.
  Yesterday seems forgotten as he talks to Bren and plies her with questions about other schools we've attended.
  Synonyms
  bombard, assail, besiege, beset, pester, plague, harass, importune
  informal hassle

Phrases

ply for hire

Search for or be available for customers to hire.
候客，等生意
he augmented his income by plying for hire as a ferryman
continental air companies will be able to ply for hire in the UK
Example sentencesExamples
- Wright, who is self-employed, admitted plying for hire without a hackney carriage licence, and driving without insurance.
- But taxis can ply for hire and minicabs should only respond to calls.
- The court heard it was an offence to ply for hire without a hackney carriage licence and private hire drivers must have a pre-booking for a passenger to go to a specific destination.
- Scottish ministers have rejected advice from the UK government and consumer groups to scrap controls on the number of cabs plying for hire.
- If they do not pay, the Council is expected to prosecute them for illegally plying for hire under the Road Traffic Act in a magistrates court.
- These vehicles are the only ones licensed and insured to ply for hire, that is take passengers from the taxi ranks or be hailed in the street.
- However, realistically, it is expected that some vehicles will be unable to rank at any given time because they will be either plying for hire, hired or not working.
- ‘This is a matter for concern because only Craven taxis should be plying for hire in the town,’ he said.

Origin

Late Middle English: shortening of apply.

ply¹

nounplaɪplī

1A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material.
（折叠或胶合材料的）一层，一层厚
Example sentencesExamples
- Gauze or gauze-like products are typically manufactured as a single piece of material folded into a several ply gauze pad.
- The bathroom interior, however, with its combination of ply, porcelain and white marble, is a moment of unexpected luxury.
- Synthetic single ply roof systems are not the cheapest way to reroof a mobile home in the short term.
- This can be done by increasing the number of plies and upgrading the surfacing in a built-up roofing system or installing a thicker, fully adhered single-ply membrane.
- The rush into single-ply roofing of the 1980's has established single ply as a durable, reliable alternative to bituminous roofing.
- As per latest research, bamboo can be used for construction of houses of permanent natures, doors, window frames, corrugated sheets, and bamboo ply etc.
- The chassis was a typical composite ‘sandwich’ with inner and outer skins made up of woven laminated plies.
- They used to joke that I control the ply of the toilet paper on the show.
- With built-up membranes, ‘thicker is better’ refers to the number of plies and not necessarily the measured thickness of the finished roof.
- Methods of sealing roof drain pipes in single ply synthetic plastic roof cover systems and roof cover systems employing such drain pipe sealing assemblies
- No ply, glass fibre or any other modern materials were employed.
Synonyms
layer, thickness, strand, sheet, leaf, fold, insertion
1. 1.1usually in combination A strand of yarn or rope.
  一股（纱线或绳子）
  as modifier four-ply yarn
  Example sentencesExamples
  An 8 ply acrylic wool wick is placed in the soil mixture and through the bottom into a container (like a margarine container) with a weak solution which is then taken up by the plant as required.
  A nice dense thread or 3-8 ply yarn seams to work quite nicely for a blanket stitch.
  By twisting these single yards together to form the ply yard, the fabric is more resilient and long lasting.
  The ply yarns are twisted together to form cord- and the cord is the actual material used in the weaving process.
  Can anyone imagine anything more boring than 4 ply, stocking stitch in a dark blue, that snaps whenever you pull too hard?
  This colour has been discontinued for some time now and while I still like it, I've got a lot of 4 ply cotton in stash and I'm offering this at $40 the bag.
  A rope is a ply of natural threads or synthetic fibers.
  It's been a long time since I've touched this sweater and it's in 4 ply wool.
  I took a skinny 4 ply yarn and knitted it double.
2. 1.2 The number of layers or strands of which something is made.
  层（数），股（数）
  the yarn can be any ply from two to eight
  纱线可以是2到8股。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ply is a factor that defines the number of single yards which are twisted to become the ply yard from which the bedding is woven.
  Mr. Johnston noted that it was apparent that the roof of the stair tower had been done after the completion of the main roof, thus resulting in some 8 plies of felt building up at the connection.
  Another benefit of multiple plies is their insulating quality.
  So 4 - ply shouldn't be relegated to baby stuff and socks, but should be used for a special garment for a special person.
  Even things like toilet paper came in only 1 ply or 2.
3. 1.3usually in combination A reinforcing layer of fabric in a tire.
  as modifier a six-ply whitewall tire
2
short for plywood
Example sentencesExamples
- The skin is fibreglass over a thin layer of plywood, which is itself supported by a skeleton of thicker ply, stiffened by a steel structure.
- Although this route is more expensive than a roof coating, the single ply can be installed as a re-cover, saving the cost of tear off, if the existing roof is less than 25 percent wet.
- The decks are marine ply, the spars were made out of local timber and the design was kept close to the original.
- Made from leather, moulded rosewood ply and aluminium.
- Mr Constable has also designed his own home kitchen using hoop pine and maple ply.
- The association had pleaded for an increase of 5 per cent in the price of commercial plywood and 10 per cent on commercial and waterproof board and waterproof ply.
- The table, as well as the maple ply and cast-steel dining chairs, are easily wiped clean after meals.
- They have curved doors made of marine-grade ply with a lacquer finish.
3(in game theory) the number of levels at which branching occurs in a tree of possible outcomes, typically corresponding to the number of moves ahead (in chess strictly half-moves ahead) considered by a computer program.
（游戏规则用语）级数，步数，着数，招数
Example sentencesExamples
- This will likely include dozens of lines and several first ply candidate moves.
- This creates a ‘tree’ of analysis with moves branching at each ply.
1. 3.1 A half-move (i.e. one player's move) in computer chess.
  （电脑象棋中的）半步
  Example sentencesExamples
  For example, suppose the chances that the move at each ply of a specific line your are considering are only 40% each.
  After a few minutes Sargon 4 was up to 7 ply and it said the best move was 19 Bd6.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘fold’): from French pli ‘fold’, from the verb plier, from Latin plicare ‘to fold’.

ply²

verbplīplaɪ

[with object]

1Work with (a tool, especially one requiring steady, rhythmic movements)
（尤指持续有节奏地）使用，挥动
a tailor delicately plying his needle
灵巧地使着针的裁缝。
Example sentencesExamples
- He wet his hands in a small bowl of water, and gently wiped away any dust from the stone before plying his tools to it again.
- He could ride, swim, dive in deep rivers and the sea, ply the whip, climb trees, scale cliffs without a rope, bring down birds and beasts with arrow and sling.
- That's like seeing a psychiatrist plying a tendon hammer, or an orthopaedic surgeon with a pleasant bedside manner nice in a curiously old fashioned way.
- Penhall plies his pen widely, commenting on the dilapidated National Health Service and the nature of perception, sanity, and normalcy.
Synonyms
use, wield, work, work with, employ, operate, utilize, manipulate, handle
1. 1.1 Work steadily at (one's business or trade); conduct.
  （辛勤地或不停地）从事，做
  he plied a profitable export trade
  Example sentencesExamples
  Importantly, 1,900 postgraduate research students also ply their trade here, firing up the boiler of Scotland's economic engine.
  Ironically Gourlay now spends much of the year plying his professional trade in Australia and is expected to base himself Down Under in the not-too-distant future.
  Thus, Cottage Industry's workers plied their trades in rooms filled with period furniture, family photos, handmade quilts, paintings and vintage clothing.
  He's plying his trade as an electrician in the windy city, the more things change the more they stay the same.
  Down on the floor of the exchange are phalanxes of desks, where some two dozen brokers ply their trade.
  The best education I got after design grad school was plying my trade within a large organization.
  According to owner Ah Hua, who has been plying a roaring trade since he opened for business 14 years ago, the non-eatery feel is what makes the place so popular.
  Synonyms
  engage in, carry on, be engaged in, pursue, conduct, follow, practise, work at, occupy oneself with, busy oneself with
2no object, with adverbial of direction (of a vessel or vehicle) travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes.
（船或车辆尤指为商业目的而定期）航行于，往返于
ferries ply across a strait to the island
渡船横穿海峡开往海岛。
Example sentencesExamples
- Incidentally, the new boat will ply on the Ernakulam-Vypeen route.
- Around 2,200 ferries ply 40 of the major rivers.
- Once the underpass is through vehicles plying on Chord Road can cross this junction without any interruption as in the case of Mekhri Circle.
- That the number of vehicles plying on the city roads has multiplied cannot be disputed.
- During the monsoons the ferries stop plying and the Gateway looks a trifle forlorn without the seething crowds that normally sit around it, shooting the breeze when the weather is gentler.
- The additional buses would be run on those long routes where no buses were plying for the past several years due to the shortage and will spell more comfort for the bus passengers, who had to change buses to reach a destination.
- Over 50,000 commercial vessels ply the straits each year.
- The number of vehicles plying on our roads is increasing in alarming proportion posing threat to pedestrians and vehicle users.
- The company now has 115 buses plying around a dozen regular routes and a further 20 routes at peak time.
- Buses ply frequently between Hospet and Hampi, and budget tourists can easily hire cycles or mopeds.
- The vehicles plying on Bangalore roads are growing every day.
- Previously only a few rickshaws or horse-drawn carriages plied along that road; now big motorcars raced about all day.
- Steam-driven vessels were plying up and down the eastern coast of Britain as early as 1821.
- The ferries plying in these rivers provide cheap transportation to many villagers and poor people who live in remote areas, not accessible by road.
- Since medieval times a ferry had plied across the river at this point - but with the building of the railway station, it became increasingly obvious a more substantial crossing was needed.
- Strict enforcement of parking regulations is indeed a prerequisite to tide over the present crisis caused by the increasing number of motor vehicles plying through the narrow roads in the State.
Synonyms
go regularly, travel regularly, make regular journeys, travel, go back and forth, shuttle, commute
1. 2.1with object Travel over (a route) regularly for commercial purposes.
  the motion of the big tug as it plied the Jersey coastline
  Example sentencesExamples
  She plied her Pacific route until near the turn of the century, when she was sold to the Italian firm, based in Genoa.
  Its lack of depth makes it more difficult each year to handle the newer, larger and deeper vessels plying the southern African route.
  The riverboat will ply the waterways between Amsterdam and Brussels, with prices starting at just £7 per night.
  The Cape then was a regular stopover for trading vessels plying the Europe-East Indies route.
  All in all, Indonesia lost over half the planes plying its domestic routes.
  Now, the barge will ply the canal again, as it once did in the 1940s.
  The driver refused to comply and stopped the bus in the middle of the road, before alerting his fellow drivers plying other routes.
  The Pride of Rotterdam, which plies the route between Europort and Hull, is the largest ship of its kind in the world.
  Birds ply each of these smaller flyways according to their custom and can be counted on to return year after year.
  The ancient Egyptians were seafarers and Roman galleys, Phoenician ships and the fleet of the mighty Ottoman Empire plied these waters.
  Airlines will be free to ply routes between any EU city and any US one, as well as to go further afield.
  We are not willing to ply the route causing trouble to ourselves or people, " he said.
  In 1912 the SS Earnslaw began to ply the lake and you still can take a trip on this historic steamer.
  If you can't face the steep walk, three funicular trams ply the gruelling route.
  For now, the airport survives as a hub for older cargo planes plying the polar route.
  Instead of plying the expressways, they now circle the inspection centres for confused accident victims to go to them.
  And there just behind us, over the fence outside the park, a steady flow of modern red London buses plied their scheduled routes up the Seven Sisters Road.
  Roman Paszke hails from the Polish shores of the Baltic Sea, where he started plying the waters at 11.
  The Malacca Strait, a busy sealane with more than 50,000 commercial ships plying it annually, is also a hotbed for pirates.
  Vast cruise liners of 150,000 tons - floating resorts more than twice the size of the QE2 - ply the oceans.
3ply someone withProvide someone with (food or drink) in a continuous or insistent way.
不断提供，硬要给（食物，饮料）
a flight attendant who plied them with soft drinks
Example sentencesExamples
- But when playtime rolls around my workmates are eager to ply me with stiff drinks.
- It was possible to just laze around on deck on one of the many sun-loungers soaking up the rays while attentive staff members plied you with ice cold drinks.
- While I plied him with filtered water, he patiently answered questions for a couple of hours.
- That's my game - ply everyone with food and make the world a better place.
- Jacob's mom and dad fed us, plied us with drink, and made us feel all relaxed and comfy.
- As he plied me with mint tea and Belgian chocolates it struck me that, despite appearances, he was a lonely and frightened man.
- He likes to ply me full of whiskey, fill and refill my glass.
- They used to ply us with so much drink the night before you weren't in any shape to play.
- They fed us dinner, plied us with tea and laid on a hikers' breakfast.
- She was plying her neighbours with cups of tea in an effort to brace them against the biting chilling wind.
- Maybe if I ply him with drink on Saturday, he'll forgive me.
- He comes over to my house and plies me with Italian food.
- He also claimed his alcohol problem made it difficult for him to distinguish fact from fiction and that the journalist took his comments ‘out of context’ after plying him with drink at a hotel.
- More importantly, there is an outstanding semi-private beach, again with plenty of beach beds and sunshades and with faultless waiter service to ply you with cold drinks.
- Wherever I went I was plied with cigarettes, tea and pastries.
- We were then ushered down into a holding area where we were plied with drink and nibbles.
- He plied the boys with treats - such as cakes, sweets and alcopops - and money.
- When a company is introducing a new product, they will invite members of the press to see the unveiling, often plying them with free food and alcohol to help seal the deal.
- You go to a reception and the waiting staff fall over themselves to ply you with drink.
- Often the hotel rooms would be double booked, so it was our job to make sure the guests came straight off the coach and into the welcome party, where they would be plied with local drink.
Synonyms
provide, supply, keep supplying, lavish, shower, regale, load, heap
1. 3.1 Direct (numerous questions) at someone.
  不断提问
  the presiding judge plied him with a series of absurd questions
  Example sentencesExamples
  Still as popular as in his playing days, and looking not a day older, Rhodes was plied with questions about his own career, and also about the current South African team.
  Then the camera starts to roll and they start to ply me with a string of questions that I seem to remember were on the application.
  And the unusually bright Lester has been plying her with all kinds of questions about death and God that she can't really answer.
  At a news conference after yesterday's meeting, which was billed to have transformation in sport as the main discussion point, journalists plied Balfour with questions about the alleged remarks.
  He was unfailingly helpful to the researchers and lay-people who plied him with questions from all four comers of the globe.
  I didn't focus the talk on young people, but one father came up to me afterward and plied me with questions about what kind of music he should let his kids listen to, what kind of media, films, TV programs, etc.
  He looks forward to plying the winemakers with questions about their products.
  Yesterday seems forgotten as he talks to Bren and plies her with questions about other schools we've attended.
  With my father in the room, I'd have felt safe enough to remain but I was always sent out and therefore unable to answer the questions my older sisters plied me with.
  Synonyms
  bombard, assail, besiege, beset, pester, plague, harass, importune

Origin

Late Middle English: shortening of apply.

词汇	ply
释义	ply¹ nounPlural plies plʌɪplaɪ 1A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material. （折叠或胶合材料的）一层，一层厚 tiles that have a black PVC ply in the lamination Example sentencesExamples Synthetic single ply roof systems are not the cheapest way to reroof a mobile home in the short term. The bathroom interior, however, with its combination of ply, porcelain and white marble, is a moment of unexpected luxury. This can be done by increasing the number of plies and upgrading the surfacing in a built-up roofing system or installing a thicker, fully adhered single-ply membrane. Methods of sealing roof drain pipes in single ply synthetic plastic roof cover systems and roof cover systems employing such drain pipe sealing assemblies The chassis was a typical composite ‘sandwich’ with inner and outer skins made up of woven laminated plies. As per latest research, bamboo can be used for construction of houses of permanent natures, doors, window frames, corrugated sheets, and bamboo ply etc. The rush into single-ply roofing of the 1980's has established single ply as a durable, reliable alternative to bituminous roofing. With built-up membranes, ‘thicker is better’ refers to the number of plies and not necessarily the measured thickness of the finished roof. Gauze or gauze-like products are typically manufactured as a single piece of material folded into a several ply gauze pad. No ply, glass fibre or any other modern materials were employed. They used to joke that I control the ply of the toilet paper on the show. Synonyms layer, thickness, strand, sheet, leaf, fold, insertion 1.1usually in combination A strand of yarn or rope. 一股（纱线或绳子） as modifier four-ply yarn Example sentencesExamples This colour has been discontinued for some time now and while I still like it, I've got a lot of 4 ply cotton in stash and I'm offering this at $40 the bag. It's been a long time since I've touched this sweater and it's in 4 ply wool. By twisting these single yards together to form the ply yard, the fabric is more resilient and long lasting. The ply yarns are twisted together to form cord- and the cord is the actual material used in the weaving process. A rope is a ply of natural threads or synthetic fibers. I took a skinny 4 ply yarn and knitted it double. A nice dense thread or 3-8 ply yarn seams to work quite nicely for a blanket stitch. An 8 ply acrylic wool wick is placed in the soil mixture and through the bottom into a container (like a margarine container) with a weak solution which is then taken up by the plant as required. Can anyone imagine anything more boring than 4 ply, stocking stitch in a dark blue, that snaps whenever you pull too hard? 1.2 The number of multiple layers or strands of which something is made. 层（数），股（数） the yarn can be any ply from two to eight 纱线可以是2到8股。 Example sentencesExamples The ply is a factor that defines the number of single yards which are twisted to become the ply yard from which the bedding is woven. Mr. Johnston noted that it was apparent that the roof of the stair tower had been done after the completion of the main roof, thus resulting in some 8 plies of felt building up at the connection. So 4 - ply shouldn't be relegated to baby stuff and socks, but should be used for a special garment for a special person. Even things like toilet paper came in only 1 ply or 2. Another benefit of multiple plies is their insulating quality. 1.3usually in combination A reinforcing layer of fabric in a tyre. as modifier a six-ply whitewall tire 2 short for plywood Example sentencesExamples They have curved doors made of marine-grade ply with a lacquer finish. Mr Constable has also designed his own home kitchen using hoop pine and maple ply. The decks are marine ply, the spars were made out of local timber and the design was kept close to the original. The association had pleaded for an increase of 5 per cent in the price of commercial plywood and 10 per cent on commercial and waterproof board and waterproof ply. Although this route is more expensive than a roof coating, the single ply can be installed as a re-cover, saving the cost of tear off, if the existing roof is less than 25 percent wet. The skin is fibreglass over a thin layer of plywood, which is itself supported by a skeleton of thicker ply, stiffened by a steel structure. The table, as well as the maple ply and cast-steel dining chairs, are easily wiped clean after meals. Made from leather, moulded rosewood ply and aluminium. 3mass noun (in game theory) the number of levels at which branching occurs in a tree of possible outcomes, typically corresponding to the number of moves ahead (in chess strictly half-moves ahead) considered by a computer program. （游戏规则用语）级数，步数，着数，招数 Example sentencesExamples This creates a ‘tree’ of analysis with moves branching at each ply. This will likely include dozens of lines and several first ply candidate moves. 3.1count noun A half-move (i.e. one player's move) in computer chess. （电脑象棋中的）半步 Example sentencesExamples For example, suppose the chances that the move at each ply of a specific line your are considering are only 40% each. After a few minutes Sargon 4 was up to 7 ply and it said the best move was 19 Bd6. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'fold'): from French pli 'fold', from the verb plier, from Latin plicare 'to fold'. plight from Old English: In the traditional marriage ceremony the bride and groom each say ‘I plight thee my troth’, meaning ‘I pledge my word’. Plight means ‘to promise solemnly’, and pledge (Middle English) is probably a distant relative. Troth is an old variant of truth, meaning ‘giving your word’ and still preserved in betroth (Middle English). The other meaning of plight, ‘a predicament’, is from Old French plit ‘fold’, suggesting the idea of a difficult or complicated situation. Other words from plit include Middle English pliant (Late Middle English) literally ‘foldable’; and pliable (Late Middle English); pliers (mid 16th century) tools for bending things; and ply (Late Middle English) in the sense of ‘thickness’ as in plywood (early 20th century). (The other ply as in ply with drink, is simply a shortening of apply, see appliance). Pleat and plait (Middle English) are further relatives. Compliant (mid 17th century) looks as if it should be a relative, but its immediate source, to comply (early 17th century), originally came from Latin complere ‘to fulfil, accomplish’, although compliant later developed senses influenced by its similarity to pliant. Rhymes ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai ply² verbplying, plies, plied plʌɪplaɪ [with object] 1Work steadily with (a tool) a tailor delicately plying his needle 灵巧地使着针的裁缝。 Example sentencesExamples That's like seeing a psychiatrist plying a tendon hammer, or an orthopaedic surgeon with a pleasant bedside manner nice in a curiously old fashioned way. He could ride, swim, dive in deep rivers and the sea, ply the whip, climb trees, scale cliffs without a rope, bring down birds and beasts with arrow and sling. He wet his hands in a small bowl of water, and gently wiped away any dust from the stone before plying his tools to it again. Penhall plies his pen widely, commenting on the dilapidated National Health Service and the nature of perception, sanity, and normalcy. Synonyms use, wield, work, work with, employ, operate, utilize, manipulate, handle 1.1 Work steadily at (one's business or trade) （辛勤地或不停地）从事，做 for three years he plied a profitable export trade between England and Australia Example sentencesExamples Down on the floor of the exchange are phalanxes of desks, where some two dozen brokers ply their trade. Importantly, 1,900 postgraduate research students also ply their trade here, firing up the boiler of Scotland's economic engine. According to owner Ah Hua, who has been plying a roaring trade since he opened for business 14 years ago, the non-eatery feel is what makes the place so popular. He's plying his trade as an electrician in the windy city, the more things change the more they stay the same. Ironically Gourlay now spends much of the year plying his professional trade in Australia and is expected to base himself Down Under in the not-too-distant future. The best education I got after design grad school was plying my trade within a large organization. Thus, Cottage Industry's workers plied their trades in rooms filled with period furniture, family photos, handmade quilts, paintings and vintage clothing. Synonyms engage in, carry on, be engaged in, pursue, conduct, follow, practise, work at, occupy oneself with, busy oneself with archaic prosecute 2no object, with adverbial of direction (of a vessel or vehicle) travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes. （船或车辆尤指为商业目的而定期）航行于，往返于 ferries ply across a strait to the island 渡船横穿海峡开往海岛。 Example sentencesExamples Around 2,200 ferries ply 40 of the major rivers. Once the underpass is through vehicles plying on Chord Road can cross this junction without any interruption as in the case of Mekhri Circle. The ferries plying in these rivers provide cheap transportation to many villagers and poor people who live in remote areas, not accessible by road. The company now has 115 buses plying around a dozen regular routes and a further 20 routes at peak time. Steam-driven vessels were plying up and down the eastern coast of Britain as early as 1821. Since medieval times a ferry had plied across the river at this point - but with the building of the railway station, it became increasingly obvious a more substantial crossing was needed. Incidentally, the new boat will ply on the Ernakulam-Vypeen route. Strict enforcement of parking regulations is indeed a prerequisite to tide over the present crisis caused by the increasing number of motor vehicles plying through the narrow roads in the State. The additional buses would be run on those long routes where no buses were plying for the past several years due to the shortage and will spell more comfort for the bus passengers, who had to change buses to reach a destination. Buses ply frequently between Hospet and Hampi, and budget tourists can easily hire cycles or mopeds. The vehicles plying on Bangalore roads are growing every day. During the monsoons the ferries stop plying and the Gateway looks a trifle forlorn without the seething crowds that normally sit around it, shooting the breeze when the weather is gentler. That the number of vehicles plying on the city roads has multiplied cannot be disputed. Over 50,000 commercial vessels ply the straits each year. Previously only a few rickshaws or horse-drawn carriages plied along that road; now big motorcars raced about all day. The number of vehicles plying on our roads is increasing in alarming proportion posing threat to pedestrians and vehicle users. Synonyms go regularly, travel regularly, make regular journeys, travel, go back and forth, shuttle, commute 2.1with object Regularly travel over (a route) the fleet has plied the Bristol Channel since Victorian times 从维多利亚时代开始，那船队就往返于布里斯托尔海峡之间。 Example sentencesExamples The Pride of Rotterdam, which plies the route between Europort and Hull, is the largest ship of its kind in the world. The ancient Egyptians were seafarers and Roman galleys, Phoenician ships and the fleet of the mighty Ottoman Empire plied these waters. Now, the barge will ply the canal again, as it once did in the 1940s. Its lack of depth makes it more difficult each year to handle the newer, larger and deeper vessels plying the southern African route. Vast cruise liners of 150,000 tons - floating resorts more than twice the size of the QE2 - ply the oceans. Airlines will be free to ply routes between any EU city and any US one, as well as to go further afield. The driver refused to comply and stopped the bus in the middle of the road, before alerting his fellow drivers plying other routes. She plied her Pacific route until near the turn of the century, when she was sold to the Italian firm, based in Genoa. The riverboat will ply the waterways between Amsterdam and Brussels, with prices starting at just £7 per night. And there just behind us, over the fence outside the park, a steady flow of modern red London buses plied their scheduled routes up the Seven Sisters Road. If you can't face the steep walk, three funicular trams ply the gruelling route. We are not willing to ply the route causing trouble to ourselves or people, " he said. The Cape then was a regular stopover for trading vessels plying the Europe-East Indies route. For now, the airport survives as a hub for older cargo planes plying the polar route. Instead of plying the expressways, they now circle the inspection centres for confused accident victims to go to them. Roman Paszke hails from the Polish shores of the Baltic Sea, where he started plying the waters at 11. In 1912 the SS Earnslaw began to ply the lake and you still can take a trip on this historic steamer. Birds ply each of these smaller flyways according to their custom and can be counted on to return year after year. All in all, Indonesia lost over half the planes plying its domestic routes. The Malacca Strait, a busy sealane with more than 50,000 commercial ships plying it annually, is also a hotbed for pirates. 3ply someone withProvide someone with (food or drink) in a continuous or insistent way. 不断提供，硬要给（食物，饮料） she plied me with tea and scones 她不断地给我斟茶夹饼。 Example sentencesExamples That's my game - ply everyone with food and make the world a better place. Often the hotel rooms would be double booked, so it was our job to make sure the guests came straight off the coach and into the welcome party, where they would be plied with local drink. Wherever I went I was plied with cigarettes, tea and pastries. He likes to ply me full of whiskey, fill and refill my glass. He plied the boys with treats - such as cakes, sweets and alcopops - and money. When a company is introducing a new product, they will invite members of the press to see the unveiling, often plying them with free food and alcohol to help seal the deal. They used to ply us with so much drink the night before you weren't in any shape to play. We were then ushered down into a holding area where we were plied with drink and nibbles. He also claimed his alcohol problem made it difficult for him to distinguish fact from fiction and that the journalist took his comments ‘out of context’ after plying him with drink at a hotel. Maybe if I ply him with drink on Saturday, he'll forgive me. As he plied me with mint tea and Belgian chocolates it struck me that, despite appearances, he was a lonely and frightened man. He comes over to my house and plies me with Italian food. She was plying her neighbours with cups of tea in an effort to brace them against the biting chilling wind. While I plied him with filtered water, he patiently answered questions for a couple of hours. It was possible to just laze around on deck on one of the many sun-loungers soaking up the rays while attentive staff members plied you with ice cold drinks. They fed us dinner, plied us with tea and laid on a hikers' breakfast. But when playtime rolls around my workmates are eager to ply me with stiff drinks. You go to a reception and the waiting staff fall over themselves to ply you with drink. More importantly, there is an outstanding semi-private beach, again with plenty of beach beds and sunshades and with faultless waiter service to ply you with cold drinks. Jacob's mom and dad fed us, plied us with drink, and made us feel all relaxed and comfy. Synonyms provide, supply, keep supplying, lavish, shower, regale, load, heap 3.1 Direct (numerous questions) at someone. 不断提问 she plied him with questions about his visit Example sentencesExamples I didn't focus the talk on young people, but one father came up to me afterward and plied me with questions about what kind of music he should let his kids listen to, what kind of media, films, TV programs, etc. Still as popular as in his playing days, and looking not a day older, Rhodes was plied with questions about his own career, and also about the current South African team. He was unfailingly helpful to the researchers and lay-people who plied him with questions from all four comers of the globe. Then the camera starts to roll and they start to ply me with a string of questions that I seem to remember were on the application. At a news conference after yesterday's meeting, which was billed to have transformation in sport as the main discussion point, journalists plied Balfour with questions about the alleged remarks. With my father in the room, I'd have felt safe enough to remain but I was always sent out and therefore unable to answer the questions my older sisters plied me with. And the unusually bright Lester has been plying her with all kinds of questions about death and God that she can't really answer. He looks forward to plying the winemakers with questions about their products. Yesterday seems forgotten as he talks to Bren and plies her with questions about other schools we've attended. Synonyms bombard, assail, besiege, beset, pester, plague, harass, importune informal hassle Phrases ply for hire Search for or be available for customers to hire. 候客，等生意 he augmented his income by plying for hire as a ferryman continental air companies will be able to ply for hire in the UK Example sentencesExamples Wright, who is self-employed, admitted plying for hire without a hackney carriage licence, and driving without insurance. But taxis can ply for hire and minicabs should only respond to calls. The court heard it was an offence to ply for hire without a hackney carriage licence and private hire drivers must have a pre-booking for a passenger to go to a specific destination. Scottish ministers have rejected advice from the UK government and consumer groups to scrap controls on the number of cabs plying for hire. If they do not pay, the Council is expected to prosecute them for illegally plying for hire under the Road Traffic Act in a magistrates court. These vehicles are the only ones licensed and insured to ply for hire, that is take passengers from the taxi ranks or be hailed in the street. However, realistically, it is expected that some vehicles will be unable to rank at any given time because they will be either plying for hire, hired or not working. ‘This is a matter for concern because only Craven taxis should be plying for hire in the town,’ he said. Origin Late Middle English: shortening of apply. noun.1 verb.1 phr. ply¹ nounplaɪplī 1A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material. （折叠或胶合材料的）一层，一层厚 Example sentencesExamples Gauze or gauze-like products are typically manufactured as a single piece of material folded into a several ply gauze pad. The bathroom interior, however, with its combination of ply, porcelain and white marble, is a moment of unexpected luxury. Synthetic single ply roof systems are not the cheapest way to reroof a mobile home in the short term. This can be done by increasing the number of plies and upgrading the surfacing in a built-up roofing system or installing a thicker, fully adhered single-ply membrane. The rush into single-ply roofing of the 1980's has established single ply as a durable, reliable alternative to bituminous roofing. As per latest research, bamboo can be used for construction of houses of permanent natures, doors, window frames, corrugated sheets, and bamboo ply etc. The chassis was a typical composite ‘sandwich’ with inner and outer skins made up of woven laminated plies. They used to joke that I control the ply of the toilet paper on the show. With built-up membranes, ‘thicker is better’ refers to the number of plies and not necessarily the measured thickness of the finished roof. Methods of sealing roof drain pipes in single ply synthetic plastic roof cover systems and roof cover systems employing such drain pipe sealing assemblies No ply, glass fibre or any other modern materials were employed. Synonyms layer, thickness, strand, sheet, leaf, fold, insertion 1.1usually in combination A strand of yarn or rope. 一股（纱线或绳子） as modifier four-ply yarn Example sentencesExamples An 8 ply acrylic wool wick is placed in the soil mixture and through the bottom into a container (like a margarine container) with a weak solution which is then taken up by the plant as required. A nice dense thread or 3-8 ply yarn seams to work quite nicely for a blanket stitch. By twisting these single yards together to form the ply yard, the fabric is more resilient and long lasting. The ply yarns are twisted together to form cord- and the cord is the actual material used in the weaving process. Can anyone imagine anything more boring than 4 ply, stocking stitch in a dark blue, that snaps whenever you pull too hard? This colour has been discontinued for some time now and while I still like it, I've got a lot of 4 ply cotton in stash and I'm offering this at $40 the bag. A rope is a ply of natural threads or synthetic fibers. It's been a long time since I've touched this sweater and it's in 4 ply wool. I took a skinny 4 ply yarn and knitted it double. 1.2 The number of layers or strands of which something is made. 层（数），股（数） the yarn can be any ply from two to eight 纱线可以是2到8股。 Example sentencesExamples The ply is a factor that defines the number of single yards which are twisted to become the ply yard from which the bedding is woven. Mr. Johnston noted that it was apparent that the roof of the stair tower had been done after the completion of the main roof, thus resulting in some 8 plies of felt building up at the connection. Another benefit of multiple plies is their insulating quality. So 4 - ply shouldn't be relegated to baby stuff and socks, but should be used for a special garment for a special person. Even things like toilet paper came in only 1 ply or 2. 1.3usually in combination A reinforcing layer of fabric in a tire. as modifier a six-ply whitewall tire 2 short for plywood Example sentencesExamples The skin is fibreglass over a thin layer of plywood, which is itself supported by a skeleton of thicker ply, stiffened by a steel structure. Although this route is more expensive than a roof coating, the single ply can be installed as a re-cover, saving the cost of tear off, if the existing roof is less than 25 percent wet. The decks are marine ply, the spars were made out of local timber and the design was kept close to the original. Made from leather, moulded rosewood ply and aluminium. Mr Constable has also designed his own home kitchen using hoop pine and maple ply. The association had pleaded for an increase of 5 per cent in the price of commercial plywood and 10 per cent on commercial and waterproof board and waterproof ply. The table, as well as the maple ply and cast-steel dining chairs, are easily wiped clean after meals. They have curved doors made of marine-grade ply with a lacquer finish. 3(in game theory) the number of levels at which branching occurs in a tree of possible outcomes, typically corresponding to the number of moves ahead (in chess strictly half-moves ahead) considered by a computer program. （游戏规则用语）级数，步数，着数，招数 Example sentencesExamples This will likely include dozens of lines and several first ply candidate moves. This creates a ‘tree’ of analysis with moves branching at each ply. 3.1 A half-move (i.e. one player's move) in computer chess. （电脑象棋中的）半步 Example sentencesExamples For example, suppose the chances that the move at each ply of a specific line your are considering are only 40% each. After a few minutes Sargon 4 was up to 7 ply and it said the best move was 19 Bd6. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘fold’): from French pli ‘fold’, from the verb plier, from Latin plicare ‘to fold’. ply² verbplīplaɪ [with object] 1Work with (a tool, especially one requiring steady, rhythmic movements) （尤指持续有节奏地）使用，挥动 a tailor delicately plying his needle 灵巧地使着针的裁缝。 Example sentencesExamples He wet his hands in a small bowl of water, and gently wiped away any dust from the stone before plying his tools to it again. He could ride, swim, dive in deep rivers and the sea, ply the whip, climb trees, scale cliffs without a rope, bring down birds and beasts with arrow and sling. That's like seeing a psychiatrist plying a tendon hammer, or an orthopaedic surgeon with a pleasant bedside manner nice in a curiously old fashioned way. Penhall plies his pen widely, commenting on the dilapidated National Health Service and the nature of perception, sanity, and normalcy. Synonyms use, wield, work, work with, employ, operate, utilize, manipulate, handle 1.1 Work steadily at (one's business or trade); conduct. （辛勤地或不停地）从事，做 he plied a profitable export trade Example sentencesExamples Importantly, 1,900 postgraduate research students also ply their trade here, firing up the boiler of Scotland's economic engine. Ironically Gourlay now spends much of the year plying his professional trade in Australia and is expected to base himself Down Under in the not-too-distant future. Thus, Cottage Industry's workers plied their trades in rooms filled with period furniture, family photos, handmade quilts, paintings and vintage clothing. He's plying his trade as an electrician in the windy city, the more things change the more they stay the same. Down on the floor of the exchange are phalanxes of desks, where some two dozen brokers ply their trade. The best education I got after design grad school was plying my trade within a large organization. According to owner Ah Hua, who has been plying a roaring trade since he opened for business 14 years ago, the non-eatery feel is what makes the place so popular. Synonyms engage in, carry on, be engaged in, pursue, conduct, follow, practise, work at, occupy oneself with, busy oneself with 2no object, with adverbial of direction (of a vessel or vehicle) travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes. （船或车辆尤指为商业目的而定期）航行于，往返于 ferries ply across a strait to the island 渡船横穿海峡开往海岛。 Example sentencesExamples Incidentally, the new boat will ply on the Ernakulam-Vypeen route. Around 2,200 ferries ply 40 of the major rivers. Once the underpass is through vehicles plying on Chord Road can cross this junction without any interruption as in the case of Mekhri Circle. That the number of vehicles plying on the city roads has multiplied cannot be disputed. During the monsoons the ferries stop plying and the Gateway looks a trifle forlorn without the seething crowds that normally sit around it, shooting the breeze when the weather is gentler. The additional buses would be run on those long routes where no buses were plying for the past several years due to the shortage and will spell more comfort for the bus passengers, who had to change buses to reach a destination. Over 50,000 commercial vessels ply the straits each year. The number of vehicles plying on our roads is increasing in alarming proportion posing threat to pedestrians and vehicle users. The company now has 115 buses plying around a dozen regular routes and a further 20 routes at peak time. Buses ply frequently between Hospet and Hampi, and budget tourists can easily hire cycles or mopeds. The vehicles plying on Bangalore roads are growing every day. Previously only a few rickshaws or horse-drawn carriages plied along that road; now big motorcars raced about all day. Steam-driven vessels were plying up and down the eastern coast of Britain as early as 1821. The ferries plying in these rivers provide cheap transportation to many villagers and poor people who live in remote areas, not accessible by road. Since medieval times a ferry had plied across the river at this point - but with the building of the railway station, it became increasingly obvious a more substantial crossing was needed. Strict enforcement of parking regulations is indeed a prerequisite to tide over the present crisis caused by the increasing number of motor vehicles plying through the narrow roads in the State. Synonyms go regularly, travel regularly, make regular journeys, travel, go back and forth, shuttle, commute 2.1with object Travel over (a route) regularly for commercial purposes. the motion of the big tug as it plied the Jersey coastline Example sentencesExamples She plied her Pacific route until near the turn of the century, when she was sold to the Italian firm, based in Genoa. Its lack of depth makes it more difficult each year to handle the newer, larger and deeper vessels plying the southern African route. The riverboat will ply the waterways between Amsterdam and Brussels, with prices starting at just £7 per night. The Cape then was a regular stopover for trading vessels plying the Europe-East Indies route. All in all, Indonesia lost over half the planes plying its domestic routes. Now, the barge will ply the canal again, as it once did in the 1940s. The driver refused to comply and stopped the bus in the middle of the road, before alerting his fellow drivers plying other routes. The Pride of Rotterdam, which plies the route between Europort and Hull, is the largest ship of its kind in the world. Birds ply each of these smaller flyways according to their custom and can be counted on to return year after year. The ancient Egyptians were seafarers and Roman galleys, Phoenician ships and the fleet of the mighty Ottoman Empire plied these waters. Airlines will be free to ply routes between any EU city and any US one, as well as to go further afield. We are not willing to ply the route causing trouble to ourselves or people, " he said. In 1912 the SS Earnslaw began to ply the lake and you still can take a trip on this historic steamer. If you can't face the steep walk, three funicular trams ply the gruelling route. For now, the airport survives as a hub for older cargo planes plying the polar route. Instead of plying the expressways, they now circle the inspection centres for confused accident victims to go to them. And there just behind us, over the fence outside the park, a steady flow of modern red London buses plied their scheduled routes up the Seven Sisters Road. Roman Paszke hails from the Polish shores of the Baltic Sea, where he started plying the waters at 11. The Malacca Strait, a busy sealane with more than 50,000 commercial ships plying it annually, is also a hotbed for pirates. Vast cruise liners of 150,000 tons - floating resorts more than twice the size of the QE2 - ply the oceans. 3ply someone withProvide someone with (food or drink) in a continuous or insistent way. 不断提供，硬要给（食物，饮料） a flight attendant who plied them with soft drinks Example sentencesExamples But when playtime rolls around my workmates are eager to ply me with stiff drinks. It was possible to just laze around on deck on one of the many sun-loungers soaking up the rays while attentive staff members plied you with ice cold drinks. While I plied him with filtered water, he patiently answered questions for a couple of hours. That's my game - ply everyone with food and make the world a better place. Jacob's mom and dad fed us, plied us with drink, and made us feel all relaxed and comfy. As he plied me with mint tea and Belgian chocolates it struck me that, despite appearances, he was a lonely and frightened man. He likes to ply me full of whiskey, fill and refill my glass. They used to ply us with so much drink the night before you weren't in any shape to play. They fed us dinner, plied us with tea and laid on a hikers' breakfast. She was plying her neighbours with cups of tea in an effort to brace them against the biting chilling wind. Maybe if I ply him with drink on Saturday, he'll forgive me. He comes over to my house and plies me with Italian food. He also claimed his alcohol problem made it difficult for him to distinguish fact from fiction and that the journalist took his comments ‘out of context’ after plying him with drink at a hotel. More importantly, there is an outstanding semi-private beach, again with plenty of beach beds and sunshades and with faultless waiter service to ply you with cold drinks. Wherever I went I was plied with cigarettes, tea and pastries. We were then ushered down into a holding area where we were plied with drink and nibbles. He plied the boys with treats - such as cakes, sweets and alcopops - and money. When a company is introducing a new product, they will invite members of the press to see the unveiling, often plying them with free food and alcohol to help seal the deal. You go to a reception and the waiting staff fall over themselves to ply you with drink. Often the hotel rooms would be double booked, so it was our job to make sure the guests came straight off the coach and into the welcome party, where they would be plied with local drink. Synonyms provide, supply, keep supplying, lavish, shower, regale, load, heap 3.1 Direct (numerous questions) at someone. 不断提问 the presiding judge plied him with a series of absurd questions Example sentencesExamples Still as popular as in his playing days, and looking not a day older, Rhodes was plied with questions about his own career, and also about the current South African team. Then the camera starts to roll and they start to ply me with a string of questions that I seem to remember were on the application. And the unusually bright Lester has been plying her with all kinds of questions about death and God that she can't really answer. At a news conference after yesterday's meeting, which was billed to have transformation in sport as the main discussion point, journalists plied Balfour with questions about the alleged remarks. He was unfailingly helpful to the researchers and lay-people who plied him with questions from all four comers of the globe. I didn't focus the talk on young people, but one father came up to me afterward and plied me with questions about what kind of music he should let his kids listen to, what kind of media, films, TV programs, etc. He looks forward to plying the winemakers with questions about their products. Yesterday seems forgotten as he talks to Bren and plies her with questions about other schools we've attended. With my father in the room, I'd have felt safe enough to remain but I was always sent out and therefore unable to answer the questions my older sisters plied me with. Synonyms bombard, assail, besiege, beset, pester, plague, harass, importune Origin Late Middle English: shortening of apply. noun.1 verb.1
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