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Hair that has been left to twist and mat together into long, thick, rope-like pieces. You don't cut hair into dreadlocks — you stop combing it apart, and over months the strands lock together on their own.
Hair that has been left to twist and mat together任由它糾結纏在一起的頭髮 into long, thick, rope-like pieces變成一條條長長、粗粗、像繩子一樣的髮束. You don't cut hair into dreadlocks你不是把頭髮剪成dreadlocks的 — you stop combing it apart你是不再把它梳開, and over months the strands lock together on their own幾個月下來髮絲就自己糾結在一起了
The word is almost always plural, because you have a whole head of them, not one; 'a dreadlock' sounds odd unless you really mean one single piece. People it to 'dreads' in everyday talk, and 'locs' is now the common spelling among Black people who wear them, especially in America.
The word is almost always plural這個字幾乎都是用複數, because you have a whole head of them, not one因為你是滿頭都是，不是只有一條; 'a dreadlock' sounds odd unless you really mean one single piece「a dreadlock」單數聽起來很怪，除非你真的是指單獨一條. People shorten it to 'dreads' in everyday talk大家日常口語會簡稱'dreads', and 'locs' is now the common spelling among Black people who wear them而'locs'現在是留這種髮型的黑人常用的拼法, especially in America尤其在美國
The style is tied to in Jamaica, where it carries religious meaning, but plenty of people wear it with no religion attached — musicians, athletes, anyone who likes it. That's where the word gets touchy: because the grew out of Black culture and Black hair texture, whether other people should wear it is an argument that still runs, and you will hear the phrase 'cultural appropriation' near this word.
The style is tied to Rastafarians in Jamaica這種髮型跟牙買加的Rastafarians有關, where it carries religious meaning在那裡它帶有宗教意涵, but plenty of people wear it with no religion attached但很多人留這種髮型跟宗教完全無關 — musicians, athletes, anyone who likes it音樂人、運動員，任何喜歡的人都留. That's where the word gets touchy這個字敏感就敏感在這裡: because the hairstyle grew out of Black culture and Black hair texture因為這個髮型是從黑人文化和黑人髮質長出來的, whether other people should wear it is an argument that still runs其他人該不該留這種髮型，這個爭論至今還在繼續, and you will hear the phrase 'cultural appropriation' near this word你會在這個字附近聽到「文化挪用」這個詞
As a verb you can 'dreadlock' hair, though most people just say 'have dreads' or 'grow dreads'.
As a verb you can 'dreadlock' hair當動詞用的話可以說'dreadlock'頭髮, though most people just say 'have dreads' or 'grow dreads'不過大部分人就只說'have dreads'或'grow dreads'
組成dread + locks. 'Locks' here is the old word for a length or tuft of hair — the same 'lock' as in 'a lock of hair', nothing to do with locking a door. 'Dread' is the surprising half: it comes from Rastafarian use, where a 'dread' was a member of the movement, named for the awe — the fear-mixed-with-respect kind — that they felt toward God. So the name means something closer to 'the hair of the God-fearing' than 'scary hair', which is what most people assume.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dreadlocksnoun/ˈdɹɛdlɒks/
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A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.
- The patient history may point to the use of tight hairstyles that put tension on the hair root or hair treatments that increase the vulnerability to traction-related damage. The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。