Tresses means a woman's long hair — but not neutral, plain hair. The word carries admiration built into it. If you call someone's hair her tresses, you are saying it is long, thick and beautiful.

Tresses這個字 means指的是 a woman's long hair女性的長髮 — but但不是 not neutral, plain hair中性、普通的頭髮. The word這個字 carries admiration built into it本身就帶著讚美的意味. If如果 you call someone's hair her tresses你把某人的頭髮稱作她的tresses, you are saying就是在說 it它 is is long長, thick濃密 and和 beautiful美麗.

You cannot use it for short hair, thin hair, or a man's hair in ordinary writing. The word belongs to poems, romance novels, fairy tales, and advertisements for shampoo. Nobody says it about a friend at lunch.

You你不能 cannot use it用這個字 for short hair短髮, thin hair稀疏的頭髮, or或 a man's hair男性的頭髮 in ordinary writing在一般寫作裡. The word這個字 belongs to屬於 poems詩, romance novels愛情小說, fairy tales童話, and和 advertisements for shampoo洗髮精廣告. Nobody沒有人 says it會 about a friend at lunch在吃午餐聊朋友時這樣說.

If a modern speaker uses it in conversation, it is almost always playful or teasing — 'time to get my tresses cut'. Used with a straight face in normal speech, it sounds old-fashioned and a bit sugary, and a listener might find it strange.

If如果 a modern speaker現代人 uses it in conversation在對話中用這個字, it幾乎 is almost always playful or teasing總是帶點玩笑或調侃的意味 — 'time to get my tresses cut'像是「該去剪我的tresses了」這種說法. Used with a straight face in normal speech如果在平常說話時一本正經地用它, it它 sounds old-fashioned and a bit sugary聽起來過時又有點肉麻, and而 a listener might find it strange聽的人可能會覺得怪怪的.

It is normally plural: her long tresses, golden tresses. The singular 'a tress' does exist, but it means one lock or braid of hair — the piece you might cut off and keep — and even that is rare and old today.

It它 is is normally通常 plural用複數: her long tresses她的長髮tresses, golden tresses金色的tresses. The singular單數的 'a tress'這個字 does exist確實存在, but但 it它 means指的是 one lock or braid of hair一綹或一束頭髮 — the piece you might cut off and keep也就是你可能剪下來留著的那一撮 — and而且 even that就連這個用法 is is rare and old today如今也很少見、很老派了.

So for students: learn it as a plural word for beautiful long hair, and expect to meet it in stories, not in speech.

So所以 for students對學生來說: learn it把它學成 as a plural word for beautiful long hair指美麗長髮的複數詞, and而且 expect to meet it你會 in stories在故事裡遇到它, not in speech而不是在日常對話裡.