ply
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you ply someone with food or drink, you keep giving them more of it. 不断供给
Elsie, who had been told that Maria wasn't well, plied her with food. 埃尔茜听说玛丽亚身体不好，就不停地给她食物。
2. V-T If you ply someone with questions, you keep asking them questions. 盘问
Giovanni plied him with questions and comments with the deliberate intention of prolonging his stay. 乔瓦尼不停地向他问问题并发表意见，故意拖住他。
3. V to carry on, pursue, or work at (a job, trade, etc) 继续; 追求(某项事业或交易)
4. N a layer, fold, or thickness, as of cloth, wood, yarn, etc 层; 股
5. N (in combination) 层叠的; 股的
four-ply
6. V to twist together (two or more single strands) to make yarn 把(两股或多股线)捻成合股纱
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ply /plaɪ/ (plying,plied,plies)
剑桥词典
ply verb (WORK)
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]to sell or to work regularly at something, especially at a job that involves selling things
经常从事（尤指卖东西的活儿）；兜售
Fishermen in small boats ply their trade up and down the coast . 渔民们驾着小船沿着海岸兜售海鲜。
Dealers are openly plying drugs in school playgrounds . 毒品贩子公然在校园操场上兜售毒品。
The market traders were loudly plying their wares . 市场上的商贩们在高声叫卖他们的商品。
ply for business, trade, etc.
to try to get customers for your business in a public place , for example , as a taxi driver , by driving around or waiting in a regular place
招徕顾客；等生意
UK There are never any taxis plying for trade /hire in our area . 我们这一地区从来都没有出租车在这里候客。
I noticed a couple of prostitutes plying for business on the corner . 我看到拐角处有几个妓女在拉客。
ply verb (TRAVEL)
[ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 后面必须接副词或介词的动词, 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ] old-fashionedWhen a boat , train , bus , etc. plies a particular route , it makes that journey regularly .
定期往返（于）
High-speed trains regularly ply between Paris and Lyons. 高速列车定期往返于巴黎和里昂之间。
This airline has been plying the transatlantic route for many years . 这家航空公司经营跨大西洋航线已经很多年了。