🇬🇧🇨🇳 ponytail - 马尾辫 : English Lesson

Meaning of "ponytail" ("马尾辫"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A ponytail is a hairstyle where someone gathers their long hair together, usually at the back of their head, and ties it with a hair band so the hair sticks out and hangs down, looking like the tail of a pony or horse. Ponytails can be high, low, or on the side, and people often wear them to keep hair out of their face when playing, running, or doing sports.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I tried a super high ponytail and suddenly I was three inches taller and ten times more dramatic.

I put my hair in a tight ponytail, and my forehead said, “Hello world, I’m huge!”

My ponytail was bouncing so much in gym class it deserved a participation trophy.

I tried a side ponytail and instantly looked like I time-traveled from a very silly decade.

The hairstyle called a ponytail is named that because it really does look like the swishy tail of a pony.

She tied her hair into a neat ponytail, the ponytail swinging like a horse’s tail as she ran. A child reached up to touch the ponytail and laughed when it bounced. At school a teacher tucked a loose strand behind the ponytail. By afternoon the ponytail was messy, but she smiled and fixed it.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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