1960, from dread + locks (see lock (n.2)). The style supposedly based on that of East African warriors. So called from the dread they presumably aroused in beholders, but Rastafarian dread (1974) also has a sense of "fear of the Lord," expressed in part as alienation from contemporary society.
实用例句
1. He was turned down for a driving job when he refused to cut his dreadlocks.
他拒绝剪掉他的“骇人”长发绺，所以没能谋到开车的差事。来自柯林斯例句
2. The American comedy actress Whoopi Goldberg is all voice dreadlocks and teeth.
