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permanent wave

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌpermanent ˈwave noun [countable] old-fashioned  DCBa perm1 烫发
Examples from the Corpus
permanent waveA Antibiotics in your system can affect a permanent wave, giving poor or no results at all.The new space has been gradually transformed from a place of permanent wave to culinary rave.The same narrow, lined face, the same grey eyes, the same grey hair with the same permanent wave.
ˌpermanent ˈwave nounChineseSyllable
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permanent wave
ˌpermanent ˈwave noun [countable] old-fashioned
a perm1


permanent waveBrE /ˌpɜːmənənt ˈweɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpɜːrmənənt ˈweɪv/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) = perm