Comb
[kəʊm] or [kom]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of drawing a comb through hair; 'his hair needed a comb'.
(noun.) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.
(noun.) ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore.
(noun.) a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair.
(noun.) any of several tools for straightening fibers.
(verb.) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; 'comb your hair before dinner'; 'comb the wool'.
(verb.) search thoroughly; 'They combed the area for the missing child'.
(verb.) straighten with a comb; 'comb your hair'.
編輯:纳内特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
(n.) An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.
(n.) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.
(n.) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.
(n.) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.
(n.) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
(n.) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
(n.) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
(n.) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.
(n.) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.
(n.) The curling crest of a wave.
(n.) The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.
(n.) The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.
(v. t.) To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.
(n.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
(n.) Alt. of Combe
(n.) A dry measure. See Coomb.
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解釋/意思:
n. a toothed instrument for separating and cleaning hair wool flax &c.: the crest of a cock: the top or crest of a wave or of a hill: an aggregation of cells for honey.—v.t. to separate arrange or clean by means of a comb: to dress with a comb: (Shak.) to beat.—v.i. to break with a white foam as the top of a wave.—adj. Combed.—n. Comb′er one who or that which combs wool &c.—n.pl. Comb′ings hairs combed off.—adjs. Comb′less (Shak.) without a comb; Comb′wise; Comb′y.—n. Crop′-comb a semicircular comb worn by girls.—Comb off to remove.
手打:奥斯伯特
例句/造句/用法:
- By the above singular manner of building, strength is continually given to the comb, with the utmost ultimate economy of wax. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The Story in a Honey-Comb[12] 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The brush being dipped into the coloured matter, the comb is passed over the brush in such manner as to cause the paint to spatter the object with fine drops or particles. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- There were the means of washing in the room, and a comb and brush to smooth my hair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- One night last summer he glared at me like Famine and Sword, and it made me feel so low that I didn't comb out my few hairs for two days. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- In our poultry, a large tuft of feathers on the head is generally accompanied by a diminished comb, and a large beard by diminished wattles. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The bow is ornamented with a steel comb with a battle-ax attachment which threatens to cut passing boats in two occasionally, but never does. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- This combed out the matted tow of the hemp into clean, straight fiber. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- But she washed her face and hands in hot water, and combed her hair--that was a blessing. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- If you had only settled down and married Joe Pouch's widow when he died in North America, SHE'D have combed your hair for you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I washed, combed my hair and we went down the stairs. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The master himself was a man of about forty, with black hair, and carefully combed whiskers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- They grow on this road, Meg, so do combs and brown straw hats. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Thirdly, that little man in St. James' Street, who sells box-combs, I forget his name, cut her hair at least an inch too short on the forehead. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- There are patents for belts without number, for electric gloves, rings, bracelets, necklaces, trusses, corsets, shoes, hats, combs, brushes, chairs, couches, and blankets. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- When we left the Azores, we wore awful capotes and used fine tooth combs--successfully. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Cleverly do they extract the sweet juices of flowers to fill the emptiness of many-celled combs. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The whole array of toilet articles, including combs, brushes, mirrors, shoe horns, etc. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He put the tray with the breakfast and the letter on the dressing-table, before which Becky sat combing her yellow hair. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She recommenced combing her hair, long as a mermaid's. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Originally this was done by combing it with teasles, a sort of dried burr of vegetable growth, having a multitude of fine hook-shaped points. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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