音标:英 /kəʊm/,美 /koʊm/
梳子:用于整理头发的工具。例如:We use a comb to tidy our hair.(我们用梳子梳理头发。)
鸡冠;鸡冠状物体:公鸡头部的红色肉质突起,或类似形状的结构。例如:The cap of a jester is decorated to resemble the comb of a rooster.(小丑的帽子装饰得像公鸡的肉冠。)
蜂房:蜜蜂储存蜂蜜的六边形结构。
梳理动作:用梳子整理毛发的行为。例如:My hair needs a good comb.(我的头发需要好好梳理。)
梳理(毛发):用梳子整理头发或动物毛发。例如:Don't forget to comb your hair before you go out!(出门前别忘了梳头!)
彻底搜寻:全面、仔细地搜索某个区域或物品。例如:The police combed the area for clues.(警察彻底搜查该区域寻找线索。)
名词复数:combs
动词第三人称单数:combs
现在分词:combing
过去式/过去分词:combed
comb out
梳理毛发:She combed out her long hair.(她梳理了长发。)
彻底搜查:They combed out the forest for the lost child.(他们仔细搜索森林寻找迷路的孩子。)
挑选;精简:She was trying to comb some useful things out of the tangle.(她试图从乱糟糟的东西里挑出有用之物。)
go over with a fine-tooth comb:仔细检查,彻底搜查。例如:They combed through the files for evidence of fraud.(他们仔细查阅档案寻找欺诈证据。)
cut sb.'s comb:挫某人的锐气,使收敛。例如:He is too arrogant, and we must cut his comb.(他太狂妄了,我们必须杀杀他的威风。)
名词用法:
Her hands were cold and shaky when she began to ... run a comb through her hair.(她开始梳头时,双手冰冷发抖。)
Shape of Chinese map is a cock crowing, and Mohe River is red comb of the cock.(中国地图的形状像一只报晓的雄鸡,漠河就是这只雄鸡的红冠。)
动词用法:
We're combing the streets with all available units.(我们正派所有小队沿街搜索。)
She combed her past for anecdotes that make those points.(她梳理往事以寻找支持那些观点的轶事。)
发音注意:单词中的“b”不发音,如“The 'b' in 'comb' is not sounded.”(comb中的“b”不发音。)
行业术语:在纺织或机械领域,comb可指“精梳机”“梳状工具”,如“doffer comb”(道夫斩刀),“electric comb”(电梳)。
名词:cockscomb(鸡冠)、honeycomb(蜂巢)
动词:search(搜索)、ransack(彻底搜查)
梳理头发时用comb,搜寻线索时也用comb——一个单词连接着日常细节与严谨行动。你还能想到哪些含comb的场景?