[N-COUNT 可数名词]梳子 A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
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[VERB 动词]梳理(头发) When you comb your hair, you tidy it using a comb.
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Salvatore combed his hair carefully...
萨尔瓦托认真地梳了梳头。
Her reddish hair was cut short and neatly combed.
她淡红色的头发剪得短短的,梳得很整齐。
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[VERB 动词]在…四处搜寻 If you comb a place, you search everywhere in it in order to find someone or something.
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Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon...
警察在树林里四处搜寻凶器。
They fanned out and carefully combed the temple grounds.
他们呈扇形散开,在寺庙周围仔细搜寻。
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[VERB 动词]在(信息)中仔细搜寻 If you comb through information, you look at it very carefully in order to find something.
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Eight policemen then spent two years combing through the evidence.
之后8位警察花了两年时间搜寻证据。
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See also:
fine-tooth comb
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comb/kəʊm; NAmEkoʊm/
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combcombscombedcombingnoun _toiletries_bathroom_comp.jpg _comb.jpg 1[countable ]a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth along one side, used for making your hair neat; a smaller version of this worn by women in their hair to hold it in place or as a decoration 梳子;篦子;压发梳2[countable , usually singular ]the act of using a combon your hair 梳理(头发)◆Your hair needs a good comb.你的头发得好好梳理一下。3[countable , uncountable ]=
honeycomb
4[countable ]the soft, red piece of flesh on the head of a male chicken (公鸡的)鸡冠IDIOMsee
fine-tooth comb
verb1[transitive ]combsth to pull a combthrough your hair in order to make it neat 梳,梳理(头发)◆Don't forget to comb your hair!别忘了梳一下头发!◆Her hair was neatly combed back.她的头发整齐地梳到后面。2[transitive , intransitive ]to search sth carefully in order to find sb/sth 仔细搜索;搜寻SYN
scour
combsth ◆I combed the shops looking for something to wear.我跑遍商店寻找可穿的东西。combsth for sb/sth ◆The police combed the area for clues.警察彻底搜索了那个地区以寻找线索。combthrough sth (for sb/sth) ◆They combed through the files for evidence of fraud.他们查遍档案搜寻欺诈的证据。3[transitive ]combsth ( technical 术语) to make wool, cotton, etc. clean and straight using a special combso that it can be used to make cloth 梳理(羊毛、棉花等)PHRASAL VERBˌcomb sth↔ˈoutto pull a combthrough hair in order to make it neat or to remove knots from it 梳整;梳去(发结)comb/kəʊm; NAmEkoʊm/
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comb1 noun
comb2 verb
combcomb1 /kəʊm $ koʊm/ ●●●S3 noun
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1comb (1) [countable] a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair tidy → brush2[countable] a small flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for keeping your hair back or for decoration3[singular] if you give your hair a comb, you make it tidy using a comb: Your hair needs a good comb.4[countable] the red piece of flesh that grows on top of a male chicken’s head5[countable] a honeycomb →
fine-tooth comb
comb1 noun
comb2 verb
combcomb2 ●●●S3 verb [transitive]
Verb Table
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1to make hair look tidy using a comb: Melanie ran upstairs to comb her hair.2to search a place thoroughlycomb something for somebody/something Police are still combing the woods for the missing boy.comb out phrasal verbto use a comb to make untidy hair look smooth and tidy: She sat combing out her hair in front of the kitchen mirror.comb through phrasal verbto search through a lot of objects or information in order to find a specific thing or piece of information: We spent weeks combing through huge piles of old documents.
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