a strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair 梳,梳子 ■[in sing.]an instance of untangling or arranging the hair with such a device (用梳子)梳发,梳理 she gave her hair a comb. 她梳了梳头发。 ■a short curved type of this device, worn by women to hold the hair in place or as an adornment 梳形头饰(短而弯曲,妇女佩戴以保持发型或作为装饰品)
something resembling a comb in function or structure, in particular 有梳子功能之物,梳状物,尤指 ■a device for separating and dressing textile fibres 精梳机 ■a row of brass points for collecting the electricity in an electrostatic generator 梳形端子板,梳形插头 ■(Austral./NZ)the lower, fixed cutting-piece of a sheep-shearing machine (澳/新西兰)剪羊毛机的梳齿,梳轮
the red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock (家禽的)肉冠(尤指鸡冠)
short for honeycomb (in sense 1) honeycomb (义项1) 的简称
verb [with obj.]
untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it 梳(发),梳理 [as adj., with submodifier combed]neatly combed hair. 梳理整齐的头发。 ■(comb something out)remove something in the hair by drawing a comb through it 梳去 she combed the burrs out of the dog's coat. 她给狗梳去毛上的刺球。 ■(comb something through)use a comb to work a conditioning or styling preparation through (the hair) 梳理,整理(头发)
prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb 精梳(羊毛、亚麻或棉)以供加工 ■[usu. as adj. combed]treat (a fabric) in such a way 精梳(织物) the socks are made of soft combed cotton. 这种短袜是用柔软的精梳棉做的。
search carefully and systematically 细查,搜寻 police combed the area for the murder weapon. 警察在这个地区仔细搜索,寻找凶器。 [no obj.]his mother combed through the cardboard boxes. 他母亲仔细查遍了那些纸板箱。
派生 comb-like adjective 语源
Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm