crib

crib
noun

(chiefly N. Amer.)a child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot
(主北美)有围栏的童床
■a barred container or rack for animal fodder: a manger
饲料槽；（牲口的）食槽
■(Brit.)a model of the Nativity of Christ, with a manger as a bed
(英)基督诞生塑像（基督以马槽为床）
(informal)a translation of a text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way
(非正式)（尤指学生作弊使用的）对照译文
an English crib of Caesar's Gallic Wars.
《恺撒的高卢战争》的英译本。
■a thing that has been plagiarized
抄袭物；剽窃物
is the song a crib from Mozart's ‘Don Giovanni’?.
这首歌是不是剽窃了莫扎特的《唐乔瓦尼》。
(informal, chiefly N. Amer.)an apartment or house
(非正式，主北美)公寓；房屋
[mass noun]. short for cribbage
cribbage 的简称
■[count noun]the cards discarded by the players at cribbage, counting to the dealer
克里比奇牌戏中玩牌者扔掉的牌，合计为发牌者的牌
(亦作 cribwork)a heavy timber framework used in foundations for a building or to line a mineshaft
（建筑物或竖井的）木基架
(Austral./NZ)a light meal; a snack
(澳／新西兰)简单饭菜；快餐；小吃

(cribbed, cribbing)
[with obj.]

(informal)copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement
(非正式)抄袭；剽窃
he was doing an exam and didn't want anybody to crib the answers from him.
他在做试卷并且不希望别人抄袭他的答案。
[no obj.]he often cribbed from other researchers.
他经常剽窃他人研究成果。
■(archaic)steal
(古)偷窃
(archaic)restrain
(古)束缚；限制；抑制
he had been so cabined, cribbed, and confined by office.
他被公务牢牢地束缚着。
(Brit. dated)grumble
(英，旧)抱怨；发牢骚

派生
cribber
noun
语源

Old English (in the sense 'manger'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krib, kribbe and German Krippe

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