ribbon

ribbon
noun
  1. a long, narrow strip of fabric, used especially for tying something or for decoration
    (尤指用于捆扎或装饰)缎带,丝带
    the tiny pink ribbons in her hair.
    扎在她头发上的粉红色小缎带结。
    [mass noun]cut four lengths of ribbon.
    剪下四段缎带。
    ■a strip of fabric of a special colour or design awarded as a prize or worn to indicate the holding of an honour, especially a small multicoloured piece of ribbon worn in place of the medal it represents
    绶带,饰带(尤指代替勋章佩带的彩色小勋带)
    ■(ribbons)(figurative)prizes; honours
    (喻)奖品,荣誉
    in the Silk Cup trophy class Mullins stayed in the ribbons.
    在丝绸杯中,夺杯呼声很高的马林斯队再次捧走了奖杯。
    ■a long, narrow strip of something
    细长条状物
    slice the peppers into ribbons lengthways.
    把辣椒纵切成细长条。
    ■a narrow band of impregnated material wound on a spool and forming the inking agent in some typewriters and computer printers
    (打字机和电脑打印机)色带
verb
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of direction]extend or move in a long narrow strip like a ribbon
    成带状延伸(或运动)
    miles of concrete ribboned behind the bus.
    公交车后数英里长的混凝土路如丝带似的绵绵延伸。
常用词组
cut a (或 the) ribbon
  1. perform an opening ceremony, typically by formally cutting a ribbon across the entrance to somewhere
    剪彩
cut (或 tear) something to ribbons
  1. cut (or tear) something so badly that only ragged strips remain
    把…剪(或撕扯)成碎片
    ■(figurative)damage something severely
    (喻)严重破坏
    the country has seen its economy torn to ribbons by recession.
    经济衰退严重破坏了这个国家的经济。
派生
ribboned
adjective
语源
  1. early 16th cent.: variant of riband. The French spelling ruban was also frequent in the 16th–18th cents
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