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
[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
perform an opening ceremony, typically by formally cutting a ribbon across the entrance to somewhere 剪彩
cut (或 tear) something to ribbons
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
early 16th cent.: variant of riband. The French spelling ruban was also frequent in the 16th–18th cents