喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a row of thin teeth set side by side, drawn through hair so that every strand is passed over and nothing is missed. Two things come out of that picture: things shaped like a row of teeth or cells, and the idea of going over every part of something.

可以想成：一排細細的齒並排著，從頭髮裡拉過去，每一根髮絲都被走過一遍，沒有漏掉的。這幅畫面往兩邊長：一邊是「長得像那…更多收起可以想成：一排細細的齒並排著，從頭髮裡拉過去，每一根髮絲都被走過一遍，沒有漏掉的。這幅畫面往兩邊長：一邊是「長得像那排齒或那種格子」的東西，一邊是「每一處都走過一遍」的意思。

From the picture

長得像梳齒的東西

借用的是形狀：一排整齊排列的凸起或格子，看起來就像梳子的齒。

rooster's comb · noun · A2

The red piece of flesh on top of a rooster's head.

雞冠

每一處都走過一遍

借用的是動作：梳子拉過去時，每一根頭髮都被走過；把這個徹底感搬到搜尋上，就是一寸一寸找過去。

search thoroughly · verb · A2

to search a place very carefully and thoroughly.

搜遍；徹底搜查

Also in this word

hair comb · noun · A2

a flat tool of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth, used to make hair tidy.

梳子

comb hair · verb · A2

To pull a comb through hair to make it tidy.

梳；梳理

decorative hair comb · noun · A2

a small flat piece of plastic or metal with teeth, worn in the hair to hold it back or as decoration.

髮梳；壓髮梳

a quick combing · noun · A2

an act of making your hair tidy with a comb.

梳理；梳一下

原始詞典資料28 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

combnoun詞源 1/kəʊm/

  • 1

    A toothed implement:

    • There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…].
  • 2

    A toothed implement:

  • 3

    A toothed implement:

  • 4

    A toothed implement:

  • 5

    A toothed implement:

  • 6

    A toothed implement:

  • 7

    A toothed implement:

  • 8

    businessmanufacturingtextilesA toothed implement:

另外 12 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A toothed implement:

  • 10

    A toothed implement:

    • Ctenophores are mostly planktonic creatures about the size and shape of a kiwi fruit or grape, bearing rows of beating "combs."
  • 11

    A crest:

    • I also obtained here a specimen of the rare green jungle-fowl (Gallus furcatus), whose back and neck are beautifully scaled with bronzy feathers, and whose smooth-edged oval comb is of a violet purple colour, changing to green at the base.
  • 12

    A crest:

    • The head-dress of the Horse Grenadiers consists of a peculiar leather helmet with a comb of bear's skin passing over it from ear to ear and a long scarlet […]
    • The armet has usually a low central cabled comb with parallel flutes on either side, occasionally there are three or five combs.
  • 13

    A crest:

  • 14

    A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.

    • The combs of the wild bees are found on overhanging precipices, and the only means by which they can be reached is to descend from above on narrow cane ladders just wide enough for a man’s foot, and often 300 feet to 400 feet long.
  • 15

    entertainmentlifestylemusicThe main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.

  • 16

    A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.

  • 17

    An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.

    • But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk.
  • 18

    The curling crest of a wave; a comber.

  • 19

    algebraic-geometrygeometrymathematicsA connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.

  • 20

    obsoletebusinessminingA kind of vertical plate in a lode.

combverb詞源 1/kəʊm/

  • 1

    Especially of hair or fur, to groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.

    • I like the way you comb your hair / And I like those stylish clothes you wear / It's just the little things you do / That show how much you really care
  • 2

    To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

  • 3

    To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

    • Police combed the field for evidence after the assault.
  • 4

    nauticaltransportTo roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

  • 5

    governmentmilitarynavalTo turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target.

    • The aircraft split up so as to attack from different, preselected bearings, thus confusing the gunners and making it difficult for the ship to comb torpedo tracks.
    • Sixteen torpedo bombers divided their attention between the two ships. Repulse combed the torpedo wakes and knocked down two of the attackers.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。