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From the word’s history

From Middle English rib, from Old English ribb 'rib'; cognate with German Rippe.

源自古英文 ribb「肋骨」，和德文 Rippe 同源。

Wiktionary

One of the curved bones that arch out from your spine and come round the front of your chest. You can feel them with your fingers: a row of firm, evenly spaced curves, each one on its own but all working together to hold a hollow space open — the space where your heart and lungs sit. A useful way to picture the word is that curved bar in a row of curved bars, holding a shape open from the inside.

從脊椎往前彎出來、一根一根排在胸口兩側的弧形骨頭。你用手指按下去就摸得到，一根一根間隔差不多，每根都是獨立的一條，可是合起來就圍出一個籠子，把心臟和肺撐在裡面、不讓它被壓扁。所以 rib 這個字裡通常同時有三件事：彎的、一根一根並排的、以及從裡面把形狀撐開的。之後不管講的是烤肉攤上的排骨、船身的肋材、還是雨傘裡的骨架，抓住這個畫面就都通了。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

同家族的字

n ribs

v ribbed ribbed ribbing ribs

意思相近

rib boneframeteasespare ribssupportkidrack of ribsstrutjoshsparjoke withpoke fun at

意思相反

praisecompliment

原始詞典資料22 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

RIBnoun

  • 1

    routing information base

ribnoun詞源 1/ɹɪb/

  • 1

    anatomymedicinesciencesAny of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

    • On an early winter afternoon, clear but not cold, when the vegetable world was a weird multitude of skeletons through whose ribs the sun shone freely, a gleaming landau came to a pause on the crest of a hill in Wessex.
  • 2

    A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

    • a broken rib on the umbrella
  • 3

    A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

  • 4

    nauticaltransportAny of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.

  • 5

    aeronauticsaerospacebusinessAny of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.

  • 6

    architectureA long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

  • 7

    engineeringfirearmsgovernmentA strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.

  • 8

    businessknittingmanufacturingA raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.

另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.

  • 10

    A teasing joke.

  • 11

    A single strand of hair.

  • 12

    A stalk of celery.

  • 13

    archaicliteraryA wife or woman.

    • 'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'

ribverb詞源 1/ɹɪb/

  • 1

    To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.

  • 2

    To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

    • He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.
    • Mr. Musk, who wore a suit and tie to Thursday’s meeting instead of his usual T-shirt after Mr. Trump publicly ribbed him about his sloppy appearance, defended himself by saying that he had three companies with a market cap of tens of billions of dollars, and that his results spoke for themselves.
  • 3

    To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

    • It [lead] were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
  • 4

    To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

ribnoun詞源 2/ɹɪb/

  • 1

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesHound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).

  • 2

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesCostmary (Tanacetum balsamita).

  • 3

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesWatercress (Nasturtium officinale).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • rigid inflatable boat

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