comb
noun
verb
kəʊm noun
1 a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair tidy 梳子; C
2 a small flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for keeping your hair back or for decoration 〔将头发固定于脑后或作装饰用的〕梳状饰物,发卡 C
3 if you give your hair a comb, you make it tidy using a comb 梳理 singular 单数
Your hair needs a good comb.
你的头发需要好好梳理一下。
4 the red piece of flesh that grows on top of a male chicken’s head 〔公鸡的〕鸡冠,肉冠 C
5 a HONEYCOMB 蜂巢 C
verb
6 to make hair look tidy using a comb 梳,梳理
Melanie ran upstairs to comb her hair .
梅拉妮跑上楼去梳头发。
7 to search a place thoroughly 彻底搜寻,四处搜查
comb sth for sb/sth
Police are still combing the woods for the missing boy.
警方仍在树林里搜查,寻找那名失踪的男孩。
8 to use a comb to make untidy hair look smooth and tidy 梳理〔头发、毛发等〕
She sat combing out her hair in front of the kitchen mirror.
她坐在厨房镜子前梳头发。
9 to search through a lot of objects or information in order to find a specific thing or piece of information 〔在大量物件、信息中〕仔细搜寻
We spent weeks combing through huge piles of old documents.
我们在大堆大堆的旧文件里仔细翻找了好几个星期。