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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

barber ['bɒːbər]
  1. 1. noun [c] (person) 男理发师
  2. 2. noun [BRIT] barber's (shop) 男子理发店[美 = barber shop]

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

barber [ˈbɑːrbər]
  1. 1. n.[c] 理发师
    Men are queuing up at the barber to have their eyebrows trimmed.
    一群男人排队等候理发师他们修眉
  2. 2. noun [People] Samuel Barber 塞缪尔·巴伯(1910-1981),美国作曲家
  3. 3. verb 理发,给……理发或刮胡须
    I barbered to make a few bucks in school.
    我在学校理发,以此方式来挣几个钱儿。

Collins English-English Dictionary

barber ['bɒːbə]
  1. 1. n a person whose business is cutting men's hair and shaving or trimming beards
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to cut the hair of
  3. 3. vt. to shave or trim the beard of
  4. 4. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French barbeor, from barbe beard, from Latin barba

Examples

The barber gave my hair a quick trim and I liked it.
理发师很快剪好了我的头发,我很喜欢那个发型。
The barber trimmed off his hair.
理发师修剪了他的头发。
He asked the barber to shorten his bangs, he didn't want to look like a doll.
他要求理发师把他的刘海儿式的额前头发剪短,他不想让自己看上去像个洋娃娃。
The barber gave him a good cut.
理发师给他剪了个好发型。
The barber did a real job on my hair.
那位理发师把我的发型弄坏了。
以前他当过理发员。
He used to be a barber.
理发师在胡同中敲着唤头招揽生意。
The barber was tinkling the metal to canvass for business.
理发店组织一些发型师为老人免费剪发。
The barber shop sends a few barbers to cut the hair of old people for free.

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