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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

comb [kəum]
  1. 1. noun [c] 梳子
  2. 2. vt. [+hair] 梳理
  3. 3. vt. [+area] (search) 彻底搜寻

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

comb [kom] [kəum]
  1. 1. noun （硬橡胶、塑料、金属等制的）梳子，篦
    I prefer combs made from natural materials as they are better for the hair.
    我还是喜欢天然材料制成的梳子，他们对头发更有益。
    When I was a little girl, my mother combed my hair.
    我还是个小女孩时，母亲会替我梳头。
  2. 2. noun 马梳，马栉子
  3. 3. noun [textile] 精梳机
  4. 4. noun [zoology] （公鸡的）鸡冠，肉冠
    We combed the entire room but weren't able to find my earring.
    我们找遍了整个屋子，但还是没能找到耳环。
  5. 5. noun 鸡冠状物（如盔上的羽毛饰）
  6. 6. noun （蜂）巢脾；蜂房
  7. 7. vt. [textile] （用梳）梳（发）；（用马梳）梳理，刷拭（畜体）；精梳
  8. 8. vt. 梳掉，梳去；把…清除掉，清除（不需要的人或物）；使分离，使分开（常与out连用）
  9. 9. vt. 彻底搜查，彻底清查；四处察看
    to comb a house for a missing book
    在屋子里到处寻找一本丢失的书
    A rooster's comb is shiny red.
    公鸡的鸡冠子颜色鲜红。
  10. 10. vi. [American English] （鸡冠形浪头）涌起，卷起

Collins English-English Dictionary

comb [kəυm]
  1. 1. n a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair
  2. 2. n a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc
  3. 3. n [Austral and NZ] the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine
  4. 4. n anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function
  5. 5. n the fleshy deeply serrated outgrowth on the top of the heads of certain birds, esp the domestic fowl
  6. 6. n anything resembling the comb of a bird
  7. 7. n a currycomb
  8. 8. n a honeycomb
  9. 9. n the row of fused cilia in a ctenophore
  10. 10. vt. [tr] to use a comb on
  11. 11. vt. [when tr, often foll by through] to search or inspect with great care
    the police combed the woods
  12. 12. vt. See also comb out
  13. 13. vt. [Etymology] Old English camb; related to Old Norse kambr, Old High German camb
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Examples

to comb a house for a missing book
在屋子里到处寻找一本丢失的书 → comb
to take a comb from the pocket
从口袋拿出一把梳子 → from
to pass a comb through one's hair
用梳子梳(某人)的头发 → pass
She raked a comb through her hair.
她用梳子梳理头发。 → rake
My friend went to China and brought me back a beautiful comb.
我的朋友去了中国，给我带回了一个漂亮的梳子。
A rooster's comb is shiny red.
公鸡的鸡冠子颜色鲜红。 → comb
the tooth of a comb → tooth
a tortoiseshell comb → tortoiseshell
梳齿都断了, 但我还是愿意留着这把梳子, 因为它对我来说有特别的意义。
The teeth of the comb are all broken, but I still want to save the comb, because it has some special meaning to me. → 梳齿
这把梳子是化学的。
This comb is made from celluloid. → 化学
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