| 釋義 |
rib /nb; rib/ n [C] 1 any one of the 12 pairs of curved bones extending f rom the backbone round the chest to the front of the body in man, → the illus at skeleton; corresponding bone in an animal. 肋骨(參看 skeleton 之插圖); 動(dòng)物之肋骨。 .dig/poke sb in the ribs, poke him to draw his attention (good-naturedly) to sth or to show enjoyment of a joke. (善意地)觸某人之肋骨(使其注意某事物，或表示欣賞一個(gè)笑話的妙處)。 2 (of various things like ribs) vein of a leaf; mark left on sand on the sea-shore by waves; (in a wooden boat) one of the curved pieces of timber to which planks are secured; raised line in a piece of knitting; long, narrow, raised ridge on cloth; hinged rod of an umbrella-frame. (指許多類似肋骨的東西)葉脈; 波浪留于海岸沙灘上的痕蘇; (船的)肋材; 織物的棱線; 布上狹長高起的棱條; 傘架之骨。 vr (-bb-) [VP6A] 1 supply with, mark off in, ribs: 供以肋骨狀物; 以肋骨聯(lián)物標(biāo)開： ribbed cloth, having rib-Hke marks. 有棱條的布。 2 (US, colloq or sl) tease, (美, 俗或. . 俚)戲弄; 嘲笑。 |