| 单词 | bob |
| 释义 | Word Frequency bob 1(bɒb) verbWord forms: bobs, bobbing or bobbed 1. to move or cause to move up and down repeatedly, as while floating in water 2. to move or cause to move with a short abrupt movement, as of the head 3. to make (a bow or curtsy) the little girl bobbed before the visitor 4. (intransitive; usually foll by up) to appear or emerge suddenly 5. (intr; foll by under, below, etc) to disappear suddenly, as beneath a surface 6. (intransitive; usually foll by for) to attempt to get hold (of a floating or hanging object, esp an apple) in the teeth as a game noun 7. a short abrupt movement, as of the head 8. a quick curtsy or bow 9. bell-ringing a particular set of changes 10. angling a. short for bobfloat b. the topmost fly on a cast of three, often fished bobbing at the surface c. this position on a wet-fly cast Word origin C14: of uncertain originWord Frequency bob 2(bɒb) noun 1. a hairstyle for women and children in which the hair is cut short evenly all round the head 2. a dangling or hanging object, such as the weight on a pendulum or on a plumb line 3. a polishing disc on a rotating spindle. It is usually made of felt, leather, etc, impregnated with an abrasive material 4. short for bob skate, bobsleigh 5. a runner or pair of runners on a bobsled 6. angling a small knot of worms, maggots, etc, used as bait 7. a very short line of verse at the end of a stanza or preceding a rhyming quatrain (the wheel) at the end of a stanza 8. a refrain or burden with such a short line or lines 9. a docked tail, esp of a horse 10. British dialect a hanging cluster, as of flowers or ribbons verbWord forms: bobs, bobbing or bobbed 11. (transitive) to cut (the hair) in a bob 12. (transitive) to cut short (something, esp the tail of an animal); dock or crop 13. (intransitive) to ride on a bobsled Word origin C14 bobbe bunch of flowers, perhaps of Celtic originWord Frequency bob 3(bɒb) verbWord forms: bobs, bobbing or bobbed 1. to tap or cause to tap or knock lightly (against) noun 2. a light knock; tap Word origin C13 bobben to rap, beat; see bop2Word Frequency bob 4(bɒb) nounWord forms: plural bob British (formerly) an informal word for a shilling (sense 1) Word origin C19: of unknown originWord Frequency Bob(bɒb) noun Bob's your uncle Word origin C19: perhaps from pet form of Robert |
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