单词 | crib |
释义 | Word Frequency crib(krɪb) noun 1. a child's bed with slatted wooden sides; cot 2. a cattle stall or pen 3. a fodder rack or manger 4. a bin or granary for storing grain, etc 5. a small crude cottage or room 6. US informal a house or residence 7. New Zealand a weekend cottage: term is South Island usage only 8. any small confined space 9. informal a brothel 10. a wicker basket 11. a representation of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid at birth 12. informal a theft, esp of another's writing or thoughts 13. Also called (esp US): pony informal, mainly British a translation of a foreign text or a list of answers used by students, often illicitly, as an aid in lessons, examinations, etc 14. short for cribbage 15. cribbage the discard pile 16. Also called: cribwork a framework of heavy timbers laid in layers at right angles to one another, used in the construction of foundations, mines, etc 17. a storage area for floating logs contained by booms 18. Australian and New Zealand a packed lunch taken to work verbWord forms: cribs, cribbing or cribbed 19. (transitive) to put or enclose in or as if in a crib; furnish with a crib 20. (transitive) informal to steal (another's writings or thoughts) 21. (intransitive) informal to copy either from a crib or from someone else during a lesson or examination 22. (transitive) to line (a construction hole) with timber beams, logs, or planks 23. (intransitive) informal to grumble Derived forms cribber (ˈcribber) noun Word origin Old English cribb; related to Old Saxon kribbia, Old High German krippa; compare Middle High German krēbe basket |
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