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单词 fine-tooth comb
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Definition of fine-tooth comb in English:

fine-tooth comb

(also fine-toothed comb)
noun
  • 1A comb with narrow teeth that are close together.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nit combs are fine-toothed combs which can remove the tiny eggs laid by lice.
    • A fine-tooth comb also works very well, especially on cats.
    • Comb gel through with a fine-toothed comb and let hair dry naturally.
    • The National Pediculosis Association recommends removal of lice with a fine-toothed comb rather than using chemical preparations.
    • The simplest nonchemical lice cure is mechanical: Manually remove lice by combing the hair of the infested child with a fine-toothed comb.
    • Roxie chirped, running a fine-toothed comb through her silky blonde hair.
    • Honey bees, when plagued by tiny tracheal mites, will use their legs like a fine-tooth comb to rid themselves of the life-threatening parasites.
    • The princess was presently bringing an ivory fine-toothed comb through her long hair as she looked at her refection in the mirror.
    1. 1.1in singular Used with reference to a very thorough search or analysis of something.
      they went through the house with a fine-tooth comb
      See also toothcomb
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He and I looked over the modem with a fine-tooth comb, and could find nothing that looked like a button.
      • It might contain an underlying message that overrides careful analysis discoverable only by the few who go through it with a fine-tooth comb.
      • It just shows you, kids, don't ever sign a statement if you haven't been through it with a fine-tooth comb.
      • The thing was to discover what they wanted to write, and then go through each poem with a fine-tooth comb to try to help them improve it.
      • The planners' report goes over the city's Official Plan with a fine-tooth comb to discover numerous reasons why this kind of development is inappropriate for the neighbourhood and inconsistent with all the city's planning intentions.
      • They'll go over it with a fine-tooth comb and find every area that looks unusual - burning, breakage, that kind of thing - to try to help determine what the primary cause was.
      • ‘I've been through their manufacturing products with a fine-tooth comb, and they're not bad at all,’ he says.
      • That's why you have to really go through your contract with a fine-tooth comb.
      • Lawyers are going through the proposals - in a document 70 or 80 pages long - with a fine-toothed comb.
      • Tomorrow I shall go over all my outgoings with a fine-tooth comb, looking for other savings.
      • ‘We have thousands of contracts, all of which were set up at a different time and in a different way, so it meant going through each one with a fine-toothed comb,’ Nish says.
      • ‘It's my fault for not going through it with a fine-tooth comb,’ Wells observed.
      • All of their marketing strategies for the coming year will have to be gone through with a fine-tooth comb, and most of them will have to be scrapped.
      • It's going to be examining every piece of software with a fine-tooth comb.
      • The Department of Arts has gone through it with a fine-tooth comb and it is absolutely justified.
      • So I wrote to assure them that I had raked over every lyric with a fine-toothed comb, and that I was only doing songs that I felt I could do.
      • We will be going through the proposed plans with a fine-toothed comb to make the best we can of it, looking for ways to mitigate the impact of the road.
 
 

Definition of fine-tooth comb in US English:

fine-tooth comb

(also fine-toothed comb)
nounˈˌfīn ˌto͞oTH ˈˌkōmˈˌfaɪn ˌtuθ ˈˌkoʊm
  • 1A comb with narrow teeth that are close together.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The National Pediculosis Association recommends removal of lice with a fine-toothed comb rather than using chemical preparations.
    • Comb gel through with a fine-toothed comb and let hair dry naturally.
    • Roxie chirped, running a fine-toothed comb through her silky blonde hair.
    • The princess was presently bringing an ivory fine-toothed comb through her long hair as she looked at her refection in the mirror.
    • Honey bees, when plagued by tiny tracheal mites, will use their legs like a fine-tooth comb to rid themselves of the life-threatening parasites.
    • A fine-tooth comb also works very well, especially on cats.
    • Nit combs are fine-toothed combs which can remove the tiny eggs laid by lice.
    • The simplest nonchemical lice cure is mechanical: Manually remove lice by combing the hair of the infested child with a fine-toothed comb.
    1. 1.1in singular Used with reference to a very thorough search or analysis of something.
      you should check the small print with a fine-tooth comb
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It might contain an underlying message that overrides careful analysis discoverable only by the few who go through it with a fine-tooth comb.
      • The Department of Arts has gone through it with a fine-tooth comb and it is absolutely justified.
      • The thing was to discover what they wanted to write, and then go through each poem with a fine-tooth comb to try to help them improve it.
      • We will be going through the proposed plans with a fine-toothed comb to make the best we can of it, looking for ways to mitigate the impact of the road.
      • ‘I've been through their manufacturing products with a fine-tooth comb, and they're not bad at all,’ he says.
      • ‘We have thousands of contracts, all of which were set up at a different time and in a different way, so it meant going through each one with a fine-toothed comb,’ Nish says.
      • It just shows you, kids, don't ever sign a statement if you haven't been through it with a fine-tooth comb.
      • So I wrote to assure them that I had raked over every lyric with a fine-toothed comb, and that I was only doing songs that I felt I could do.
      • The planners' report goes over the city's Official Plan with a fine-tooth comb to discover numerous reasons why this kind of development is inappropriate for the neighbourhood and inconsistent with all the city's planning intentions.
      • They'll go over it with a fine-tooth comb and find every area that looks unusual - burning, breakage, that kind of thing - to try to help determine what the primary cause was.
      • ‘It's my fault for not going through it with a fine-tooth comb,’ Wells observed.
      • Lawyers are going through the proposals - in a document 70 or 80 pages long - with a fine-toothed comb.
      • It's going to be examining every piece of software with a fine-tooth comb.
      • He and I looked over the modem with a fine-tooth comb, and could find nothing that looked like a button.
      • Tomorrow I shall go over all my outgoings with a fine-tooth comb, looking for other savings.
      • That's why you have to really go through your contract with a fine-tooth comb.
      • All of their marketing strategies for the coming year will have to be gone through with a fine-tooth comb, and most of them will have to be scrapped.
 
 
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