| 单词 | crib |
| 释义 | crib (once / 2030 pages) 1n 2n 3nv 4n 5v A crib is a bed with high sides that babies sleep in. To crib is to cheat, like copying off someone else during an exam. How babyish! A crib is a small, cozy bed that has high sides known as slats. The slats keep the baby from falling out. To crib is different — it means to cheat, especially by copying or stealing information. If you stole an answer key to a test, you cribbed it. If you friend told you the answers to some homework, you cribbed the answers. Cribbing is dishonest. WORD FAMILYcrib: cribbed, cribbing, cribs USAGE EXAMPLESJust 14 weeks old, the malnourished infant died in a soiled crib at her home on March 15, 2015. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) “But they ain’t calling it on him at their crib.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) Teary-eyed, they clasped hands and prayed over Josue’s crib moments before nurses wheeled him to the operating room. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1 n baby bed with high sides made of slats 2Syn|Hyper cot baby bed, baby's bed a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling n a bin or granary for storing grains 3Hypo|Hyper corncrib a crib for storing and drying ears of corn bin a container; usually has a lid garner, granarya storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed 1n a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) Syn|Hyper pony, trot interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language 2v use a crib, as in an exam Hyper cheat, chisel engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud 3v take unauthorized (intellectual material) 4Hyper lift, plagiarise, plagiarize take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property 1n a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two Syn|Hyper cribbage card game, cards a game played with playing cards 2n the cards discarded by players at cribbage 5Hyper playing card one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games v line with beams or planks crib a construction hole Hyper line cover the interior of |
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