| 释义 |
rib1 /rib/ noun- Any of the bones that curve round and forward from the backbone
- A piece of meat containing one or more ribs
- A curved member of the side of a ship running from keel to deck
- A strengthening bar
- A rodlike structure supporting or strengthening a membrane, such as one of the greater veins of a leaf, a nervure in an insect's wing, a member supporting the fabric of an aeroplane wing or of an umbrella
- A bar of a grate (Scot)
- The shaft of a feather
- Any of the parallel supports of a bridge
- The side of a guitar, violin, etc
- A framing timber
- A purlin
- A vein of ore in a rock
- A raised band
- A prominence running in a line
- A ridge
- One of the raised lines on the spine of a book where the stitching runs across (bookbinding)
- A ridge raised in knitting, by alternating plain and purl stitches, or a similar ridge raised in weaving
- The pattern of ribs so formed (also called ribbing)
- A moulding or projecting band on a ceiling
- A wife (from Bible, Genesis 2.21–23; facetious)
transitive verb (ribbˈing; ribbed)- To provide, form, cover or enclose with ribs
- To plough with spaces between the furrows (ribˈ-plough)
ORIGIN: OE ribb rib, ribbe ribwort; Ger Rippe rib ribbed adjective - Having ribs
- Ridged
ribbˈing noun An arrangement of ribs ribbˈy adjective - Having many or prominent ribs
- Nasty, seedy, squalid (slang)
ribˈless adjective ribˈlet noun A small, narrow or shallow rib ribˈlike adjective rib bone noun A rib ribˈcage noun The enclosing wall of the chest formed by the ribs, etc rib eye or ribˈeye noun A choice cut of beefsteak, cut from the rib ribˈ-grass noun The ribwort plantain ribˈ-roast transitive verb (obsolete) To beat soundly ribˈ-roaster noun (archaic) A severe blow on the ribs rib-roastˈing noun (archaic). ribˈ-tickler noun A very funny joke or story ribˈ-tickling adjective Very funny, inclining one to laugh uproariously ribˈ-vaulting noun ribˈwork noun ribˈwort (or ribwort plantain) noun A common weed (Plantago lanceolata) with narrow, strongly ribbed leaves and short brown heads false rib One joined indirectly to the breastbone or (floating rib) not at all true rib One joined directly by its cartilage |