Definition of comb in English:

comb

noun kəʊmkoʊm

1A strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.
梳，梳子
Example sentencesExamples
- She stood behind her mother, ivory comb in hand, brushing through the voluminous red hair.
- I dressed quickly in the clothes set out and I ran a wooden comb through my long dark hair.
- He took out his pocket comb and ran it through his thinning hair.
- Try coating the hair with mineral oil and using a special nit comb to remove them more easily.
- After breaking another tooth off of my comb, I realized that my hair was the boss.
- This involves lifting the hair with a metal comb and burning off the ends with a lighted taper.
- I ran a comb through my own hair and stared dejectedly at my reflection.
- Towel dry the hair and use a wide toothed comb or pick to untangle.
- I took the fine toothed comb and skimmed my hair.
- Otherwise, find a comb with very fine teeth: the space between the teeth of the comb should be no more than 0.3 mm.
- Grimacing, she pulled the comb through her tangled mass of long brown hair.
- Use a wide toothed comb to distribute the mixture through the hair.
- Sighing, I grabbed a comb and began untangling the knots in my black hair.
- However, combing through the hair with a louse comb and examining the teeth of the comb for living lice detects more cases than direct visualization alone.
- He stumbled to the bathroom, brushed his teeth, and ran a wet comb through his hair.
- I quickly brushed my teeth and ran a comb through my hair.
- Some kind of comb was dragged through my hair, leaving a burning path along my scalp.
- I stood in the mirror, dragging the comb through my neatly trimmed hair.
- She pulled a comb out of her pocket and started to brush my hair.
- A man looked at him through a mirror in the bathroom, comb in hand.
1. 1.1in singular An act of untangling or arranging the hair with comb.
  （用梳子）梳发，梳理
  she gave her hair a comb
  她梳了梳头发。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Giving my hair a quick comb through with my fingers I turned around to see that the door was open.
  With a quick comb of her hair, and the applying of a light coat of make-up and a flowery fragrance, she was out the door.
  I've taken to wearing baseball caps instead of having a slight comb in the morning.
2. 1.2 A short curved type of comb, worn by women to hold the hair in place or as an ornament.
  梳形头饰（短而弯曲，妇女佩戴以保持发型或作为装饰品）
  her hair was held back with two tortoiseshell combs
  Example sentencesExamples
  Besides the explosion of headbands and jeweled hair combs, watch for a continual rise in the popularity of all types of silk and couture hair flowers.
  He was going to curl my short auburn hair and put it up in combs so the ringlets would lay all over the place.
  Adorn your new curls with your favorite accessories such as headbands, jeweled side combs or similar.
  Soak hair-care items like combs, barrettes, hair ties or bands, headbands, and brushes in rubbing alcohol or medicated shampoo for 1 hour.
  He slowly reached up his hand to brush away the wet hair that was clinging to her face, escaped from the hair combs which had been lost in the depths of the water.
  Her hair was swept back with jeweled silver combs and diamond-stud hair pins into a smooth chignon.
  ‘Finished,’ I called out and pulled the gold combs out of my hair as he turned back to face me.
  Jeweled combs also made a huge splash at the Golden Globes.
  These are worn with mantillas (lacy scarves worn over the hair and shoulders), long earrings, and hair ornaments such as combs or flowers.
  On top were two simple silver combs to pull your hair back.
  She sprayed perfume around herself into the air, and pinned the crystal combs into her hair.
  She wasn't wearing anything that could be considered feminine except maybe her hair comb.
  A large tortoiseshell comb in her hair saved her life.
  No hats, combs, kerchiefs or anything but hair should be on your head.
  She reached up and pulled the combs from her hair.
  Vincent sat on her bed and watched her, captivated, as she stood before the mirror, adjusting the comb in her disheveled hair.
  She grabbed her comb and a hair tie then put her thick, black hair into a high ponytail.
  Another woman eats an ice cream as her young daughter eyes the sparkly hair bobbles and shiny combs in a shop window.
2A device for separating and dressing textile fibres.
精梳机
Example sentencesExamples
- If a comb was used, this would be to get the fibres parallel.
1. 2.1Australian, NZ The lower, fixed cutting piece of a sheep-shearing machine.
  〈澳／新西兰〉剪羊毛机的梳齿，梳轮
  Example sentencesExamples
  James Higham took out the first patent for such a machine, comprising a hand-held comb and mechanised cutter, in 1868.
2. 2.2 A row of brass points for collecting the electricity in an electrostatic generator.
  梳形端子板，梳形插头
3The red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock.
（家禽的）肉冠（尤指鸡冠）
a grey-speckled hen with a red comb and wattles
Example sentencesExamples
- As in other grouse species, red grouse combs are larger and brighter in males, and their size is testosterone-dependent.
- Cracids may have a casque, hard comb, wattle or fleshy knob at the base of the bill.
- For example, a rooster's comb contains a hyaluronic acid that can be injected into your face to smooth those wrinkles.
- The female's plumage is overall gray-brown and the male appears similar, although he has orange-yellow combs over the eyes and light gray tail feathers.
- At a given moment two observers independently ranked a specific male comb size.
- They get the name rooster because the dorsal fin looks similar to the comb on a cockerel's head.
- Resplendent in bright orange, black and red, his comb, wattles and ear lobes have been shorn off.
- There are seven distinctive types of combs alone on chickens - rose, strawberry, single, cushion, buttercup, pea, and V-shaped, in case you were wondering.
- And instead of pheromones, they depend on beautiful feathers and combs to attract mates.
- My shadow was moderately tall and skinny, rat's nest hair silhouetted like a rooster's comb.
- The finely woven patterns in the feathers and wings, combs and waddles, beaks and tails, run in three directions: horizontally, vertically and diagonally.
- Expression of combs and wattles is directly connected to androgen production, whereas feather ornament size seldom depends on current levels of testosterone secretion.
- However, although males can control comb size, they cannot hide their combs completely.
- The combs and neck sacs of males become enlarged during the breeding season.
- Males with longer combs are preferred as mates and are more likely to win in aggressive encounters, so we wanted to see if changes in immune status were reflected in comb length or other ornamental characters.
- Maternal mass was correlated with male offspring mass and comb length.
- For instance, the comb of a male jungle fowl deteriorates when the bird is infested with a gut parasite, but the parasite has no effect on its plumage.
- A new wave of face-smoothing shots derived from a variety of substances, including rooster combs and newborn foreskin, are expected to hit the market soon.
4
short for honeycomb (sense 1 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
- A bird builds a nest, or the rabbit a burrow, the bee its comb, the beaver a dam, by nature, as Aristotle would say.
- Chewing a piece of comb honey daily often helps to clear the nose and sinuses during hay fever attacks.
- Honey bees occasionally invade homes and establish a colony, building combs of wax containing honey, pollen and brood in wall spaces.

verb kəʊmkoʊm

[with object]

1Untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it.
梳（发），梳理
she combed her hair and put some lipstick on
Example sentencesExamples
- Her blonde hair was carefully combed, and she had put too much make-up.
- He was muscular, and had wonderful chestnut brown hair that was combed perfectly to the side.
- His rather fashionable beard has been carefully combed and so has his shoulder-length hair.
- Her red hair has been neatly combed back and braided.
- His hair was neatly combed back and he looked very handsome.
- His thinning hair, once carefully combed to the side, began to work its way loose.
- Slightly built, with neatly combed gray hair and a trimmed mustache, he looks out at us through thick eyeglasses.
- Her brown, frizzy hair was neatly combed and in a barrette.
- His hair was neatly combed back, and he held an umbrella over his head.
- His hair was neatly combed and his beard looked smooth.
- For once, his hair had been combed neatly for the occasion.
- He combed out all the tangles and made it shine even more.
- My hair was combed neatly this time, and I wore a bit more makeup than I usually did (which consisted of eyeliner and lip-gloss).
- His normally messy, disheveled brown hair was neatly combed back, revealing his big green eyes.
- Michael had thick caramel brown hair, which was combed to the side.
- His hair had been combed neatly and he was wearing a hint of cologne when he outreached his hand for her.
- Her marvelous hair was shining brighter and was combed perfectly.
- He picked up his blazer to hide his wrinkled dress shirt, and quickly combed his fingers through his hair.
- He gently combed the tangles out of her hair and deftly plaited a long simple braid.
Synonyms
groom, untangle, disentangle, smooth out, straighten, arrange, neaten, tidy, dress, rake
curry
1. 1.1comb something out Remove something in the hair by drawing a comb through it.
  梳（发），梳理
  she combed the burrs out of the dog's coat
  她给狗梳去毛上的刺球。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When you get home you have to comb it out of your hair.
  He gently combed the tangles out of her hair and deftly plaited a long simple braid.
  The oil washes out with regular shampoo and the nits can be combed out easily because the oil loosens them.
  ‘Good morning,’ I say, trying to comb the tangles out of my wet hair.
  My hair's knots were combed out painlessly and I was redressed in fresh linen.
  I put her into the house, took the dogs for their walk, and came back to find her reasonably dry and silky apart from the tail which she had given up on - I combed the mud out of it while she screeched with fury and tried to bite me.
  I smiled happily, dried and dressed myself, and combed the tangles out of my hair.
  After brushing my teeth and combing the knots out of my shoulder length hair I went to the wardrobe to retrieve the uniform I was to wear today.
  Jane ran her fingers through her hair, combing the tangles out as she harshly pulled her hands through the snarls.
  ‘There's men approaching the wall, Commander,’ he said as he tried to comb the icicles out of his beard with his gloved fingers.
  Head lice are hard to spot on the hair but can be removed, and then identified, by combing them out.
2Prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb.
精梳（羊毛、亚麻或棉）以供加工
the wool had been cleaned and combed
Example sentencesExamples
- The fibres damaged the skin on the women's hands if their job was to comb the flax by hand.
- All the literature said you had to ret the fibres and then comb them, basically an industrial process.
- She is combing out flax and keeping herself cheerful with a pitcher of wine.
- The second largest wool combing plant in Australia closed its doors.
- They were made of long wool fibers that were first combed to straighten them, spun tightly then woven in fancy weave structures.
Synonyms
separate, dress, card, tease, hackle, heckle, hatchel
3Search carefully and systematically.
细查，搜寻
police combed the area for the murder weapon
警察在这个地区仔细搜索，寻找谋杀凶器。
no object his mother combed through the cardboard boxes
他母亲仔细查遍了那些纸板箱。
Example sentencesExamples
- He was daydreaming about them combing the market for horses when he collided with someone.
- Officers combed surrounding counties for tear gas, sprays, concussion grenades, and munitions.
- More than 130 experts comb the fair before the opening to remove questionable items.
- Police are combing the streets, handing out flyers and watching airports and bus terminals.
- Organized gangs located potential victims by combing through the White Pages, and they paid for the postage with bogus stamps.
- But you'll have to comb through humbling rosters of seven-figure properties first.
- Multipliers are the biggy for linking tricks, and after combing through a course a few times, players can locate and nail these for bragging rights.
- Fatal crash investigators combed the scene yesterday and would return today to continue their investigations.
- They're still combing through the wreckage now, trying to figure out what exactly happened.
- Television footage showed clothing strewn on the charred ground and investigators combing the site at night behind a cordon.
- I spent most of yesterday combing through ads and making phone calls.
- Divorce lawyers say clients are furious that neighbors are combing through the details of their cases (and are even brazen enough to discuss them with them).
- But it will still take us some time to comb through the evidence and make sure that we're not missing anything.
- They combed through medical records and found 1,458 wrist fractures.
- I had been combing through the wreckage, searching for anyone that might have survived.
- The U.S. Congress has about five different committees, and they are combing through documents.
- Her disappearance provoked a massive public response, and hundreds of police officers combed the city streets.
- The murder scene was sealed off yesterday as forensic experts combed for clues.
- He spent a long time combing through the patient records before coming across the professor's signature.
- The Commissioner, however, spent the time engaging an army of investigators to comb through union records.
Synonyms
search, scour, look around in, explore, sweep, probe, hunt through, look through, scrabble about/around in, root about/around in, ferret (about/around) in, rummage about/around/round in, rummage in/through, forage through, fish about/around in, poke about/around in, dig in, grub about/around in, delve in, go through, sift through, rake, rifle through, ransack, turn over, go through with a fine-tooth comb
turn upside down, turn inside out, leave no stone unturned in
British informal rootle around in
Australian/New Zealand informal fossick through
rare roust around in

Derivatives

comb-like

adjective

It uses two tiny comb-like structures (instead of fingers) laid one over each other.
Example sentencesExamples
- Through the comb-like bristles of its baleen filters, it squirts out the seawater, entrapping krill by the bushel.
- We saw and admired the fine, comb-like plates on either side of the shoveller's bill, through which it filter feeds, something which is almost impossible to see even through binoculars.
- This small, comb-like attachment is designed to break up crusty snow.
- The lower incisors form a comb-like structure that is thought to be used both in grooming and in feeding.

Origin

Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm.

see limb, unkempt

Rhymes

brome, chrome, Crome, dome, foam, gnome, holm, Holme, hom, home, Jerome, loam, Nome, ohm, om, roam, Rome, tome

Definition of comb in US English:

comb

nounkoʊmkōm

1A strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.
梳，梳子
Example sentencesExamples
- This involves lifting the hair with a metal comb and burning off the ends with a lighted taper.
- Otherwise, find a comb with very fine teeth: the space between the teeth of the comb should be no more than 0.3 mm.
- However, combing through the hair with a louse comb and examining the teeth of the comb for living lice detects more cases than direct visualization alone.
- He took out his pocket comb and ran it through his thinning hair.
- She pulled a comb out of her pocket and started to brush my hair.
- I dressed quickly in the clothes set out and I ran a wooden comb through my long dark hair.
- He stumbled to the bathroom, brushed his teeth, and ran a wet comb through his hair.
- Towel dry the hair and use a wide toothed comb or pick to untangle.
- She stood behind her mother, ivory comb in hand, brushing through the voluminous red hair.
- After breaking another tooth off of my comb, I realized that my hair was the boss.
- I stood in the mirror, dragging the comb through my neatly trimmed hair.
- Use a wide toothed comb to distribute the mixture through the hair.
- Some kind of comb was dragged through my hair, leaving a burning path along my scalp.
- Grimacing, she pulled the comb through her tangled mass of long brown hair.
- Try coating the hair with mineral oil and using a special nit comb to remove them more easily.
- A man looked at him through a mirror in the bathroom, comb in hand.
- I quickly brushed my teeth and ran a comb through my hair.
- I took the fine toothed comb and skimmed my hair.
- I ran a comb through my own hair and stared dejectedly at my reflection.
- Sighing, I grabbed a comb and began untangling the knots in my black hair.
1. 1.1in singular An act of untangling or arranging the hair with comb.
  （用梳子）梳发，梳理
  she gave her hair a comb
  她梳了梳头发。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Giving my hair a quick comb through with my fingers I turned around to see that the door was open.
  I've taken to wearing baseball caps instead of having a slight comb in the morning.
  With a quick comb of her hair, and the applying of a light coat of make-up and a flowery fragrance, she was out the door.
2. 1.2 A short curved type of comb, worn by women to hold the hair in place or as an ornament.
  梳形头饰（短而弯曲，妇女佩戴以保持发型或作为装饰品）
  Example sentencesExamples
  She reached up and pulled the combs from her hair.
  She wasn't wearing anything that could be considered feminine except maybe her hair comb.
  A large tortoiseshell comb in her hair saved her life.
  Her hair was swept back with jeweled silver combs and diamond-stud hair pins into a smooth chignon.
  He slowly reached up his hand to brush away the wet hair that was clinging to her face, escaped from the hair combs which had been lost in the depths of the water.
  Vincent sat on her bed and watched her, captivated, as she stood before the mirror, adjusting the comb in her disheveled hair.
  ‘Finished,’ I called out and pulled the gold combs out of my hair as he turned back to face me.
  These are worn with mantillas (lacy scarves worn over the hair and shoulders), long earrings, and hair ornaments such as combs or flowers.
  On top were two simple silver combs to pull your hair back.
  He was going to curl my short auburn hair and put it up in combs so the ringlets would lay all over the place.
  No hats, combs, kerchiefs or anything but hair should be on your head.
  Another woman eats an ice cream as her young daughter eyes the sparkly hair bobbles and shiny combs in a shop window.
  Jeweled combs also made a huge splash at the Golden Globes.
  Adorn your new curls with your favorite accessories such as headbands, jeweled side combs or similar.
  Soak hair-care items like combs, barrettes, hair ties or bands, headbands, and brushes in rubbing alcohol or medicated shampoo for 1 hour.
  She grabbed her comb and a hair tie then put her thick, black hair into a high ponytail.
  Besides the explosion of headbands and jeweled hair combs, watch for a continual rise in the popularity of all types of silk and couture hair flowers.
  She sprayed perfume around herself into the air, and pinned the crystal combs into her hair.
2A device for separating and dressing textile fibers.
精梳机
Example sentencesExamples
- If a comb was used, this would be to get the fibres parallel.
1. 2.1 A row of brass points for collecting the electricity in an electrostatic generator.
  梳形端子板，梳形插头
3The red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a rooster.
（家禽的）肉冠（尤指鸡冠）
Example sentencesExamples
- However, although males can control comb size, they cannot hide their combs completely.
- Cracids may have a casque, hard comb, wattle or fleshy knob at the base of the bill.
- Resplendent in bright orange, black and red, his comb, wattles and ear lobes have been shorn off.
- The finely woven patterns in the feathers and wings, combs and waddles, beaks and tails, run in three directions: horizontally, vertically and diagonally.
- The female's plumage is overall gray-brown and the male appears similar, although he has orange-yellow combs over the eyes and light gray tail feathers.
- A new wave of face-smoothing shots derived from a variety of substances, including rooster combs and newborn foreskin, are expected to hit the market soon.
- And instead of pheromones, they depend on beautiful feathers and combs to attract mates.
- For instance, the comb of a male jungle fowl deteriorates when the bird is infested with a gut parasite, but the parasite has no effect on its plumage.
- They get the name rooster because the dorsal fin looks similar to the comb on a cockerel's head.
- For example, a rooster's comb contains a hyaluronic acid that can be injected into your face to smooth those wrinkles.
- As in other grouse species, red grouse combs are larger and brighter in males, and their size is testosterone-dependent.
- At a given moment two observers independently ranked a specific male comb size.
- There are seven distinctive types of combs alone on chickens - rose, strawberry, single, cushion, buttercup, pea, and V-shaped, in case you were wondering.
- My shadow was moderately tall and skinny, rat's nest hair silhouetted like a rooster's comb.
- Males with longer combs are preferred as mates and are more likely to win in aggressive encounters, so we wanted to see if changes in immune status were reflected in comb length or other ornamental characters.
- Maternal mass was correlated with male offspring mass and comb length.
- Expression of combs and wattles is directly connected to androgen production, whereas feather ornament size seldom depends on current levels of testosterone secretion.
- The combs and neck sacs of males become enlarged during the breeding season.
4
short for honeycomb (sense 1 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
- A bird builds a nest, or the rabbit a burrow, the bee its comb, the beaver a dam, by nature, as Aristotle would say.
- Chewing a piece of comb honey daily often helps to clear the nose and sinuses during hay fever attacks.
- Honey bees occasionally invade homes and establish a colony, building combs of wax containing honey, pollen and brood in wall spaces.

verbkoʊmkōm

[with object]

1Untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it.
梳（发），梳理
Example sentencesExamples
- Her red hair has been neatly combed back and braided.
- My hair was combed neatly this time, and I wore a bit more makeup than I usually did (which consisted of eyeliner and lip-gloss).
- He was muscular, and had wonderful chestnut brown hair that was combed perfectly to the side.
- Michael had thick caramel brown hair, which was combed to the side.
- His rather fashionable beard has been carefully combed and so has his shoulder-length hair.
- His hair was neatly combed back, and he held an umbrella over his head.
- His thinning hair, once carefully combed to the side, began to work its way loose.
- Her marvelous hair was shining brighter and was combed perfectly.
- Her brown, frizzy hair was neatly combed and in a barrette.
- Her blonde hair was carefully combed, and she had put too much make-up.
- His hair was neatly combed back and he looked very handsome.
- For once, his hair had been combed neatly for the occasion.
- Slightly built, with neatly combed gray hair and a trimmed mustache, he looks out at us through thick eyeglasses.
- His hair had been combed neatly and he was wearing a hint of cologne when he outreached his hand for her.
- He combed out all the tangles and made it shine even more.
- His normally messy, disheveled brown hair was neatly combed back, revealing his big green eyes.
- His hair was neatly combed and his beard looked smooth.
- He picked up his blazer to hide his wrinkled dress shirt, and quickly combed his fingers through his hair.
- He gently combed the tangles out of her hair and deftly plaited a long simple braid.
Synonyms
groom, untangle, disentangle, smooth out, straighten, arrange, neaten, tidy, dress, rake
1. 1.1comb something out Remove something from the hair by drawing a comb through it.
  梳（发），梳理
  she combed the burrs out of the dog's coat
  她给狗梳去毛上的刺球。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When you get home you have to comb it out of your hair.
  The oil washes out with regular shampoo and the nits can be combed out easily because the oil loosens them.
  Jane ran her fingers through her hair, combing the tangles out as she harshly pulled her hands through the snarls.
  ‘There's men approaching the wall, Commander,’ he said as he tried to comb the icicles out of his beard with his gloved fingers.
  I put her into the house, took the dogs for their walk, and came back to find her reasonably dry and silky apart from the tail which she had given up on - I combed the mud out of it while she screeched with fury and tried to bite me.
  My hair's knots were combed out painlessly and I was redressed in fresh linen.
  Head lice are hard to spot on the hair but can be removed, and then identified, by combing them out.
  He gently combed the tangles out of her hair and deftly plaited a long simple braid.
  After brushing my teeth and combing the knots out of my shoulder length hair I went to the wardrobe to retrieve the uniform I was to wear today.
  ‘Good morning,’ I say, trying to comb the tangles out of my wet hair.
  I smiled happily, dried and dressed myself, and combed the tangles out of my hair.
2Prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb.
精梳（羊毛、亚麻或棉）以供加工
Example sentencesExamples
- All the literature said you had to ret the fibres and then comb them, basically an industrial process.
- The fibres damaged the skin on the women's hands if their job was to comb the flax by hand.
- She is combing out flax and keeping herself cheerful with a pitcher of wine.
- They were made of long wool fibers that were first combed to straighten them, spun tightly then woven in fancy weave structures.
- The second largest wool combing plant in Australia closed its doors.
Synonyms
separate, dress, card, tease, hackle, heckle, hatchel
3Search carefully and systematically.
细查，搜寻
police combed the area for the murder weapon
警察在这个地区仔细搜索，寻找谋杀凶器。
no object his mother combed through the cardboard boxes
他母亲仔细查遍了那些纸板箱。
Example sentencesExamples
- But it will still take us some time to comb through the evidence and make sure that we're not missing anything.
- Divorce lawyers say clients are furious that neighbors are combing through the details of their cases (and are even brazen enough to discuss them with them).
- Fatal crash investigators combed the scene yesterday and would return today to continue their investigations.
- Television footage showed clothing strewn on the charred ground and investigators combing the site at night behind a cordon.
- Officers combed surrounding counties for tear gas, sprays, concussion grenades, and munitions.
- I spent most of yesterday combing through ads and making phone calls.
- He was daydreaming about them combing the market for horses when he collided with someone.
- More than 130 experts comb the fair before the opening to remove questionable items.
- Her disappearance provoked a massive public response, and hundreds of police officers combed the city streets.
- The U.S. Congress has about five different committees, and they are combing through documents.
- Organized gangs located potential victims by combing through the White Pages, and they paid for the postage with bogus stamps.
- But you'll have to comb through humbling rosters of seven-figure properties first.
- Multipliers are the biggy for linking tricks, and after combing through a course a few times, players can locate and nail these for bragging rights.
- Police are combing the streets, handing out flyers and watching airports and bus terminals.
- They're still combing through the wreckage now, trying to figure out what exactly happened.
- The murder scene was sealed off yesterday as forensic experts combed for clues.
- I had been combing through the wreckage, searching for anyone that might have survived.
- They combed through medical records and found 1,458 wrist fractures.
- The Commissioner, however, spent the time engaging an army of investigators to comb through union records.
- He spent a long time combing through the patient records before coming across the professor's signature.
Synonyms
search, scour, look around in, explore, sweep, probe, hunt through, look through, scrabble about in, scrabble around in, root about in, root around in, ferret in, ferret about in, ferret around in, rummage about in, rummage around in, rummage round in, rummage in, rummage through, forage through, fish about in, fish around in, poke about in, poke around in, dig in, grub about in, grub around in, delve in, go through, sift through, rake, rifle through, ransack, turn over, go through with a fine-tooth comb

Origin

Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm.

词汇	comb
释义	Definition of comb in English: comb noun kəʊmkoʊm 1A strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair. 梳，梳子 Example sentencesExamples She stood behind her mother, ivory comb in hand, brushing through the voluminous red hair. I dressed quickly in the clothes set out and I ran a wooden comb through my long dark hair. He took out his pocket comb and ran it through his thinning hair. Try coating the hair with mineral oil and using a special nit comb to remove them more easily. After breaking another tooth off of my comb, I realized that my hair was the boss. This involves lifting the hair with a metal comb and burning off the ends with a lighted taper. I ran a comb through my own hair and stared dejectedly at my reflection. Towel dry the hair and use a wide toothed comb or pick to untangle. I took the fine toothed comb and skimmed my hair. Otherwise, find a comb with very fine teeth: the space between the teeth of the comb should be no more than 0.3 mm. Grimacing, she pulled the comb through her tangled mass of long brown hair. Use a wide toothed comb to distribute the mixture through the hair. Sighing, I grabbed a comb and began untangling the knots in my black hair. However, combing through the hair with a louse comb and examining the teeth of the comb for living lice detects more cases than direct visualization alone. He stumbled to the bathroom, brushed his teeth, and ran a wet comb through his hair. I quickly brushed my teeth and ran a comb through my hair. Some kind of comb was dragged through my hair, leaving a burning path along my scalp. I stood in the mirror, dragging the comb through my neatly trimmed hair. She pulled a comb out of her pocket and started to brush my hair. A man looked at him through a mirror in the bathroom, comb in hand. 1.1in singular An act of untangling or arranging the hair with comb. （用梳子）梳发，梳理 she gave her hair a comb 她梳了梳头发。 Example sentencesExamples Giving my hair a quick comb through with my fingers I turned around to see that the door was open. With a quick comb of her hair, and the applying of a light coat of make-up and a flowery fragrance, she was out the door. I've taken to wearing baseball caps instead of having a slight comb in the morning. 1.2 A short curved type of comb, worn by women to hold the hair in place or as an ornament. 梳形头饰（短而弯曲，妇女佩戴以保持发型或作为装饰品） her hair was held back with two tortoiseshell combs Example sentencesExamples Besides the explosion of headbands and jeweled hair combs, watch for a continual rise in the popularity of all types of silk and couture hair flowers. He was going to curl my short auburn hair and put it up in combs so the ringlets would lay all over the place. Adorn your new curls with your favorite accessories such as headbands, jeweled side combs or similar. Soak hair-care items like combs, barrettes, hair ties or bands, headbands, and brushes in rubbing alcohol or medicated shampoo for 1 hour. He slowly reached up his hand to brush away the wet hair that was clinging to her face, escaped from the hair combs which had been lost in the depths of the water. Her hair was swept back with jeweled silver combs and diamond-stud hair pins into a smooth chignon. ‘Finished,’ I called out and pulled the gold combs out of my hair as he turned back to face me. Jeweled combs also made a huge splash at the Golden Globes. These are worn with mantillas (lacy scarves worn over the hair and shoulders), long earrings, and hair ornaments such as combs or flowers. On top were two simple silver combs to pull your hair back. She sprayed perfume around herself into the air, and pinned the crystal combs into her hair. She wasn't wearing anything that could be considered feminine except maybe her hair comb. A large tortoiseshell comb in her hair saved her life. No hats, combs, kerchiefs or anything but hair should be on your head. She reached up and pulled the combs from her hair. Vincent sat on her bed and watched her, captivated, as she stood before the mirror, adjusting the comb in her disheveled hair. She grabbed her comb and a hair tie then put her thick, black hair into a high ponytail. Another woman eats an ice cream as her young daughter eyes the sparkly hair bobbles and shiny combs in a shop window. 2A device for separating and dressing textile fibres. 精梳机 Example sentencesExamples If a comb was used, this would be to get the fibres parallel. 2.1Australian, NZ The lower, fixed cutting piece of a sheep-shearing machine. 〈澳／新西兰〉剪羊毛机的梳齿，梳轮 Example sentencesExamples James Higham took out the first patent for such a machine, comprising a hand-held comb and mechanised cutter, in 1868. 2.2 A row of brass points for collecting the electricity in an electrostatic generator. 梳形端子板，梳形插头 3The red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock. （家禽的）肉冠（尤指鸡冠） a grey-speckled hen with a red comb and wattles Example sentencesExamples As in other grouse species, red grouse combs are larger and brighter in males, and their size is testosterone-dependent. Cracids may have a casque, hard comb, wattle or fleshy knob at the base of the bill. For example, a rooster's comb contains a hyaluronic acid that can be injected into your face to smooth those wrinkles. The female's plumage is overall gray-brown and the male appears similar, although he has orange-yellow combs over the eyes and light gray tail feathers. At a given moment two observers independently ranked a specific male comb size. They get the name rooster because the dorsal fin looks similar to the comb on a cockerel's head. Resplendent in bright orange, black and red, his comb, wattles and ear lobes have been shorn off. There are seven distinctive types of combs alone on chickens - rose, strawberry, single, cushion, buttercup, pea, and V-shaped, in case you were wondering. And instead of pheromones, they depend on beautiful feathers and combs to attract mates. My shadow was moderately tall and skinny, rat's nest hair silhouetted like a rooster's comb. The finely woven patterns in the feathers and wings, combs and waddles, beaks and tails, run in three directions: horizontally, vertically and diagonally. Expression of combs and wattles is directly connected to androgen production, whereas feather ornament size seldom depends on current levels of testosterone secretion. However, although males can control comb size, they cannot hide their combs completely. The combs and neck sacs of males become enlarged during the breeding season. Males with longer combs are preferred as mates and are more likely to win in aggressive encounters, so we wanted to see if changes in immune status were reflected in comb length or other ornamental characters. Maternal mass was correlated with male offspring mass and comb length. For instance, the comb of a male jungle fowl deteriorates when the bird is infested with a gut parasite, but the parasite has no effect on its plumage. A new wave of face-smoothing shots derived from a variety of substances, including rooster combs and newborn foreskin, are expected to hit the market soon. 4 short for honeycomb (sense 1 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples A bird builds a nest, or the rabbit a burrow, the bee its comb, the beaver a dam, by nature, as Aristotle would say. Chewing a piece of comb honey daily often helps to clear the nose and sinuses during hay fever attacks. Honey bees occasionally invade homes and establish a colony, building combs of wax containing honey, pollen and brood in wall spaces. verb kəʊmkoʊm [with object] 1Untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it. 梳（发），梳理 she combed her hair and put some lipstick on Example sentencesExamples Her blonde hair was carefully combed, and she had put too much make-up. He was muscular, and had wonderful chestnut brown hair that was combed perfectly to the side. His rather fashionable beard has been carefully combed and so has his shoulder-length hair. Her red hair has been neatly combed back and braided. His hair was neatly combed back and he looked very handsome. His thinning hair, once carefully combed to the side, began to work its way loose. Slightly built, with neatly combed gray hair and a trimmed mustache, he looks out at us through thick eyeglasses. Her brown, frizzy hair was neatly combed and in a barrette. His hair was neatly combed back, and he held an umbrella over his head. His hair was neatly combed and his beard looked smooth. For once, his hair had been combed neatly for the occasion. He combed out all the tangles and made it shine even more. My hair was combed neatly this time, and I wore a bit more makeup than I usually did (which consisted of eyeliner and lip-gloss). His normally messy, disheveled brown hair was neatly combed back, revealing his big green eyes. Michael had thick caramel brown hair, which was combed to the side. His hair had been combed neatly and he was wearing a hint of cologne when he outreached his hand for her. Her marvelous hair was shining brighter and was combed perfectly. He picked up his blazer to hide his wrinkled dress shirt, and quickly combed his fingers through his hair. He gently combed the tangles out of her hair and deftly plaited a long simple braid. Synonyms groom, untangle, disentangle, smooth out, straighten, arrange, neaten, tidy, dress, rake curry 1.1comb something out Remove something in the hair by drawing a comb through it. 梳（发），梳理 she combed the burrs out of the dog's coat 她给狗梳去毛上的刺球。 Example sentencesExamples When you get home you have to comb it out of your hair. He gently combed the tangles out of her hair and deftly plaited a long simple braid. The oil washes out with regular shampoo and the nits can be combed out easily because the oil loosens them. ‘Good morning,’ I say, trying to comb the tangles out of my wet hair. My hair's knots were combed out painlessly and I was redressed in fresh linen. I put her into the house, took the dogs for their walk, and came back to find her reasonably dry and silky apart from the tail which she had given up on - I combed the mud out of it while she screeched with fury and tried to bite me. I smiled happily, dried and dressed myself, and combed the tangles out of my hair. After brushing my teeth and combing the knots out of my shoulder length hair I went to the wardrobe to retrieve the uniform I was to wear today. Jane ran her fingers through her hair, combing the tangles out as she harshly pulled her hands through the snarls. ‘There's men approaching the wall, Commander,’ he said as he tried to comb the icicles out of his beard with his gloved fingers. Head lice are hard to spot on the hair but can be removed, and then identified, by combing them out. 2Prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb. 精梳（羊毛、亚麻或棉）以供加工 the wool had been cleaned and combed Example sentencesExamples The fibres damaged the skin on the women's hands if their job was to comb the flax by hand. All the literature said you had to ret the fibres and then comb them, basically an industrial process. She is combing out flax and keeping herself cheerful with a pitcher of wine. The second largest wool combing plant in Australia closed its doors. They were made of long wool fibers that were first combed to straighten them, spun tightly then woven in fancy weave structures. Synonyms separate, dress, card, tease, hackle, heckle, hatchel 3Search carefully and systematically. 细查，搜寻 police combed the area for the murder weapon 警察在这个地区仔细搜索，寻找谋杀凶器。 no object his mother combed through the cardboard boxes 他母亲仔细查遍了那些纸板箱。 Example sentencesExamples He was daydreaming about them combing the market for horses when he collided with someone. Officers combed surrounding counties for tear gas, sprays, concussion grenades, and munitions. More than 130 experts comb the fair before the opening to remove questionable items. Police are combing the streets, handing out flyers and watching airports and bus terminals. Organized gangs located potential victims by combing through the White Pages, and they paid for the postage with bogus stamps. But you'll have to comb through humbling rosters of seven-figure properties first. Multipliers are the biggy for linking tricks, and after combing through a course a few times, players can locate and nail these for bragging rights. Fatal crash investigators combed the scene yesterday and would return today to continue their investigations. They're still combing through the wreckage now, trying to figure out what exactly happened. Television footage showed clothing strewn on the charred ground and investigators combing the site at night behind a cordon. I spent most of yesterday combing through ads and making phone calls. Divorce lawyers say clients are furious that neighbors are combing through the details of their cases (and are even brazen enough to discuss them with them). But it will still take us some time to comb through the evidence and make sure that we're not missing anything. They combed through medical records and found 1,458 wrist fractures. I had been combing through the wreckage, searching for anyone that might have survived. The U.S. Congress has about five different committees, and they are combing through documents. Her disappearance provoked a massive public response, and hundreds of police officers combed the city streets. The murder scene was sealed off yesterday as forensic experts combed for clues. He spent a long time combing through the patient records before coming across the professor's signature. The Commissioner, however, spent the time engaging an army of investigators to comb through union records. Synonyms search, scour, look around in, explore, sweep, probe, hunt through, look through, scrabble about/around in, root about/around in, ferret (about/around) in, rummage about/around/round in, rummage in/through, forage through, fish about/around in, poke about/around in, dig in, grub about/around in, delve in, go through, sift through, rake, rifle through, ransack, turn over, go through with a fine-tooth comb turn upside down, turn inside out, leave no stone unturned in British informal rootle around in Australian/New Zealand informal fossick through rare roust around in Derivatives comb-like adjective It uses two tiny comb-like structures (instead of fingers) laid one over each other. Example sentencesExamples Through the comb-like bristles of its baleen filters, it squirts out the seawater, entrapping krill by the bushel. We saw and admired the fine, comb-like plates on either side of the shoveller's bill, through which it filter feeds, something which is almost impossible to see even through binoculars. This small, comb-like attachment is designed to break up crusty snow. The lower incisors form a comb-like structure that is thought to be used both in grooming and in feeding. Origin Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm. see limb, unkempt Rhymes brome, chrome, Crome, dome, foam, gnome, holm, Holme, hom, home, Jerome, loam, Nome, ohm, om, roam, Rome, tome Definition of comb in US English: comb nounkoʊmkōm 1A strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair. 梳，梳子 Example sentencesExamples This involves lifting the hair with a metal comb and burning off the ends with a lighted taper. Otherwise, find a comb with very fine teeth: the space between the teeth of the comb should be no more than 0.3 mm. However, combing through the hair with a louse comb and examining the teeth of the comb for living lice detects more cases than direct visualization alone. He took out his pocket comb and ran it through his thinning hair. She pulled a comb out of her pocket and started to brush my hair. I dressed quickly in the clothes set out and I ran a wooden comb through my long dark hair. He stumbled to the bathroom, brushed his teeth, and ran a wet comb through his hair. Towel dry the hair and use a wide toothed comb or pick to untangle. She stood behind her mother, ivory comb in hand, brushing through the voluminous red hair. After breaking another tooth off of my comb, I realized that my hair was the boss. I stood in the mirror, dragging the comb through my neatly trimmed hair. Use a wide toothed comb to distribute the mixture through the hair. Some kind of comb was dragged through my hair, leaving a burning path along my scalp. Grimacing, she pulled the comb through her tangled mass of long brown hair. Try coating the hair with mineral oil and using a special nit comb to remove them more easily. A man looked at him through a mirror in the bathroom, comb in hand. I quickly brushed my teeth and ran a comb through my hair. I took the fine toothed comb and skimmed my hair. I ran a comb through my own hair and stared dejectedly at my reflection. Sighing, I grabbed a comb and began untangling the knots in my black hair. 1.1in singular An act of untangling or arranging the hair with comb. （用梳子）梳发，梳理 she gave her hair a comb 她梳了梳头发。 Example sentencesExamples Giving my hair a quick comb through with my fingers I turned around to see that the door was open. I've taken to wearing baseball caps instead of having a slight comb in the morning. With a quick comb of her hair, and the applying of a light coat of make-up and a flowery fragrance, she was out the door. 1.2 A short curved type of comb, worn by women to hold the hair in place or as an ornament. 梳形头饰（短而弯曲，妇女佩戴以保持发型或作为装饰品） Example sentencesExamples She reached up and pulled the combs from her hair. She wasn't wearing anything that could be considered feminine except maybe her hair comb. A large tortoiseshell comb in her hair saved her life. Her hair was swept back with jeweled silver combs and diamond-stud hair pins into a smooth chignon. He slowly reached up his hand to brush away the wet hair that was clinging to her face, escaped from the hair combs which had been lost in the depths of the water. Vincent sat on her bed and watched her, captivated, as she stood before the mirror, adjusting the comb in her disheveled hair. ‘Finished,’ I called out and pulled the gold combs out of my hair as he turned back to face me. These are worn with mantillas (lacy scarves worn over the hair and shoulders), long earrings, and hair ornaments such as combs or flowers. On top were two simple silver combs to pull your hair back. He was going to curl my short auburn hair and put it up in combs so the ringlets would lay all over the place. No hats, combs, kerchiefs or anything but hair should be on your head. Another woman eats an ice cream as her young daughter eyes the sparkly hair bobbles and shiny combs in a shop window. Jeweled combs also made a huge splash at the Golden Globes. Adorn your new curls with your favorite accessories such as headbands, jeweled side combs or similar. Soak hair-care items like combs, barrettes, hair ties or bands, headbands, and brushes in rubbing alcohol or medicated shampoo for 1 hour. She grabbed her comb and a hair tie then put her thick, black hair into a high ponytail. Besides the explosion of headbands and jeweled hair combs, watch for a continual rise in the popularity of all types of silk and couture hair flowers. She sprayed perfume around herself into the air, and pinned the crystal combs into her hair. 2A device for separating and dressing textile fibers. 精梳机 Example sentencesExamples If a comb was used, this would be to get the fibres parallel. 2.1 A row of brass points for collecting the electricity in an electrostatic generator. 梳形端子板，梳形插头 3The red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a rooster. （家禽的）肉冠（尤指鸡冠） Example sentencesExamples However, although males can control comb size, they cannot hide their combs completely. Cracids may have a casque, hard comb, wattle or fleshy knob at the base of the bill. Resplendent in bright orange, black and red, his comb, wattles and ear lobes have been shorn off. The finely woven patterns in the feathers and wings, combs and waddles, beaks and tails, run in three directions: horizontally, vertically and diagonally. The female's plumage is overall gray-brown and the male appears similar, although he has orange-yellow combs over the eyes and light gray tail feathers. A new wave of face-smoothing shots derived from a variety of substances, including rooster combs and newborn foreskin, are expected to hit the market soon. And instead of pheromones, they depend on beautiful feathers and combs to attract mates. For instance, the comb of a male jungle fowl deteriorates when the bird is infested with a gut parasite, but the parasite has no effect on its plumage. They get the name rooster because the dorsal fin looks similar to the comb on a cockerel's head. For example, a rooster's comb contains a hyaluronic acid that can be injected into your face to smooth those wrinkles. As in other grouse species, red grouse combs are larger and brighter in males, and their size is testosterone-dependent. At a given moment two observers independently ranked a specific male comb size. There are seven distinctive types of combs alone on chickens - rose, strawberry, single, cushion, buttercup, pea, and V-shaped, in case you were wondering. My shadow was moderately tall and skinny, rat's nest hair silhouetted like a rooster's comb. Males with longer combs are preferred as mates and are more likely to win in aggressive encounters, so we wanted to see if changes in immune status were reflected in comb length or other ornamental characters. Maternal mass was correlated with male offspring mass and comb length. Expression of combs and wattles is directly connected to androgen production, whereas feather ornament size seldom depends on current levels of testosterone secretion. The combs and neck sacs of males become enlarged during the breeding season. 4 short for honeycomb (sense 1 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples A bird builds a nest, or the rabbit a burrow, the bee its comb, the beaver a dam, by nature, as Aristotle would say. Chewing a piece of comb honey daily often helps to clear the nose and sinuses during hay fever attacks. Honey bees occasionally invade homes and establish a colony, building combs of wax containing honey, pollen and brood in wall spaces. verbkoʊmkōm [with object] 1Untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it. 梳（发），梳理 Example sentencesExamples Her red hair has been neatly combed back and braided. My hair was combed neatly this time, and I wore a bit more makeup than I usually did (which consisted of eyeliner and lip-gloss). He was muscular, and had wonderful chestnut brown hair that was combed perfectly to the side. Michael had thick caramel brown hair, which was combed to the side. His rather fashionable beard has been carefully combed and so has his shoulder-length hair. His hair was neatly combed back, and he held an umbrella over his head. His thinning hair, once carefully combed to the side, began to work its way loose. Her marvelous hair was shining brighter and was combed perfectly. Her brown, frizzy hair was neatly combed and in a barrette. Her blonde hair was carefully combed, and she had put too much make-up. His hair was neatly combed back and he looked very handsome. For once, his hair had been combed neatly for the occasion. Slightly built, with neatly combed gray hair and a trimmed mustache, he looks out at us through thick eyeglasses. His hair had been combed neatly and he was wearing a hint of cologne when he outreached his hand for her. He combed out all the tangles and made it shine even more. His normally messy, disheveled brown hair was neatly combed back, revealing his big green eyes. His hair was neatly combed and his beard looked smooth. He picked up his blazer to hide his wrinkled dress shirt, and quickly combed his fingers through his hair. He gently combed the tangles out of her hair and deftly plaited a long simple braid. Synonyms groom, untangle, disentangle, smooth out, straighten, arrange, neaten, tidy, dress, rake 1.1comb something out Remove something from the hair by drawing a comb through it. 梳（发），梳理 she combed the burrs out of the dog's coat 她给狗梳去毛上的刺球。 Example sentencesExamples When you get home you have to comb it out of your hair. The oil washes out with regular shampoo and the nits can be combed out easily because the oil loosens them. Jane ran her fingers through her hair, combing the tangles out as she harshly pulled her hands through the snarls. ‘There's men approaching the wall, Commander,’ he said as he tried to comb the icicles out of his beard with his gloved fingers. I put her into the house, took the dogs for their walk, and came back to find her reasonably dry and silky apart from the tail which she had given up on - I combed the mud out of it while she screeched with fury and tried to bite me. My hair's knots were combed out painlessly and I was redressed in fresh linen. Head lice are hard to spot on the hair but can be removed, and then identified, by combing them out. He gently combed the tangles out of her hair and deftly plaited a long simple braid. After brushing my teeth and combing the knots out of my shoulder length hair I went to the wardrobe to retrieve the uniform I was to wear today. ‘Good morning,’ I say, trying to comb the tangles out of my wet hair. I smiled happily, dried and dressed myself, and combed the tangles out of my hair. 2Prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb. 精梳（羊毛、亚麻或棉）以供加工 Example sentencesExamples All the literature said you had to ret the fibres and then comb them, basically an industrial process. The fibres damaged the skin on the women's hands if their job was to comb the flax by hand. She is combing out flax and keeping herself cheerful with a pitcher of wine. They were made of long wool fibers that were first combed to straighten them, spun tightly then woven in fancy weave structures. The second largest wool combing plant in Australia closed its doors. Synonyms separate, dress, card, tease, hackle, heckle, hatchel 3Search carefully and systematically. 细查，搜寻 police combed the area for the murder weapon 警察在这个地区仔细搜索，寻找谋杀凶器。 no object his mother combed through the cardboard boxes 他母亲仔细查遍了那些纸板箱。 Example sentencesExamples But it will still take us some time to comb through the evidence and make sure that we're not missing anything. Divorce lawyers say clients are furious that neighbors are combing through the details of their cases (and are even brazen enough to discuss them with them). Fatal crash investigators combed the scene yesterday and would return today to continue their investigations. Television footage showed clothing strewn on the charred ground and investigators combing the site at night behind a cordon. Officers combed surrounding counties for tear gas, sprays, concussion grenades, and munitions. I spent most of yesterday combing through ads and making phone calls. He was daydreaming about them combing the market for horses when he collided with someone. More than 130 experts comb the fair before the opening to remove questionable items. Her disappearance provoked a massive public response, and hundreds of police officers combed the city streets. The U.S. Congress has about five different committees, and they are combing through documents. Organized gangs located potential victims by combing through the White Pages, and they paid for the postage with bogus stamps. But you'll have to comb through humbling rosters of seven-figure properties first. Multipliers are the biggy for linking tricks, and after combing through a course a few times, players can locate and nail these for bragging rights. Police are combing the streets, handing out flyers and watching airports and bus terminals. They're still combing through the wreckage now, trying to figure out what exactly happened. The murder scene was sealed off yesterday as forensic experts combed for clues. I had been combing through the wreckage, searching for anyone that might have survived. They combed through medical records and found 1,458 wrist fractures. The Commissioner, however, spent the time engaging an army of investigators to comb through union records. He spent a long time combing through the patient records before coming across the professor's signature. Synonyms search, scour, look around in, explore, sweep, probe, hunt through, look through, scrabble about in, scrabble around in, root about in, root around in, ferret in, ferret about in, ferret around in, rummage about in, rummage around in, rummage round in, rummage in, rummage through, forage through, fish about in, fish around in, poke about in, poke around in, dig in, grub about in, grub around in, delve in, go through, sift through, rake, rifle through, ransack, turn over, go through with a fine-tooth comb Origin Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm.
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