crib

noun

/krɪb/

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(North American English)
(British English cot)
a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child（有围栏的）幼儿床Topics Life stagesc1
a long open box that horses and cows can eat from马槽；牛槽；饲料槽 synonym manger
(British English)
(North American English crèche)
a model of the scene of Jesus Christ’s birth, placed in churches and homes at Christmas圣诞马槽（表现耶稣诞生的情景）
(informal)
(also crib sheet)
a set of notes to help you remember important information, especially one taken secretly into an exam room备忘纸条；（尤指考试作弊用的）纸条，夹带
- crib notes夹带的纸条
Topics Educationc2
(also cribbage)
a card game in which players score points by collecting different combinations of cards. The score is kept by putting small pegs in holes in a board.克里比奇牌戏（用小木钉插在有孔的木板上记分）
(North American English, informal) the house, flat, etc. where somebody lives住所；安乐窝

Word OriginOld English (in the sense ‘manger’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krib, kribbe and German Krippe.

verb

/krɪb/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they crib	/krɪb/ /krɪb/
he / she / it cribs	/krɪbz/ /krɪbz/
past simple cribbed	/krɪbd/ /krɪbd/
past participle cribbed	/krɪbd/ /krɪbd/
-ing form cribbing	/ˈkrɪbɪŋ/ /ˈkrɪbɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] crib (something) (from somebody) (old-fashioned) to dishonestly copy work from another student or from a book（学生在考试或做作业时）抄袭，剽窃Topics Educationc2
[intransitive] crib (about something) (British English, old-fashioned or Indian English) to complain about somebody/something in an angry way抱怨；发牢骚
- Every time we met up, she would start cribbing.每次我们见面，她都会开始抄袭。
- Luckily, my parents never cribbed about my failures.幸运的是，我的父母从来没有抄袭我的失败。
- He spent the rest of the day cribbing that he had been overcharged.那天剩下的时间里，他都在抱怨自己被多收了钱。

Word OriginOld English (in the sense ‘manger’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krib, kribbe and German Krippe.