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- a long, narrow strip of fabric, used especially for tying something or for decoration（尤指用于捆扎或装饰的）缎带, 丝带：
the tiny pink ribbons in her hair
扎在她头发上的粉红色小缎带
mass noun cut four lengths of ribbon.剪下四段缎带。
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- a strip of fabric of a special colour or design awarded as a prize or worn to indicate the holding of an honour, especially a small multicoloured piece of ribbon worn in place of the medal it represents绶带, 饰带; （尤指代替勋章佩带的彩色）勋带, 勋表。
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ribbons
figurative prizes; honours〈喻〉奖品; 荣誉：in the Silk Cup trophy class Mullins stayed in the ribbons.
在丝绸杯中, 夺杯呼声很高的马林斯队再次捧走了奖杯。
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- a long, narrow strip of something细长条状物：
slice the peppers into ribbons lengthways.
把辣椒纵切成细长条。
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- a narrow band of impregnated material wound on a spool and forming the inking agent in some typewriters and computer printers（打字机和电脑打印机的）色带。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- extend or move in a long narrow strip like a ribbon成带状延伸（或运动）：
miles of concrete ribboned behind the bus.
混凝土路在公交车后如丝带似的绵延数英里。
短语
cut a（或the）ribbon
- perform an opening ceremony, typically by formally cutting a ribbon across the entrance to somewhere剪彩。
cut（或tear）something to ribbons
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- cut (or tear) something so badly that only ragged strips remain把…剪（或撕扯）成碎片。
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- figurative damage something severely〈喻〉严重破坏：
the country has seen its economy torn to ribbons by recession.
经济衰退严重破坏了这个国家的经济。
派生词
ribboned
adjective词源
early 16th cent.: variant of RIBAND. The French spelling ruban was also frequent in the 16th-18th cents.