1
- a strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair梳, 梳子。
1.1
- in sing. an instance of untangling or arranging the hair with such a device（用梳子）梳发, 梳理：
she gave her hair a comb.
她梳了梳头发。
1.2
- a short curved type of this device, worn by women to hold the hair in place or as an adornment梳形头饰（短而弯曲, 妇女佩戴以保持发型或作为装饰品）。
2
- something resembling a comb in function or structure, in particular有梳子功能之物, 梳状物, 尤指：
2.1
- a device for separating and dressing textile fibres精梳机。
2.2
- a row of brass points for collecting the electricity in an electrostatic generator梳形端子板, 梳形插头。
2.3
- Austral. /NZ the lower, fixed cutting-piece of a sheep-shearing machine〈澳/新西兰〉剪羊毛机的梳齿, 梳轮。
3
- the red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock（家禽的）肉冠（尤指鸡冠）。
with obj.
1
- untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it梳（发）, 梳理：
as adj., with submodifier (combed) neatly combed hair梳理整齐的头发。
1.1
comb something out
remove something in the hair by drawing a comb through it梳去：she combed the burrs out of the dog's coat.
她给狗梳去毛上的刺球。
1.2
comb something through
use a comb to work a conditioning or styling preparation through (the hair)梳理, 整理（头发）。
2
- prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb精梳（羊毛、亚麻或棉）以供加工。
2.1
- usu. as adj. combed treat (a fabric) in such a way精梳（织物）：
the socks are made of soft combed cotton.
这种短袜是用柔软的精梳棉做的。
3
- search 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 obj. his mother combed through the cardboard boxes.他母亲仔细查遍了那些纸板箱。
派生词
comb-like
adjective词源
Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm.