搜尋結果
rib
- IPA[rɪb]
英式
- each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine (twelve pairs in humans), protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs;a rib of an animal with meat adhering to it used as food; a joint consisting of animal ribs
- mark with or form into ridges;provide with ribs
verb: rib, 3rd person present: ribs, gerund or present participle: ribbing, past tense: ribbed, past participle: ribbed
noun: rib, plural noun: ribs
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine (twelve pairs in humans), protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs he had several broken ribs
- ▪ a rib of an animal with meat adhering to it used as food; a joint consisting of animal ribs a lunch of ribs, wings, and blueberry pie 1,300 lb of beef rib
- 2. a long raised piece of strengthening or supporting material.
- ▪ a curved member supporting a vault or defining its form stone is used only for ribs, piers, and windows a rib vault
- ▪ a curved transverse strut of metal or timber in a ship, extending up from the keel and forming part of the framework of the hull the hull was stiffened with 26 ribs
- ▪ each of the curved pieces of wood forming the body of a lute or the sides of a violin.
- ▪ each of the hinged rods supporting the fabric of an umbrella.
- ▪ a structural member in an aerofoil, extending back from the leading edge and serving to define the contour of the aerofoil.
- ▪ a ridge of rock or land the final rib gives pleasant climbing
- 3. a vein of a leaf or an insect's wing a spinach-type leaf with red ribs
- 4. a combination of alternate plain and purl stitches producing a ridged, slightly elastic fabric knit twenty rows of rib knit a new rib
動詞
- 1. mark with or form into ridges the road was ribbed with furrows of slush
- ▪ provide with ribs the aisle vaults are lower, but are also ribbed and painted
- 2. informal tease good-naturedly the first time I appeared in the outfit I was ribbed mercilessly