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
