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BNC: 5074 COCA: 4568

rib

1 rib /ˈrɪb/ noun
plural ribs
1 rib
/ˈrɪb/
noun
plural ribs
Learner's definition of RIB
[count]
: any one of the curved bones of the chest that connect to the spine肋骨 see picture at human
: a piece of meat from an animal that includes a rib and that is used as food(动物的)排骨 see also sparerib
: a long curved piece of metal, wood, etc., that forms the frame of a boat, roof, etc.肋骨状物(构成船、房顶等骨架的金属或木质等)
2 rib /ˈrɪb/ verb
ribs; ribbed; ribbing
2 rib
/ˈrɪb/
verb
ribs; ribbed; ribbing
Learner's definition of RIB
[+ object] informal
: to make jokes about (someone) in a friendly way : to kid or tease (someone)(善意地)取笑,讥讽often + about or over
BNC: 5074 COCA: 4568

rib

1 of 4

noun (1)

1
a
: any of the paired curved bony or partly cartilaginous rods that stiffen the walls of the body of most vertebrates and protect the viscera
b(1)
: a cut of meat including a rib see beef illustration
(2)
: a boneless cut of meat (such as beef or pork) from a rib section
c
[from the account of Eve's creation from Adam's rib in Genesis 2:21–22] : wife
2
: something resembling a rib in shape or function: such as
a(1)
: a traverse member of the frame of a ship that runs from keel to deck
(2)
: a light fore-and-aft member in an airplane's wing
b
: one of the stiff strips supporting an umbrella's fabric
c
: one of the arches in Romanesque and Gothic vaulting meeting and crossing one another and dividing the whole vaulted space into triangles
3
: an elongated ridge: such as
a(1)
: a vein of an insect's wing
(2)
: one of the primary veins of a leaf
b
: one of the ridges in a knitted or woven fabric

Illustration of rib

Illustration of rib
  • ribs 1a

rib

2 of 4

verb (1)

ribbed; ribbing

transitive verb

1
: to furnish or enclose with ribs
2
: to knit so as to form vertical ridges in

rib

3 of 4

noun (2)

1
: joke
2
: parody

rib

4 of 4

verb (2)

ribbed; ribbing

transitive verb

: to poke fun at : kid

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English ribb; akin to Old High German rippi rib, Old Church Slavonic rebro, and probably to Greek erephein to roof over

Verb (2) and Noun (2)

probably from rib entry 1; from the tickling of the ribs to cause laughter

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb (1)

circa 1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1912, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rib was before the 12th century
BNC: 5074 COCA: 4568
rib

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + RIB | RIB + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEbroken, bruised, cracked, fractured斷了的肋骨;撞傷的肋骨He sustained a broken rib.他的肋骨斷了。VERB + RIBbreak, bruise, crack, crush打斷肋骨;擦傷肋骨;使肋骨骨折;壓斷肋骨dig sb in, nudge sb in, poke sb in, prod sb in戳某人的肋骨;輕推某人的肋骨;捅某人的肋骨RIB + NOUNcage胸廓injury肋骨受傷PREPOSITIONagainst the/your ribs, in the/your ribs抵着某人的肋骨;朝某人的肋骨I woke him up with a poke in the ribs.我戳了一下他的肋骨把他弄醒了。

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