combed
past simple and past participle ofcomb
| 单词 | combed |
| 释义 | combed past simple and past participle ofcomb comb verb[T] uk/kəʊm/us/koʊm/combverb[T](TIDY HAIR)B1 totidyyourhairusing a comb: She combed herhairand put on somelipstick. I've beentryingto combout(=removeusing a comb)theknotsin herhair.
Hair care
combverb[T](SEARCH)tosearchaplaceor anareaverycarefullyinordertofindsomething: Thepolicecombed thewholeareaforevidence. Investigators combedthroughthewreckage. to search for something
Searching
Examplesofcombedcombed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Acombedskein of hair forms the background to the smaller images, which explains the curious criss-crossing in the crook of the swimsuited woman's arm. From theCambridge English Corpus The major statutes and court cases have beencombedthrough by legal specialists from a dozen different angles. From theCambridge English Corpus The membership fees were purposefully kept low so that the propagandists whocombedthe shopping streets around the new year met with less resistance. From theCambridge English Corpus The feather lice or biting lice found on birds cannot becombedout from their hosts, which is the method suggested for the previously-mentioned insects. From theCambridge English Corpus So it should be, for the teamcombedthe planet for the most appropriate materials, many specimens being enormous, at equally enormous cost. From theCambridge English Corpus Local officialscombedthe countryside to inscribe the neediest on the departmental pension rolls. From theCambridge English Corpus In most cases they can becombedout from the hair of their hosts with a common tooth-comb. From theCambridge English Corpus The author has thoroughlycombedthe literature and published primary material. From theCambridge English Corpus Their emaciated face with deep and sad wrinkles disappears under a huge, nevercombedbeard. From theCambridge English Corpus Note that coats werecombedat 400 min, before the last two measurements. From theCambridge English Corpus His thesis is based primarily (or so it appears) on his reading of secondary and selective primary sources (how systematicallycombedhe never informs the reader). From theCambridge English Corpus After stationing troops near the border to block suspected entry and exit points, the mobilised forcescombedthe area by moving in multiple columns supported by armour and helicopters. From theCambridge English Corpus Gish hascombeda vast amount of archival material in preparing this solid biography and has incorporated sufficient historical background to contextualize his subject's remarkable life. From theCambridge English Corpus The noise components are stronger towards the end of the piece, and the 'combed' noise sounds come to their conclusion approximately fifteen minutes into the piece. From theCambridge English Corpus They are in my county beginning to becombedout in order to supply this somewhat illogical quota which each county is asked to contribute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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