combing
present participle ofcomb
| 单词 | combing |
| 释义 | combing present 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
Examplesofcombingcombing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thiscombingprocess also separated the fibres to some extent. From theCambridge English Corpus Nailed either to small hand cards, or to large cylinders in carding machines, this process loosened matted wool withoutcombingit straight. From theCambridge English Corpus It may be aggravated by chewing,combingthe hair or wearing spectacles. From theCambridge English Corpus As they walked, they waggled their abdomens from side to side, while their hind legs moved backwards and forwards, apparentlycombingpollen from the anthers. From theCambridge English Corpus One of its strengths is the range of material assembled and the carefulcombingof newspapers for relevant material. From theCambridge English Corpus Buildings can modulate light bycombingit, diffusing it, storing it, reflecting it or changing its speed. From theCambridge English Corpus She did not finishcombingher hair until she had the city back into her power by force of arms. From theCambridge English Corpus Combingelements of historical and cognitive archaeology, he argues that there existed a political tradition that represented continuity and change. From theCambridge English Corpus They have included a most comprehensive critical apparatus, and their diligence incombingthe official and unofficial sources for the expedition merits high encomium. From theCambridge English Corpus It can act as one stage in the process of rewriting, of going through the text again and againcombingit, like hair, until it shines. From theCambridge English Corpus Tow fibre was then removed from the line fibre bycombingon a set of sharp pins (hackling). From theCambridge English Corpus However, because thiscombingis impossible on even-dimensional spheres, it follows that the existence of a one-dimensional nonsingular foliation on these even-dimensional spheres also is impossible. From theCambridge English Corpus The papers also call attention to the rewards of deeplycombingthe archives for new sources about the post-emancipation adjustments and about the meanings of new forms of social relations. From theCambridge English Corpus Now again the process ofcombingout is being gone through, not with a harrow but with a small -tooth comb. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thecombinghas been going on drastically for the last two years. 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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