| 单词 | to comb off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto comb off a. To scrape or rake with an action like that of a comb. to comb off, to remove by such an action (cf. brush v.2 5); also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (transitive)] > scrape shavec725 shrapec1000 claw1377 screeve?1440 scartc1480 gratec1530 rape1533 ruffle1615 corrade1646 comb1654 rasp1707 scrape1731 skin1795 scuff1897 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by combing to kemb from or off1601 to comb off1850 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. 177 Strings [of a lute]..Which he combs equaly. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iii. 20 He..will..be combed off by the elm-boughs, and left sprawling in the ditch. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 66 There would be plenty of voters to be combed off by a Radical who offered himself with good pretensions. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 19 From this [fiddle] did Paganini comb the fierce Electric sparks. 1878 Scribners Mag. 15 231/1 The oysterman begins to ‘comb’ the beds..by means of coarse-meshed dredges. < as lemmas |
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