| 单词 | to comb out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto comb out 6. to comb out. extracted from combv.1 a. transitive. To disentangle or dress (the hair) with a comb; hence figurative, to separate or sort out. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from main body skillc1175 to tell outc1325 shillc1440 sequestrate1513 sorta1535 shoal1571 segregate1579 dismember1580 single1582 scatter1588 disgregate1593 recond1608 sepone1619 sequester1625 canton1653 to cantonize outa1670 portion1777 to set off1795 to comb out1854 distinguish1866 split1924 hive off1931 section1960 separate1962 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > comb kembc1000 comb1398 pectinate1623 rede1718 to comb out1854 redd1864 back-comb1865 fine-tooth comb1889 rat1904 hackle1929 tease1957 sleek1959 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) lv. 390 Forthwith the dandified Horatio began to comb out his words, and string together his sentences. 1855 C. Kingsley Heroes ii. v They..combed out their golden hair. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 33 It was as if he had combed out his cares. 1937 E. Hemingway To have & have Not iii. xxvi. 259 He took..the pins out and combed it out and it was just like gold. 1964 Sunday Express 1 Mar. 19/4 Clients on all sides were being ‘combed out’. 1966 ‘L. Black’ Bait viii. 124 Emma's hair-do was nearly finished... ‘Just finishing. Let me comb it out.’ 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 38/1 Comb-out. (1) To comb through the set and dried hairdress preparatory to the final arrangement of the tresses. (2) To comb a head of hair. b. To clear out (men) for military service from civil employments. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] > compel to enlist prest1481 press1542 impress1598 imprest1645 lot1757 conscribe1806 conscript1813 draft1862 press-gang1899 to comb out1916 1916 Daily Mail 1 Nov. 5/6 ‘Comb out the contractors' useless men,’ said a farmer delegate. 1918 Mrs. H. Ward War & Elizabeth vii My two brothers are dead in France. I shall be ‘combed’ out directly. 1923 G. D. H. Cole Workshop Organization 28 The successive ‘combings-out’ of the munition works for further ‘man-power’ for the fighting forces. c. = 4b. Also, to attack systematically. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack systematically to comb out1917 1917 ‘I. Hay’ Carrying On viii. 212 Fighting in the Redoubt itself had almost ceased, though a humorous sergeant, followed by acolytes bearing bombs, was still ‘combing out’ certain residential districts in the centre of the maze. 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 22 To comb out, to sweep over in formation, attacking ground targets with gun-fire. Thus, ‘We're combing out the North of France this afternoon’. < as lemmas |
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