| 单词 | tooth-comb |
| 释义 | > as lemmastooth-comb tooth-comb n. (a) a small-tooth comb; usually in figurative use; also attributive and as v. transitive, to investigate minutely; cf. fine-tooth adj.; (b) Zoology a group of procumbent lower front teeth found in tree shrews and lemurs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Scandentia (tree-shrews) > [noun] > parts of tooth-comb1893 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)] through-seekOE gropea1250 to search outa1382 ensearch1382 boltc1386 examinea1387 ransackc1390 ripea1400 search1409 overreach?a1425 considerc1425 perquirec1460 examec1480 peruse?1520 grounda1529 study1528 oversearch1532 perscrute1536 scrute1536 to go over ——1537 scan1548 examinate1560 rifle1566 to consider of1569 excuss1570 ripe1573 sift1573 sift1577 to pry into ——1581 dive1582 rub1591 explore1596 pervestigate1610 dissecta1631 profound1643 circumspect1667 scrutinize1671 perscrutatea1679 introspect1683 rummage1690 reconnoitre1740 scrutinate1742 to look through1744 scrutiny1755 parse1788 gun1819 cat-haul1840 vivisect1876 scour1882 microscope1888 tooth-comb1893 X-ray1896 comb1904 fine-tooth comb1949 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [noun] > instrument of fine-tooth comb1852 tooth-comb1893 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] > of scrutiny: close, rigorous narroweOE searching1648 close1662 subsoil1882 tooth-comb1893 the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > member of family Lemuridae > parts of tooth-comb1893 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > instrument of fine selection tooth-comb1893 1893 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 4/3 The force was a mere toothcomb in the face of the rioters. 1902 Sat. Rev. 1 Nov. 556/1 The rake with which Mr. Nield gathers together his authors is a very tooth-comb. 1918 Daily Chron. 25 Jan. 3/7 The Army behind the front is being tooth-combed of all men fit for the fighting line. 1924 Glasgow Herald 28 Aug. 4/2 She was a strong woman, well accustomed to ‘toothcomb’ her husband's MS. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 749/3 Whatever the ‘tooth-combs’ of Dr. Hotson's fellow-scholars may leave of it, he must be congratulated on his discovery. 1958 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Apr. 68/4 The three officers start their own toothcomb check of their huge ship. 1962 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 20 128/1 The closely spaced incisors [of lemurs] seem to scrape the fur rather than comb it. The use of the term ‘tooth comb’ may be, therefore, objectionable. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Aug. 946/1 A novel which has been picked over with toothcombs, in search of clues to ‘The Mystery’. 1977 Listener 7 Apr. 442/1 Decides whether the bid is contentious enough to be toothcombed by the mergers panel. 1980 J. Gardner Garden of Weapons i. xi. 110 The four men and one woman trained after a toothcomb selection. 1981 Times 16 Feb. 14/4 Tooth combs are found today in tree shrews..as well as in the lemurs and lorises. < as lemmas |
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