释义 |
bob1 /bob/ intransitive verb (bobbˈing; bobbed)- To move quickly up and down or to and fro
- To curtsy or bow quickly
- (with for) to try to catch (a swinging or floating apple, etc) with one's teeth as a game
- To ride a bobsleigh
- To fish with a bob
transitive verb- To move in a short jerking manner
- To tap
- To perform, measure, do, etc (something) with a bob
- To make a curtsy
- To cut (hair) square across
- To dock, to bobtail
noun- A short jerking motion
- A quick curtsy
- Anything that moves with a bob or swing
- The weight of a pendulum, plumb line, etc
- A pendant (archaic)
- A knot of hair
- A short straight haircut for women and girls
- A bunch or cluster (eg of cherries) (dialect)
- A bunch of lobworms, used in catching eels
- A bob-fly
- Any small roundish body
- The refrain or burden of a song (archaic)
- A short line at or near the end of the stanza (poetry)
- A bobsleigh
- (in pl) the runners for a bobsleigh (N American)
- A dance (Scot)
- A slight blow (obsolete)
- A gibe (obsolete)
- (also plain bob) a term in bellringing, eg bob minor is rung on six bells, bob major on eight, bob royal on ten, bob maximus on twelve
ORIGIN: Poss Gaelic baban, babag tassel, cluster bobbˈer noun A float attached to a fishing-line bobbˈish adjective In good spirits bobˈ-apple noun The game of trying to catch a swinging or floating apple with one's teeth bobˈcat noun A kind of lynx bobˈ-cherry noun The game of trying to catch a swinging cherry with one's teeth bobˈ-fly noun (angling) The top dropfly bob skate noun (N American) An ice-skate with two parallel blades bobˈsleigh or bobˈsled noun - A short sledge
- A sleigh made up of two of these
- A racing sledge for two or more people, with a continuous seat, steering mechanism, and brakes
intransitive verb To ride or race on a bobsleigh bobˈtail noun - A short or cut tail
- An animal with a bobbed tail (also adjective)
- Applied in contempt to the rabble, as in rag-tag and bobtail
transitive verb To cut short bobˈtailed adjective With tail cut short bobˈwheel noun (poetry) The bob with the lines following it bobˈwig noun A wig with the ends turned up into short curls bob up To appear suddenly |