rib是什么意思

rib

英 [r?b] 美 [r?b]

1. rib => reef.
2. 諧音“肋部”。

rib 肋骨，排骨，棱紋

來自古英語 ribb,肋骨，來自 Proto-Germanic*rebja,肋骨，來自 PIE*rebh,覆蓋，屋頂，詞源同 reef.引申詞義排骨，棱紋等。

rib: rib: [OE] Rib is a widespread Germanic word, which goes back to a prehistoric *rebjō, source also of German rippe, Dutch rib, Swedish ribba ‘lath’, etc. Its Old Norse form rif is the ancestor of English reef. Outside Germanic it is related to Russian rebro ‘rib’.
=> reef
rib (n.): Old English ribb "rib," from Proto-Germanic *rebja- (cognates: Old Norse rif, Old Saxon ribbi, Old Frisian ribb, Middle Dutch, Dutch ribbe, Old High German ribba, German Rippe), literally "a covering" (of the cavity of the chest), from PIE *rebh- "to roof, cover" (cognates: Greek ereptein "to roof," Old Church Slavonic rebro "rib, reef"). As an item of food from early 15c. Rib joint "brothel" is slang from 1943, probably in reference to Adam's rib (compare rib "woman, wife," attested from 1580s).
rib (v.): "tease, fool," 1930, apparently from rib (n.); perhaps as a figurative suggestion of poking someone in the ribs. Related: Ribbed; ribbing.

1. The goalkeeper was stretchered off just before half-time with a rib injury.: 就在中場休息前，該守門員由于肋骨受傷被用擔架抬下場。

3. The guys in my local pub used to rib me about drinking "girly" drinks.: 我家當地酒館里的人以前總是取笑我喝“女人”飲料。

4. The doctor fixed the rib, dosed him heavily with drugs, and said he would probably get better.: 醫生接好了肋骨，給他服用了大劑量的藥，并說他可能會有所好轉。