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.
雙語例句
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(dān)架抬下場。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Use a cheap cut such as spare rib chops.
用一塊便宜點(diǎn)的肉，比如肋排肉。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The guys in my local pub used to rib me about drinking "girly" drinks.
我家當(dāng)?shù)鼐起^里的人以前總是取笑我喝“女人”飲料。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The doctor fixed the rib, dosed him heavily with drugs, and said he would probably get better.