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嬰兒小床,食槽,柵欄抄襲拘禁,關入柵欄

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crib \Crib\ (kr?b), n. [AS. crybb; akin to OS. kribbja, D. krib,
   kribbe, Dan. krybbe, G. krippe, and perh. to MHG. krebe
   basket, G, korb, and E. rip a sort of wicker basket.]
   1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

            The steer lion at one crib shall meet. --Pope.

   2. A stall for oxen or other cattle.

            Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. --Prov. xiv.
                                                  4.

   3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.

   4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing
      grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.

   5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage.

            Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . .
            Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? --Shak.

   6. (Mining) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation,
      or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

   7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used
      for docks, pier, dams, etc.

   8. A small raft of timber. [Canada]

   9. A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris?; hence, a
      translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or
      reciting his lessons. [Colloq.]

            The Latin version technically called a crib. --Ld.
                                                  Lytton.

            Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by
            a crib.                               --Wilkie
                                                  Collins.

   10. A miner's luncheon. [Cant] --Raymond.

   11. (Card Playing) The discarded cards which the dealer can
       use in scoring points in cribbage.

Crib \Crib\, v. i.
   1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in
      narrow accommodations. [R.]

            Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a
            Presbyterian trundle bed.             --Gauden.

   2. To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or
      examination. [College Cant]

   3. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth
      and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.

Crib \Crib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cribbed} (kr?bd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Cribbing}.]
   1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to
      cramp.

            If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped.
                                                  --I. Taylor.

            Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined.  --Shak.

   2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to
      appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from
      Milton. [Colloq.]

            Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace.
                                                  --Dickens.

資料來源 : WordNet®

crib
     n 1: baby bed with high sides [syn: {cot}]
     2: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language
        (often used illicitly) [syn: {pony}, {trot}]
     3: a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and
        discards one or two to make up the crib [syn: {cribbage}]
     v 1: use a crib, as in an exam
     2: take unauthorized (intellectual material)
     3: line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"
     [also: {cribbing}, {cribbed}]