/kəʊm; kom/
n
1 [C]
(a) piece of metal, plastic or bone with teeth, used for tidying and arranging the hair 梳子; 篦子.
(b) small piece of plastic or bone with teeth, worn by women to hold the hair in place or as an ornament 发插（用以使头发固定或作头饰）.
2 [C usu sing 通常作单数] act of combing the hair 梳理（毛发）; 梳（头）
*Your hair needs a (good) comb. 你的头发需要（好好）梳一梳.
3 [C] thing shaped or used like a comb, esp a device for tidying and straightening wool, cotton, etc to prepare it for manufacture 梳状物; 精梳机.
4 [C, U] = honeycomb.
5 [C] red fleshy growth on the head of a domestic fowl, esp a cock （家禽的）冠; （尤指）公鸡冠. =>illus at App
1 见附录1之插图, page v.
6 (idm 习语) with a fine-tooth comb => fine2.

v
1 [Tn] pass a comb through (the hair) in order to tidy or arrange it 梳理（毛发）; 梳（头）
*Don't forget to comb your hair before you go out! 不要忘记临出门梳梳头!
2 [Tn] prepare (wool, cotton, etc) for manufacture by tidying and straightening it with a comb(3) （用精梳机）精梳（毛、棉等）.
3 [Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] ~ (through) sth (for sb/sth) search sth thoroughly 彻底搜寻某物
*He combed through the files searching for evidence of fraud. 他详查档案, 寻找欺诈行为的证据.
* Police are combing the woods for the missing children. 警察搜遍树林以寻找失踪的孩子.
4 (phr v) comb sth out remove knots, tangles, etc from or shape (the hair) with a comb 梳去（发结和乱处等）; 梳整（发型）. comb sth out (of sth)
(a) remove (dirt, tangles, etc) from the hair with a comb 梳去毛发中（的脏物或结团处）
*She combed the mud out of the dog's fur. 她梳去狗的皮毛中的泥土.
(b) remove (unwanted people or things) from a group 从群体中清除（不需要的人或物）.