• n. 嬰兒床；柵欄；食槽
• vi. 剽竊
• vt. 拘禁，關入柵欄；抄襲

來自PIE*sker, 轉(zhuǎn)，彎，編織，詞源cradle。原義為籃子，搖籃，后由籃子過渡到飼料槽。抄襲義來自學生俚語。

crib

crib: [OE] Crib is a Germanic word, with relatives today in German (krippe) and Dutch (kribbe). In Old English it meant ‘manger’, and not until the 17th century did it develop its familiar presentday sense ‘child’s bed’. An intermediate stage, now lost, was ‘basket’, which appears to have given rise to its 18th-century use as a thieves’ slang term for ‘pilfer’; this in turn is probably the source of the modern colloquial sense ‘plagiarize’. Vulgar Latin borrowed Old High German kripja as *creppia, from which modern French gets crèche (acquired by English in the 19th century).
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crib (n.)

Old English cribbe "manger, fodder bin in cowsheds and fields," from a West Germanic root (cognates: Old Saxon kribbia "manger;" Old Frisian and Middle Dutch kribbe; Old High German krippa, German Krippe "crib, manger") probably related to German krebe "basket." Meaning "child's bed with barred sides" is 1640s; probably from frequent use in reference to the manger where infant Jesus was laid. Thieves' slang for "dwelling house" dates to at least 1812, but late 20c. use probably is independent. The Old High German version passed to French and became creche.

crib (v.)

"steal," 17c. from crib (n.) in a secondary sense "a basket;" this probably also is the source of student slang meaning "plagiarize" (1778). Related: Cribbed; cribbing.

1. So cuddly. The beautiful crib from Mom and Dad.

抱起來真舒服. 爸爸媽媽送的漂亮嬰兒床.

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2. She tucked the baby in his crib for a nap.

她把嬰兒裹好放在童床里小睡一會兒.

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3. We curtained off part of the room and put the crib there.

我們用簾子遮掉房間的一部分,把小人床放在那兒.

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4. The teacher vetoed the use of a crib.

那位老師嚴禁使用夾帶.

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5. It hung over Susan's crib.

Susan的小床也曾有過.

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