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crib

noun
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  1. (North American English)
    (British English cot)
    a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child（有围栏的）幼儿床
    Topics Life stagesc1
  2. a long open box that horses and cows can eat from（马、牛的）饲料槽 synonym manger
  3. (British English)
    (North American English crèche)
    a model of the scene of Jesus Christ’s birth, placed in churches and homes at Christmas圣诞马槽（表现耶稣诞生的情景）
  4. (informal)
    (also crib sheet)
    a set of notes to help you remember important information, especially one taken secretly into an exam room（考试作弊用的）夹带
    • crib notes夹带的纸条
    Topics Educationc2
  5. (also cribbage)
     a card game in which players score points by collecting different combinations of cards. The score is kept by putting small pegs in holes in a board. 克里比奇牌戏（用小木钉插在有孔的木板上记分）
  6. (North American English, informal) the house, flat, etc. where somebody lives 住所；公寓；居所
    7. Word OriginOld English (in the sense ‘manger’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krib, kribbe and German Krippe.

crib

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crib
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he / she / it cribs
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past simple cribbed
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past participle cribbed
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-ing form cribbing
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] crib (something) (from somebody) (old-fashioned) to dishonestly copy work from another student or from a book（学生在考试或做作业时）抄袭，剽窃Topics Educationc2
  2. [intransitive] crib (about something) (British English, old-fashioned or Indian English) to complain about somebody/something in an angry way抱怨；发牢骚
    • Every time we met up, she would start cribbing.每次我们见面时，她都会开始涂鸦。
    • Luckily, my parents never cribbed about my failures.幸运的是，我的父母从来没有为我的失败而烦恼。
    • He spent the rest of the day cribbing that he had been overcharged.他整天余下的时间都在担心自己被多收了。
    3. Word OriginOld English (in the sense ‘manger’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krib, kribbe and German Krippe.