Word · Frequency #12564
barber
理发；修剪胡须
To cut or trim a person's hair or beard.
- 1.
To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
给(某人)理发或修剪胡须
- 2.
(US, slang) To chatter, talk.
(美国俚语)闲聊,谈话
闲聊；谈话；给(某人)理发或修剪胡须；(美国俚语)闲聊,谈话
In use
I prefer to barber my own hair at home instead of going to a salon.
The stylist barbered the old man's beard before the ceremony.
He is barbering his son's hair for the school play.
barber somebody
作“给某人理发”讲时是及物动词，宾语通常是人。
He barbered the old man carefully before the ceremony.
仪式前，他仔细地给那位老人理了发。
barber (intransitive)
美国俚语中，barber 可作不及物动词，表示“闲聊、谈话”。
They barbered over coffee for hours.
他们一边喝咖啡一边闲聊了好几个小时。
Verb forms
base barber · third person barbers · -ing barbering · past barbered · past participle barbered
barber 作动词表示“给…理发/修剪胡须”，口语中也可表示“闲聊”；属于规则动词。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- have one's hair barbered
- 让人给自己理发
- He had his hair barbered at the shop before the interview.面试前，他在店里让人给自己理了发。
- be barbered by
- 由某人理发
- The king was barbered by his personal servant.国王由他的私人仆人替其理发。
- freshly barbered
- 刚理过发的
- He looked freshly barbered in his tuxedo.他穿着燕尾服，看上去刚理过发。
- well-barbered
- 仪容整洁的
- Her well-barbered boyfriend made a good impression on her parents.她男朋友仪容整洁，给她父母留下了好印象。
- barber one's beard
- 修剪某人的胡须
- He barbered his beard carefully every morning.他每天早上都会仔细修剪胡须。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
“barber”里藏着“bar”(酒吧)，想象理发师在酒吧边给客人理发边闲聊。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：written or formal descriptions of cutting hair or beard、US slang in casual conversation (to chat) 作“理发/修剪胡须”讲时，该动词多用于较正式或书面描写，日常口语中更常说 cut someone's hair；作美国俚语“闲聊、谈话”讲时，只用于非正式口语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 barber /ˈbɑːbə/ 真正同韵的是 harbour /ˈhɑːbə/（美式拼作 harbor，读 /ˈhɑːrbər/，仍同韵）。member、number、sober、October 虽拼作 -ber，但与 barber 只共享词尾不重读的 /bə/，重读元音不同，所以不押韵。注意 plumber /ˈplʌmə/ 看似以 -ber 结尾，但 b 不发音，读作 /ˈplʌmə/，与 barber 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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