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groom + noun (animal)
常用于马匹、宠物等的梳理清洁。
She groomed the horse thoroughly before the competition.
她在比赛前彻底地梳理了马匹。
打扮；梳理；使整洁
grooming — present participle of groom
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打扮；梳理；使整洁
to clean and tidy the appearance of a person or animal
She groomed the horse thoroughly before the competition.
她在比赛前彻底地梳理了马匹。
常指给动物梳毛或打理自己的外表
使整洁
give a neat appearance to
打理外表
care for one's external appearance
培养以备将来
educate for a future role or function
groom
Base
原形
grooms
3rd person
第三人称单数
grooming
-ing
现在分词
groomed
Past
过去式
groomed
Past participle
过去分词
I groom my dog every week.
我每周给我的狗梳理毛发。
She groomed the horse yesterday.
她昨天给马梳理了毛发。
They have groomed all the dogs.
他们已经给所有的狗梳理了毛发。
groom 作动词意为‘梳洗、梳理’，规则变化，常用于宠物或马匹护理。
She spends an hour every morning grooming her long hair.
她每天早上花一个小时梳理她的长发。
The stable hand grooms the horses before the competition.
马夫在比赛前刷洗马匹。
The company is grooming him for a management position.
公司正在培养他担任管理职位。
常用于马匹、宠物等的梳理清洁。
She groomed the horse thoroughly before the competition.
她在比赛前彻底地梳理了马匹。
指个人打扮、仪表整理。
He spends half an hour grooming himself every morning.
他每天早上花半小时打扮自己。
表示培养、训练某人担任某角色。
The company groomed him as a potential CEO.
公司培养他作为潜在的CEO。
Not this
He groomed to become the manager.
Use this
He was groomed to become the manager.
中文学习者常忽略被动语态，表示‘被培养’时需用be groomed。
Not this
He groomed in the bathroom.
Use this
He groomed himself in the bathroom.
‘groom’用于人的清洁打扮时，通常需加反身代词himself，因为动作施加于自身。
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刷洗梳理马匹
She grooms her horse every morning.
她每天早晨给她的马刷洗梳理。
打理自己的外表
He took a moment to groom himself before the interview.
面试前他花了一点时间打理自己的外表。
培养某人以担任某职务
The manager is grooming him for a senior position.
经理正在培养他担任高级职位。
培养某人作为接班人
She is being groomed as the CEO's successor.
她正被培养为首席执行官的接班人。
培养下一代
This school grooms the next generation of scientists.
这所学校培养下一代科学家。
培养（某人）担任；使（某人）为某事做好准备
The CEO is grooming his daughter to take over the company.
首席执行官正在培养他的女儿接管公司。
打理得完美无瑕；精心准备得尽善尽美
The lawn was groomed to perfection for the wedding.
草坪被精心打理得尽善尽美，以迎接婚礼。
整洁体面的；打扮得体的
She always looks well-groomed at work.
她在工作时总是显得整洁得体。
发长 /uː/ 音 (如 food, boot)
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新郎(groom)婚前打理外表；groom像‘room’，把房间收拾整洁；也指培养接班人。
语域：neutral 常见场景：animal care、personal appearance、career or role preparation groom 在动物护理、个人仪表打理以及培养人才等场景中都较为常用，整体属中性表达。在涉及对人的培养或诱导时，需根据上下文判断是否带有负面含义。
这些词与 groom 押韵，核心音均为 /uːm/（拼写都是 -oom）。注意不要看到 -oo- 就念 /uː/，如 blood /blʌd/、flood /flʌd/ 不押韵。
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