backcombとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• back-comb

語源

back +‎ comb

動詞

backcomb (三人称単数 現在形 backcombs, 現在分詞 backcombing, 過去形および過去分詞形 backcombed)

1. To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.

   Synonym: tease

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:

     Her dark-blonde hair, worn long at Oxford, had been cut and backcombed, Diana-style, and quivered when she shook her head.

名詞

backcomb (複数形 backcombs)

1. The hairstyle produced by backcombing.
2. (dated) A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle.
   • 1876, Lex, Remarkable Criminal Trials in Bengal:

     There was a part of a bottle of liquor on the table—the furniture of the hall was disarranged—a pair of slippers, two small combs, and a backcomb were lying near an easy chair.

   • 1912, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks, volume 39, issues 1-6, page 252:

     A backcomb comprising a pair of oppositely disposed members of sheet material each provided with teeth along one margin, a pivot pin securing the members at one end in overlapping relation.

   • 1920, David Herbert Lawrence, The Lost Girl:

     Her father had produced a pink crêpe de Chine blouse and a backcomb massed with brilliants—both of which she refused to wear.