n.[C]
- 头
He was hit on the
head.
他被击中头部。
- (东西的)头;上端;前端;上首[the S][(+of)]
The young man walked at the
head of the parade.
那年轻人走在游行队伍最前面。
- 头脑;才智
Steve has a good
head for mathematics.
史蒂夫擅长数学。
- 头痛[S1]
I've got a bad
head.
我头痛得厉害。
- 能力;克制力[S][(+for)]
She was able to keep her
head in the crisis.
她在这次危机中保持了清醒的头脑。
- 一个头的长度[S]
He is a
head taller than his younger sister.
他比他妹妹高一头。
- 人;个人
It costs about $12 a
head to eat here.
在这里吃饭一个人大约要花十二美元。
- (牛羊等的)头数[M]
We keep 1,000
head of cattle.
我们养一千头牛。
- 首脑;首长;头目
He is the
head of a firm.
他是一家公司的经理。
- 标题;项目
He arranged his speech under five
heads.
他把讲话分为五个部分。
- (蔬菜的)头,结球;穗;花冠
- 酒沫
- 海角,岬
- (疮等的)脓头
- (硬币的)正面[P1]
- 【语】中心词
- 吸毒者;瘾君子
vt.
- 作为……的首领;率领;站在……的前头[(+up)]
A car
headed the procession.
一辆汽车为游行队伍开路。
- 用头顶(球)
- 给……加……标题;放在……的顶部[O8][O9]
vi.
- (指果结实等)成头状物
- (向特定方向)出发,(船)驶往[Q]
Our ship
headed south.
我们的船朝南开。
短语
head and shoulders above
- 大大胜过
As far as she was concerned, her husband stood
head and shoulders above any other man.
在她看来,她丈夫比任何其他人都行。
head over heels
- 完全地
She is
head over heels in love.
她深坠爱河。
above/over sb.'s head
- 太高深而超出某人的理解力
All that sort of thing is well
above my head.
那种事都是我所不懂的。
bite sb.'s head off
- 严斥某人
My mother
bit my head off because I came home late last night.
我昨晚很晚回家,我母亲严厉责备了我。
come to a head
- 达到紧要关头
Affairs
came to a head then.
当时事情已到了严重关头。
eat one's head off
- 大量地吃
Jane
ate her head off at the party.
简在聚会上吃得很多。
go to sb.'s head
- 使某人醉
The drinks
went to his head.
他醉了。
- 冲昏某人的头脑
You mustn't let this success
go to your head.
你不能让这一成功冲昏头脑。
hang one's head
- 感到羞愧
He
hung his head when the teacher discovered that he had stolen the money.
当老师发现他偷了钱时,他满脸羞愧。
have a (good) head on one's shoulders
- 有见识
She
has a head on her shoulders.
她很有见识。
have a head for
- 有……的才能
I
've no
head for business.
我没有经商的才能。
have one's head screwed on
- 头脑清醒;明智
I often wonder whether you
've got
your head screwed on.
我常常怀疑你头脑是否清醒。
hold one's head high
- 趾高气扬
He
held his head high.
他趾高气扬。
keep one's head
- 保持镇定
keep one's head above water
- 不负债
I need 50 dollars this month to
keep my head above water.
这个月我需要五十美元才能不负债。
knock on the head
- 使不可能实现
My idea of taking Sue out to the cinema was
knocked on the head.
我想约苏出来看电影的计划泡汤了。
make head or tail of
- 理解
I can't
make head or tail of it.
我对此不理解。
put out of one's head
- 不再想;放弃
You'd better
put the idea of marriage
out of your head.
你最好放弃结婚的念头。
scratch one's head
- 迷惑不解
He was
scratching his head over the question.
他对这一问题困惑不解。
take it into one's head
- 突然想到
He
took it into his head to become a politician.
他突然想到要成为一个政治家。
turn sb.'s head
- 使某人骄傲
She has not allowed success to
turn her head.
她没有让成功冲昏头脑。
派生
辨析
n.
- the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.
▸
(heads)
the side of a coin bearing the image of a head (used when tossing a coin to determine a winner).
- the front, forward, or upper part or end of something.
▸the source of a river or stream.
▸the end of a lake or inlet at which a river enters.
▸
[
usu. in place names]
a promontory:
Beachy Head.
▸the top of a ship's mast.
▸the bows of a ship.
▸the foam on top of a glass of beer.
- the cutting or operational end of a tool or mechanism.
▸the flattened or knobbed end of a nail, pin, screw, or match.
- a person in charge; a director or leader.
- a compact mass of leaves or flowers at the top of a stem, especially a capitulum.
▸the edible leafy part at the top of the stem of vegetables such as cabbage and lettuce.
▸one saleable unit of certain vegetables such as cabbage or celery.
- a person considered as a numerical unit:
they paid fifty pounds a head.
▸
[
treated as pl.]
a number of cattle or game as specified:
seventy head of dairy cattle.
- a component in an audio, video, or information system by which information is transferred from an electrical signal to the recording medium, or vice versa.
▸the part of a record player that holds the playing cartridge and stylus.
- a body of water kept at a particular height in order to provide a supply at sufficient pressure:
an 8 m head of water in the shafts.
▸the pressure exerted by such water.
- Grammar the word that governs all the other words in a phrase in which it is used.
- nautical slang a toilet on a boat.
- the antlers of a deer.
- Geology a superficial deposit of rock fragments, formed at the edge of an ice sheet by repeated freezing and thawing and then moved downhill.
adj.
chief; principal.
v.
- be or act as the head of.
- give a title or heading to.
-
(also be headed)
move in a specified direction:
he was heading for the exit.
-
(head someone/thing off)
intercept and turn aside someone or something; forestall.
- Soccer shoot or pass (the ball) with the head.
- lop off the upper part or branches of (a plant or tree).
- (of a lettuce or cabbage) form a head.
-
(head up)
Sailing steer towards the wind.
Phrase
Derivative
- -headed adj.
- headless adj.
- headward adj. & adv.
- headwards adv.
Etymology
OE hēafod, of Gmc origin.