Head is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression ‘off the top of your head’ is explained at‘top’.
head 可以用于很多短语中,这些短语的释义列在本词典中其他词条下。例如,短语 off the top of your head 的释义就列在词条 top 之下。
1 N-COUNT (人的)头,头部 Your
head is the top part of your body, which has your eyes, mouth, and brain in it.
(人的)头,头部 SYN skull,
crown,
pate,
bean [US , Canadian , slang] You can also use
head as a measure of distance, equal to the length of a person's or animal's head.
头(长度单位,相当于人或动物头的长度) 2 N-COUNT 头脑;心智;才智 You can use
head to refer to your mind and your mental abilities.
头脑;心智;才智 3 N-SING (队伍中的)领头位置;队首;排头 The
head of a line of people or vehicles is the front of it, or the first person or vehicle in the line.
(队伍中的)领头位置;队首;排头 4 VERB 排在(队列等)的最前面 If someone or something
heads a line or procession, they are at the front of it.
排在(队列等)的最前面 -
The parson, heading the procession, had just turned right towards the churchyard. [VERB noun]
走在行进队伍最前面的教区牧师刚刚向右转弯,朝着教堂墓地走去。
5 VERB 居…之首;在…名列首位 If something
heads a list or group, it is at the top of it.
居…之首;在…名列首位 -
Running a business heads the list of ambitions among the 1,000 people interviewed by Good Housekeeping magazine. [VERB noun]
在《好管家》杂志采访过的1,000人中,创立自己的公司在理想抱负中列在首位。
6 N-SING 顶部;上端 The
head of something is the highest or top part of it.
顶部;上端 7 N-COUNT (细长物体的)头部,顶端 The
head of something long and thin is the end which is wider than or a different shape from the rest, and which is often considered to be the most important part.
(细长物体的)头部,顶端 8 N-COUNT (中小学的)校长 The
head of a school is the teacher who is in charge.
(中小学的)校长 [mainly British] 9 N-COUNT (公司、组织的)负责人,领导人,首脑,长,主任 The
head of a company or organization is the person in charge of it and in charge of the people in it.
(公司、组织的)负责人,领导人,首脑,长,主任 10 VERB 掌管;主管;负责 If you
head a department, company, or organization, you are the person in charge of it.
掌管;主管;负责 -
...Michael Williams, who heads the department's Office of Civil Rights. [VERB noun]
负责该部民权处的迈克尔·威廉斯
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...the ruling Socialist Party, headed by Dr Franz Vranitzky. [VERB-ed]
由弗朗兹·弗拉尼兹基博士领导的执政社会党
11 N-COUNT 脓头 The
head of an infected spot is its white or yellow centre.
脓头 12 N-COUNT [usually singular] (啤酒表层的)泡沫;酒头 The
head on a glass of beer is the layer of small bubbles that form on the top of the beer.
(啤酒表层的)泡沫;酒头 13 N-PLURAL [num N of n] (表示牲畜的数目)头 You can use
head to say how many animals of a particular type a farmer has. For example, if they have fifty
head of cattle, they have fifty cows.
(表示牲畜的数目)头 14 N-COUNT [usually singular] 头痛 If you have a bad
head, you have a headache.
头痛 [British, informal] 15 ADV [be ADVERB, ADVERB after verb] (硬币的)有人头像的一面,正面 If you toss a coin and it comes down
heads, you can see the side of the coin which has a picture of a head on it.
(硬币的)有人头像的一面,正面 -
'We might toss up for it,' suggested Ted. 'If it's heads, then we'll talk.'.
“我们可以掷硬币来决定。”特德建议道,“如果是正面,我们就谈谈。”
-
Heads or tails?
你猜是正面还是反面?
16 VERB 朝着(某一地点)行进(美国英语中亦作 are headed) If you
are heading for a particular place, you are going towards that place. In American English, you can also say that you
are headed for a particular place.
朝着(某一地点)行进(美国英语中亦作 are headed) -
He headed for the bus stop. [VERB + for]
他朝着公共汽车站走去。
-
...an Iraqi vessel heading for the port of Basra. [VERB for noun]
开往巴士拉港的一艘伊拉克船
-
It is not clear how many of them will be heading back to Saudi Arabia tomorrow. [VERB adv./prep.]
还不清楚他们中间有多少人明天要回沙特阿拉伯。
-
She and her child boarded a plane headed to where her family lived. [VERB-ed]
她带着孩子登上了一架回家的飞机。
-
He could just as well have hitched a ride on a train or a truck headed west. [VERB-ed]
他还可能已经顺路搭上了西去的火车或卡车。
17 VERB 很可能要遭受,会招致(美国英语中亦作 is headed for) If something or someone
is heading for a particular result, the situation they are in is developing in a way that makes that result very likely. In American English, you can also say that something or someone
is headed for a particular result.
很可能要遭受,会招致(美国英语中亦作 is headed for) [Also V + towards] -
The latest talks aimed at ending the civil war appear to be heading for deadlock. [VERB + for]
为结束内战而进行的最新谈判好像要陷入僵局。
-
He said anyone giving orders without respecting the wishes of his people is heading for disaster. [V for/towards n]
他说任何不尊重人民意愿而发号施令的人都注定会走向灭亡。
-
The centuries-old ritual seems headed for extinction. [V-ed + for]
延续了几个世纪的仪式似乎要面临消亡。
18 VERB [usually passive] 标题为 If a piece of writing
is headed a particular title, it has that title written at the beginning of it.
标题为 19 VERB (足球比赛中)用头顶(球) If you
head a ball in football, you hit it with your head in order to make it go in a particular direction.
(足球比赛中)用头顶(球) [Also VERB n] 21 PHRASE 每人/人均 You use
a head or
per head after stating a cost or amount in order to indicate that that cost or amount is for each person in a particular group.
每人/人均 -
This simple chicken dish costs less than £1 a head.
这道简单的鸡肉菜肴每人的花费还不到1英镑。
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Ethiopia, for instance uses the equivalent of just twenty kilos of oil per head a year.
比如说,埃塞俄比亚每年的人均消费支出仅相当于20公斤的石油。
22 PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect] 让人生气;让人沮丧 If something or someone
does your
head in, they make you angry or frustrated.
让人生气;让人沮丧 [British, informal] 23 PHRASE 从头到脚;全身 From head to foot means all over your body.
从头到脚;全身 [emphasis] SYN from top to toe,
completely,
all over,
entirely 24 PHRASE 擅长 If you have
a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have
a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have
a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
擅长 25 PHRASE 充分理解并接受;打定(主意) If you
get a fact or idea
into your
head, you suddenly realize or think that it is true and you usually do not change your opinion about it.
充分理解并接受;打定(主意) 26 PHRASE 终于明白 If you say that someone has
got something
into their
head, you mean that they have finally understood or accepted it, and you are usually criticizing them because it has taken them a long time to do this.
终于明白 27 PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect] 让…自由行动;对…不加约束 If you
give someone their
head, you allow them to do what they want to do, without trying to advise or stop them.
让…自由行动;对…不加约束 28 PHRASE (酒)使人感到醉,上头 If alcoholic drink
goes to your
head, it makes you feel drunk.
(酒)使人感到醉,上头 29 PHRASE (赞扬或成功)冲昏…的头脑,使…骄傲自满 If you say that something such as praise or success
goes to someone's
head, you are criticizing them because you think that it makes them too proud or confident.
(赞扬或成功)冲昏…的头脑,使…骄傲自满 30 PHRASE 深陷情网 If you are
head over heels or
head over heels in love, you are very much in love.
深陷情网 SYN completely,
thoroughly,
utterly,
intensely 31 PHRASE 保持镇静/张皇失措 If you
keep your
head, you remain calm in a difficult situation. If you
lose your
head, you panic or do not remain calm in a difficult situation.
保持镇静/张皇失措 SYN stay calm, stay cool, remain unruffled, keep your shirt on [informal]
32 PHRASE 停止;结束 If you
knock something
on the head, you stop it.
停止;结束 [British, informal] 33 PHRASE (表示强调)大笑/大声尖叫 Phrases such as
laugh your
head off and
scream your
head off can be used to emphasize that someone is laughing or screaming a lot or very loudly.
(表示强调)大笑/大声尖叫 [emphasis] 34 PHRASE [NOUN inflects, usually verb-link PHRASE] (吸毒后)昏头昏脑的,神志不清的 If you say that someone is
off their
head, you mean that they have taken so many drugs that they do not know what they are doing.
(吸毒后)昏头昏脑的,神志不清的 [mainly British, informal] 35 PHRASE 昏了头的;愚蠢的 If you say that someone is
off their
head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
昏了头的;愚蠢的 [mainly British, informal, disapproval] 36 PHRASE 倒过来想;从全新的角度理解 If you
stand an idea or argument
on its head or
turn it
on its head, you think about it or treat it in a completely new and different way.
倒过来想;从全新的角度理解 37 PHRASE 超过…的理解力 If something such as an idea, joke, or comment goes
over someone's
head, it is too difficult for them to understand.
超过…的理解力 38 PHRASE 未与…商量地;(尤指)越级 If someone does something
over another person's
head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
未与…商量地;(尤指)越级 39 PHRASE (不好的事情)再次出现,重新抬头 If you say that something unpleasant or embarrassing
rears its ugly head or
raises its ugly head, you mean that it occurs, often after not occurring for some time.
(不好的事情)再次出现,重新抬头 40 PHRASE 倒立;竖蜻蜓 If you
stand on your
head, you balance upside down with the top of your head and your hands on the ground.
倒立;竖蜻蜓 41 PHRASE 理解;弄明白 If you say that you cannot
make head nor tail of something or you cannot
make head or tail of it, you are emphasizing that you cannot understand it at all.
理解;弄明白 [informal] 42 PHRASE 突然决定(做某事,尤指古怪或愚蠢的事);心血来潮 If somebody
takes it into their
head to do something, especially something strange or foolish, they suddenly decide to do it.
突然决定(做某事,尤指古怪或愚蠢的事);心血来潮 43 PHRASE 到了危急关头;到达关键点 If a problem or disagreement
comes to a head or
is brought to a head, it becomes so bad that something must be done about it.
到了危急关头;到达关键点 44 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 严厉训斥 If you
bang peoples'
heads together or
knock their
heads together, you tell them off severely for doing something wrong or for not doing something they were asked to do.
严厉训斥 [mainly British] 45 PHRASE 集体商讨;集思广益 If two or more people
put their
heads together, they talk about a problem they have and try to solve it.
集体商讨;集思广益 46 PHRASE (尤指在生意方面)勉强逃脱困境 If you
keep your
head above water, you just avoid getting into difficulties; used especially to talk about business.
(尤指在生意方面)勉强逃脱困境 -
We are keeping our head above water, but our cash flow position is not too good.
我们正努力避免陷入困境,但我们的现金流动情况不太好。
47 PHRASE 有人会遭殃,有人会(因此)受到惩罚(尤指被解雇) If you say that
heads will roll as a result of something bad that has happened, you mean that people will be punished for it, especially by losing their jobs.
有人会遭殃,有人会(因此)受到惩罚(尤指被解雇) Thesaurus | head Also look up: |
N. | brain, mind 2 beginning, front 3 director, leader 9 |
VERB. | lead 4 5 10 command, control, govern, manage 10 |
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