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head
[英] [hed] [美] [hɛd] 生词本

n.

vt.

vi.

adj.

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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. 

  • She turned her head away from him...

    她把头别过去，不再看他。

  • He took a puff on his pipe and shook his head.

    他抽了口烟斗，摇了摇头。

  • 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）

    • The third gorilla was taller by a head.

      第三只大猩猩要高出一头。

2. N-COUNT 头脑;心智;才智 You can use head to refer to your mind and your mental abilities. 

  • I can't get that song out of my head.

    那首歌在我脑海中挥之不去。

  • ...an exceptional analyst who could do complex maths in his head.

    会心算复杂数学题的杰出分析家

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. 

  • ...the head of the queue...

    队首

  • We took our place at the head of the convoy.

    我们排在护送队伍的最前面。

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. 

  • The parson, heading the procession, had just turned right towards the churchyard.

    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. 

  • Running a business heads the list of ambitions among the 1,000 people interviewed by Good Housekeeping magazine.

    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. 

  • ...the head of the stairs...

    楼梯的顶部

  • Every day a different name was placed at the head of the chart.

    每天都有一个不同的名字被列在这张表的最上端。

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. 

  • There should be no exposed screw heads...

    螺钉顶端不应该外露。

  • Keep the head of the club the same height throughout the swing.

    整个挥杆过程中要使杆头始终保持在同一高度。

  • ...a flower head.

    头状花序

8. N-COUNT （中小学的）校长 The head of a school is the teacher who is in charge. 

  • She is full of admiration for the head and teachers.

    她对校长和教师们满心钦佩。

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. 

  • Heads of government from more than 100 countries gather in Geneva tomorrow.

    来自100多个国家的政府首脑明日将齐聚日内瓦。

  • ...the head waiter.

    侍者领班

10. VERB 掌管;主管;负责 If you head a department, company, or organization, you are the person in charge of it. 

  • ...Michael Williams, who heads the department's Office of Civil Rights.

    负责该部民权处的迈克尔·威廉斯

  • ...the ruling Socialist Party, headed by Dr Franz Vranitzky.

    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. 
12. N-COUNT （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. 
13. N-PLURAL （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. 
14. N-COUNT 头痛 If you have a bad head, you have a headache. 

  • I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk.

    我头很痛，已经酩酊大醉。

15. ADV （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. 

  • '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. 

  • He headed for the bus stop...

    他朝着公共汽车站走去。

  • ...an Iraqi vessel heading for the port of Basra...

    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...

    还不清楚他们中间有多少人明天要回沙特阿拉伯。

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. 

  • The latest talks aimed at ending the civil war appear to be heading for deadlock...

    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...

    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.

    延续了几个世纪的仪式似乎要面临消亡。

18. VERB 标题为 If a piece of writing is headed a particular title, it has that title written at the beginning of it. 

  • One chapter is headed, 'Beating the Test'.

    有一章的标题为“战胜考试”。

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. 

  • He headed the ball across the face of the goal.

    他一个头球，球从球门前横飞而过。

20. See also: heading;  
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. 

  • 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。

  • 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 让人生气;让人沮丧 If something or someone does your head in, they make you angry or frustrated. 

  • Living with my parents is doing my head in.

    和父母住在一起让我很沮丧。

23. PHRASE 从头到脚;全身 From head to foot means all over your body. 

  • Colin had been put into a bath and been scrubbed from head to foot.

    科林被放进浴缸，从头到脚仔仔细细洗了个干净。

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. 

  • I don't have a head for business.

    我没有生意头脑。

  • ...an extraordinarily effective organiser with a remarkable head for figures.

    很有算术头脑、工作效率极高的组织者

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. 

  • Once they get an idea into their heads, they never give up.

    一旦接受了一个想法，他们就永远不会放弃。

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. 

  • Managers have at last got it into their heads that they can no longer accept inefficient operations.

    管理者们终于意识到自己不能再安于低效率的运营了。

27. PHRASE 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. 

  • He recognised ability and gave people their heads.

    他发现别人的才能，并且让他们自由发挥。

28. PHRASE （酒）使人感到醉，上头 If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk. 

  • That wine was strong, it went to your head.

    那酒劲儿很大，喝了会上头。

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. 

  • Ford is definitely not a man to let a little success go to his head.

    福特绝对不是那种会被一点点成功冲昏头脑的人。

30. PHRASE 深陷情网 If you are head over heels or head over heels in love, you are very much in love. 

  • I was very attracted to men and fell head over heels many times.

    我很容易被男性吸引，曾多次深陷情网。

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. 

  • She was able to keep her head and not panic...

    她设法保持镇静，没有陷入恐慌。

  • She lost her head and started screaming at me.

    她惊慌失措，开始向我大声尖叫。

32. PHRASE 停止;结束 If you knock something on the head, you stop it. 

  • When we stop enjoying ourselves we'll knock it on the head.

    等玩够了，我们就会结束。

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. 

  • He carried on telling a joke, laughing his head off.

    他继续讲笑话，自己笑得前仰后合。

34. 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. 
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. 

  • He's gone completely off his head.

    他已经完全昏了头了。

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. 

  • Their relationship turned the standard notion of marriage on its head.

    他们的关系完全颠覆了传统的婚姻观念。

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. 

  • I admit that a lot of the ideas went way over my head.

    我承认那些想法中有很多远远超出了我的理解力。

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. 

  • He was reprimanded for trying to go over the heads of senior officers.

    他因试图越过高层官员自作主张而受到斥责。

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. 

  • There was a problem which reared its ugly head about a week after she moved back in...

    她搬回来大约一周之后，一个问题又重新出现了。

  • The scourge of racial tyranny should never again be allowed to raise its ugly head.

    永远不能让种族主义暴政的祸患重新抬头。

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. 
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. 

  • I couldn't make head nor tail of the damn film.

    这部该死的影片我一点儿都看不懂。

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. 

  • He suddenly took it into his head to go out to Australia to stay with his son.

    他突然心血来潮，打算去澳大利亚和儿子一起住。

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. 

  • These problems came to a head in September when five of the station's journalists were sacked.

    这些问题在9月变得十分尖锐，当时该台有5名记者遭到辞退。

44. PHRASE 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. 

  • It is now high time he banged his colleagues' heads together.

    现在该是他敲打敲打同事们的时候了。

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. 

  • So everyone put their heads together and eventually an amicable arrangement was reached.

    因此大家集思广益，最终作出了妥善的安排。

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. 

  • 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. 

  • The group's problems have led to speculation that heads will roll.

    已经有人猜测，该集团的问题会导致一些人被解雇。

相关词组：
head off  head up 
Noun

1. the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains;

  • "he stuck his head out the window"

2. a single domestic animal;

  • "200 head of cattle"

3. that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;

  • "his mind wandered"
  • "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

4. a person who is in charge;

  • "the head of the whole operation"

5. the front of a military formation or procession;

  • "the head of the column advanced boldly"
  • "they were at the head of the attack"

6. the pressure exerted by a fluid;

  • "a head of steam"

7. the top of something;

  • "the head of the stairs"
  • "the head of the page"
  • "the head of the list"

8. the source of water from which a stream arises;

  • "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

9. (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

10. the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

11. the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head;

  • "he is two heads taller than his little sister"
  • "his horse won by a head"

12. a dense clusters of flowers or foliage;

  • "a head of cauliflower"
  • "a head of lettuce"

13. the educator who has executive authority for a school;

  • "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

14. an individual person;

  • "tickets are $5 per head"

15. a user of (usually soft) drugs;

  • "the office was full of secret heads"

16. a rounded compact mass;

  • "the head of a comet"

17. the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container;

  • "the beer had a large head of foam"

18. the part in the front or nearest the viewer;

  • "he was in the forefront"
  • "he was at the head of the column"

19. a difficult juncture;

  • "a pretty pass"
  • "matters came to a head yesterday"

20. forward movement;

  • "the ship made little headway against the gale"

21. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;

  • "the point of the arrow was due north"

22. the subject matter at issue;

  • "the question of disease merits serious discussion"
  • "under the head of minor Roman poets"

23. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;

  • "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

24. the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint;

  • "the head of the humerus"

25. that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

26. (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

27. (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head;

  • "call heads or tails!"

28. the striking part of a tool;

  • "the head of the hammer"

29. (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

30. a projection out from one end;

  • "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"

31. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

32. oral-genital stimulation;

  • "they say he gives good head"
Verb

1. to go or travel towards;

  • "where is she heading"
  • "We were headed for the mountains"

2. be in charge of;

  • "Who is heading this project?"

3. travel in front of; go in advance of others;

  • "The procession was headed by John"

4. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel;

  • "This student heads the class"

5. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

6. take its rise;

  • "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"

7. be in the front of or on top of;

  • "The list was headed by the name of the president"

8. form a head or come or grow to a head;

  • "The wheat headed early this year"

9. remove the head of;

  • "head the fish"

人体组织学

<名>
  • 1.［精子］头

体育

  • 1.壳头
  • 2.弹壳头

动物学

<名>
  • 1.头［部］,又称 :头［部］(cephalon (无脊椎动物) )

医学

  • 1.①头：结构或身体的上部、前部或近端，尤指有脑及特殊感觉器官的部分， 〔NA〕又称caput；②头状物

昆虫学

<名>
  • 1.头
  • 2.頭部

水产

<名>
  • 1.［鱼］头部, 鱼体由上颌前端至鳃盖骨后缘的部分。
  • 2.去头机
  • 3.cutting machine 去除鱼头的机械。

水利

<名>
  • 1.水头, 以液柱高度表示的单位质量液体的机械能。

法律

  • 1.首长

物理学

<名>
  • 1.对头碰撞, head-on collision

生物学

<名>
  • 1.[噬菌体]头部

药学

<名>
  • 1.头,人身体的最上部分。

解剖学

<名>
  • 1.头,又称 :头(Caput（拉）

计算机

  • 1.磁头；标题；(冲)头
<名>
  • 1.中心词
1. A bald head is soon shaven.
秃头剃得快。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. A car came head-on towards (him).
迎面开来一辆汽车。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. A coin has two sides,a head and a tail.
硬币有正反两面。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. A drop of rain landed on my head.
一滴雨滴落在我头上。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. A few minutes later,the head-warder assembled the guards and warders in his office.
几分钟后，看守长把警卫和看守叫到他的办公室。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. A good artist should have his head in the clouds sometimes, but his feet always on the ground.
一位好的艺术家有时应富于幻想，但始终要脚踏实地。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. A hat is a covering for your head.
帽子是头的遮盖物。

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8. A little bird was bobbing its head up and down.
一只小鸟把头上下快速摆动着。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head high.
大丈夫能屈能伸。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10. A passing lorry covered us in mud from head to foot.
一辆驰过的卡车溅了我们一身泥。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. A person has one head and one neck.
人有一个头和一条脖子。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. A pile of china dishes rested precariously on the head of the acrobat.
杂技演员头上危险地顶着一叠瓷碟。

来自《用法词典》

13. A sniper's bullet tore up a wall two inches above his head.
一颗狙击手的子弹打烂了他头顶上方两英寸地方的墙头。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. A whiff of fresh air cleared his head.
他吸了一点新鲜空气后头脑清醒了。

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15. After a couple of wines my head felt all muzzy.
我喝了两杯酒就昏头昏脑的了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. After all the briefing sessions at head office,our sales team is at concert pitch.
在总公司开过各种情况介绍会后，我们全体销售人员都跃跃欲试，准备大干一场。

来自《简明英汉词典》

17. An arrow whizzed past his head.
一支箭在他头旁飕地飞过。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

18. An arrow with a four-edged head is shot from a crossbow.
有四面刃头的箭是从石弓发出来的。

来自《简明英汉词典》

19. An extra copy of each document was supplied for onward transmission to head office.
每份文件都要备一份传给总部。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. As he reached the door, he was showered straight on the head with a basin of slops.
他走到门口劈头泼来一盆脏水。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》