Head

[hed] or [hɛd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a single domestic animal; '200 head of cattle'.

(noun.) a projection out from one end; 'the head of the nail', 'a pinhead is the head of a pin'.

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

(noun.) the striking part of a tool; 'the head of the hammer'.

(noun.) (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head; 'call heads or tails!'.

(noun.) that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; 'the head of the humerus'.

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

(noun.) the front of a military formation or procession; 'the head of the column advanced boldly'; 'they were at the head of the attack'.

(noun.) the top of something; 'the head of the stairs'; 'the head of the page'; 'the head of the list'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a rounded compact mass; 'the head of a comet'.

(noun.) a user of (usually soft) drugs; 'the office was full of secret heads'.

(noun.) a person who is in charge; 'the head of the whole operation'.

(noun.) an individual person; 'tickets are $5 per head'.

(noun.) the pressure exerted by a fluid; 'a head of steam'.

(noun.) 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'.

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

(verb.) remove the head of; 'head the fish'.

(verb.) to go or travel towards; 'where is she heading'; 'We were headed for the mountains'.

(verb.) be in charge of; 'Who is heading this project?'.

(verb.) form a head or come or grow to a head; 'The wheat headed early this year'.

(verb.) be in the front of or on top of; 'The list was headed by the name of the president'.

(verb.) be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; 'This student heads the class'.

(verb.) take its rise; 'These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas'.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.

(n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.

(n.) The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.

(n.) The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.

(n.) The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.

(n.) Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.

(n.) The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.

(n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.

(n.) A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.

(n.) A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.

(n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.

(n.) Power; armed force.

(n.) A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.

(n.) An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.

(n.) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.

(n.) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.

(n.) The antlers of a deer.

(n.) A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.

(n.) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

(a.) Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.

(v. t.) To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.

(v. t.) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.

(v. t.) To behead; to decapitate.

(v. t.) To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.

(v. t.) To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.

(v. t.) To set on the head; as, to head a cask.

(v. i.) To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.

(v. i.) To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?

(v. i.) To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Seat of the brain, NODDLE.[2]. Top, summit, CAPITAL, upper part, acme.[3]. Fore part, front part.[4]. Commencement, beginning, rise, source, origin.[5]. Chief part, principal part.[6]. Person, individual.[7]. Chief, chieftain, leader, principal, corypheus, commander, master, director, superintendent.[8]. First place, place of honor.[9]. Understanding, intellect, mind, thought.[10]. Topic, subject.[11]. Class, division, section, department, category.[12]. Height (of water applicable to the driving of a water-wheel).

a. [1]. Chief, principal, highest, first.[2]. (Naut.) Adverse (said of the wind), contrary.

v. a. [1]. Lead, direct, command, govern, rule.[2]. Put a head on, fit with a head.[3]. Get in front of (in order to stop), intercept, head off.

v. n. [1]. Form a head (said of a plant).[2]. Tend, be pointed, be directed.

整理:维维安

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Top, crown, chief, leader, ruler, mind, source, section, division, topic, gathering,culmination, crisis, leadership, guide, commander, acme, summit

ANT:Tail, bottom, foot, follower, servant, retainer, subordinate, subordination,inferiority, body, bulk, subject, continuation

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解釋/意思:

n. the uppermost or foremost part of an animal's body: the brain: the understanding: a chief or leader: the place of honour or command: the front or top of anything: an individual animal or person: a topic or chief point of a discourse: a title heading: the source or spring: height of the source of water: highest point of anything: culmination: a cape: strength: a froth on beer porter &c. when poured into a glass.—v.t. to act as a head to to lead or govern: to go in front of: to commence: to check: (naut.) to be contrary: (obs.) to behead.—v.i. to grow to a head: to originate: to go head foremost.—n. Head′ache an internal pain in the head.—adj. Head′achy afflicted with headaches.—ns. Head′band a band or fillet for the head: the band at each end of a book: a thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing-press; Head′-block in a sawmill carriage a cross-block on which the head of the log rests: a piece of wood in a carriage connected with the spring and the perches and joining the fore-gear and the hind-gear; Head′-board a board placed at the head of anything esp. a bedstead; Head′-boom a jib-boom or a flying jib-boom; Head′bor′ough an old term for the head of a borough the chief of a frank pledge tithing or decennary; Head′-boy the senior boy in a public school; Head′chair a high-backed chair with a rest for the head; Head′-cheese pork-cheese brawn; Head′-chute a canvas tube used to convey refuse matter from a ship's bows down to the water; Head′-cloth a piece of cloth covering the head wound round a turban &c.; Head′-dress an ornamental dress or covering for the head worn by women.—p.adj. Head′ed having a head: (Shak.) come to a head.—ns. Head′er one who puts a head on something: a dive head foremost into water: a brick laid lengthwise along the thickness of a wall serving as a bond: a heavy stone extending through the thickness of a wall; Head′-fast a rope at the bows of a ship used to fasten it to a wharf &c.; Head′-frame the structure over a mine-shaft supporting the head-gear or winding machinery; Head′-gear gear covering or ornament of the head; Head′-hunt′ing the practice among the Dyaks of Borneo &c. of making raids to procure human heads for trophies &c.—adv. Head′ily.—ns. Head′iness; Head′ing the act of furnishing with a head; that which stands at the head: material forming a head; Head′land a point of land running out into the sea: a cape.—adj. Head′less without a head.—ns. Head′-light a light carried in front of a vessel locomotive or vehicle as a signal or for light; Head′-line the line at the head or top of a page containing the folio or number of the page: (pl.) the sails and ropes next the yards (naut.).—adv. Head′long with the head foremost or first: without thought rashly: precipitately.—adj. rash: precipitous steep.—adj. Head′-lugged (Shak.) lugged or dragged along by the head.—ns. Head′-man a chief a leader; Head′mark a characteristic peculiar to a certain class; Head′-mas′ter the principal master of a school; Head′-mold the skull proper: (archit.) a moulding round or over the head of a door &c.; Head′-money a tax counted per head: a reward by the head for persons captured at sea &c.: a reward for a proscribed outlaw's head.—adj. Head′most most advanced or forward.—ns. Head′-note a note placed at the head of a chapter or page esp. a condensed statement of points of law involved introductory to the report of a legal decision; Head′piece a helmet: a hat: head intelligence: (print.) a decorative engraving placed at the top of the first page of a volume and at the beginning of books chapters &c.; Head′-pump a small pump at a ship's bows to pump up sea-water for washing decks.—n.pl. Head′quarters the quarters or residence of a commander-in-chief or general.—ns. Head′-race the race which brings the water to a water-wheel; Head′-reach the distance to windward made by a vessel while tacking.—v.i. to shoot ahead in tacking.—ns. Head′-rest a support for the head esp. the adjustable apparatus of the barber's chair and that used by the photographer to steady the sitter's head; Head′-ring a palm-leaf ornament worn by Kaffir men in their hair after marriage; Head′-shake a significant shake or motion of the head; Head′-ship the office of a head or chief authority: dignity; Heads′man a man who cuts off heads: an executioner; Head′stall the part of a bridle round the head; Head′-stā′tion the dwelling-house &c. on an Australian sheep or cattle station; Head′-stick (print.) a straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a form between the chase and the type; Head′stone the principal stone of a building: the corner-stone: the stone at the head of a grave; Head′-stream the highest of the streams which combine to form a river.—adj. Head′strong self-willed: obstinate.—ns. Head′-tire a head-dress; Head′-wa′ter the highest part of a stream before receiving affluents; Head′way motion ahead esp. of a ship; Head′-wind a wind blowing right against a ship's head; Head′-word a title word or heading usually in distinctive type; Head′-work intellectual labour.—adj. Head′y affecting the head or the brain: intoxicating: inflamed: rash: violent.—Head and ears with the whole person: completely; Head and shoulders very much as if taller by a head and shoulders: violently; Head foremost with the head first esp. of falling from a height; Head or tail the side of a coin with the sovereign's head or the reverse: a phrase used in tossing up a coin to decide a point ('to make neither head nor tail of anything'—to be unable to understand it); Head over heels in a somersault.—Come to a head to reach a climax; Eat one's head off to be consumed with mortification; Go by the head to sink head foremost; Have a head on one's shoulders to have brains or ability; Head off to prevent by some counteraction; Lose one's head to become very much excited: to lose presence of mind; Make head against to resist successfully: to advance; Off one's head demented crazy; Out of one's own head spontaneously; Over head and ears deeply engrossed; Turn a person's head (see Turn).

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