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head1 /hed/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
1  top of body 頭部 [countableC]HBHBODY the top part of your body that has your face at the front and is supported by your neck 頭，頭部
He kissed the top of her head.
他吻了一下她的頭頂。
Alan fell asleep as soon as he put his head on the pillow.
艾倫頭一挨枕頭就睡着了。
They dived head first into the water.
他們一頭跳進水中。
She was dressed in black from head to toe (=over all her body).
她從頭到腳穿了一身黑。
He still has a full head of hair (=has all his hair, even though he is getting rather old).
他依然滿頭濃發。
2  mind 頭腦 [countableC]MIND your mind or mental ability 頭腦，腦筋
The problem only exists inside his head.
這個問題只存在於他的腦子裏。
do something in your head (=calculate something mentally) 心算
I can’t do those figures in my head.
那些數字我心算不了。
Use your head to work out the answer.
動動腦筋想出答案。
come into/pop into your head
Jackie said the first thing that came into her head.
傑姬想到什麽就說了出來。
get something into your head (=understand something) 理解某事，明白某事
‘It’s over, Jake, ’ she said. ‘Try and get that into your head.’
“結束了，傑克，”她說， “盡量想明白這一點吧。”
take/get it into your head (to do something) (=decide to do something, especially something stupid) 突發奇想（要做某事）；心血來潮（要做某事）
At about two in the morning, Alan took it into his head to go for a swim.
大約淩晨兩點的時候，艾倫心血來潮要去遊泳。
get/put something out of your head (=stop thinking or worrying about something) 不再考慮某事；不再爲某事擔心
Try to put it out of your head for the time being.
眼下盡量不要去想這件事。
put something into somebody’s head (=make someone think or believe something) 使某人思考某事；使某人相信某事
What’s put that idea into her head?
她怎麽會這樣想？
get your head round something British EnglishBrE (=be able to understand something) 想通某事，理解某事
I just can’t get my head round what’s been going on here.
我就是不明白這裏發生了什麽事。
3  calm/sensible 冷靜的/明智的
a) keep your head to remain calm and sensible in a difficult or frightening situation 保持冷靜
We need a candidate who can keep his or her head even when clients get aggressive.
我們要找的人選需要在客戶生氣暴躁時也能保持頭腦冷靜。
keep a clear/cool/calm head
Get to sleep early tonight – you’ll need to keep a clear head tomorrow at the trial.
今晚早點睡覺——明天審判時你要保持清醒的頭腦。
b) lose your head to become unable to behave calmly or sensibly in a difficult or frightening situation 慌了神，失去冷靜，驚慌失措
You’ll be OK as long as you don’t lose your head and forget he’s the real enemy.
你只要保持冷靜、忘記他是真正的對手，就沒問題的。
c) have your head screwed on (straight/right) informal to be sensible and able to deal with difficult situations 明智，理智，有頭腦
He wondered what Gemma thought about it all. She seemed to have her head screwed on.
他想知道傑瑪對整個事情是怎麽想的，她看上去是個有頭腦的人。
4  person in charge 負責人 [countableC]
a) a leader or person in charge of a group or organization 首腦，首長，領袖，主管人
head of
You should discuss the matter with your head of department.
你應該和部門主管討論一下這件事。
A meeting of Commonwealth heads of state will be held next month.
英聯邦首腦會議將於下月召開。
head waiter/chef/gardener etc (=the person in charge of a group of waiters etc) 服務員領班/首席廚師/花匠負責人等
b) (also head teacher) British EnglishBrE the person in charge of a school 校長 SYN American English principal
From now on all violent incidents should be reported directly to the head.
從現在開始，所有暴力事件都要直接向校長匯報。
→ crowned head, head boy, head girl, headmaster, headmistress
5  front/leading position 前端/領頭位置 [singular] the front or the most important position 前端；最重要的位置
(at) the head of something
Jenny marched proudly at the head of the procession.
珍妮自豪地走在遊行隊伍的前列。
At the head of the table (=the place where the most important person sits) sat the senior partners.
桌子的上首坐着高級合夥人。
at something’s/somebody’s head 使某人思考某事；使某人相信某事
The band of soldiers marched into the yard, their defeated captain at their head.
這隊士兵行進到院子裏，灰心喪氣的上尉走在前頭。
6  crazy 發瘋的 [countableC usually singular] used in particular phrases to talk about someone being crazy or very stupid 腦子〔用於固定短語中，表示某人發瘋或很傻〕
People going out in conditions like this need their heads examined.
這種天氣出門的人得去檢查一下腦子是否正常。
be off your head British EnglishBrE
You must be off your head if you think that.
你如果那樣想肯定是瘋了。
If I walk in looking like that, they’ll think I’m not right in the head.
如果我這副模樣走進去，他們會認爲我腦子不正常。
7  a head/per head for each person 每人，一個人
Dinner works out at $30 a head.
這頓晚飯算下來每人30美元。
average incomes per head
人均收入
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a head/per head• The meal will cost $7 a head.
8. river/valley 河/谷 [countableC usually singular] the place where a river, valley etc begins 〔河的〕源頭；〔谷的〕起點
9  come to a head  (also bring something to a head) if a problem or difficult situation comes to a head, or something brings it to a head, it suddenly becomes worse and has to be dealt with quickly （使）〔事情〕到達緊要關頭；突然惡化
Things came to a head in the summer of 1997.
1997年的夏天，情況突然惡化。
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come to a head• It all came to a head a couple weekends back.• Yet, even as this crisis came to a head, the bishops remained unrepentant.• Matters finally came to a head about six weeks ago when my wife and I went out to dinner with another couple.• Despite these embassy warnings matters seemed in danger of coming to a head early in 1951.• That part of the debate should come to a head in December, when commissioners are scheduled to formally approve the projects.• The situation came to a head when the workers went out on strike.• They came to a head in 1562 at the Council of Trent, reconvened after a ten-year break.• Frictions between the Truman administration and MacArthur on the conduct of the war came to a head in April 1951.• It was a struggle which came to a head in the reign of Edward the Confessor, which began in 1042.
10  flower/plant 花卉/植物 [countableC] the top of a plant where its flowers or leaves grow 〔莖梗頂端的〕葉球，頭狀花序
She was outside cutting the dead heads off the roses.
她在外面把玫瑰的殘花剪掉。
head of
a head of lettuce
一棵生菜
11  height/distance 高度/距離 [singular] the length of a head, used to measure height or distance 一頭〔用於量度〕
She saw her father, a head above the rest of the crowd.
她看見了比其他人高出一頭的父親。
by a (short) head (=used to say that a horse won or lost a race but only by a small amount) 以（不足）一馬頭之差
12  COIN 硬幣heads the side of a coin that has a picture of a person’s head on it 正面，帶人像的一面
heads or tails? British EnglishBrE spoken (=used to decide something, by asking someone which side of a coin they guess will be showing when you throw it in the air and it lands) 正面還是反面？
→ tails at tail1
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heads or tails?• Sometimes even the lawyers can not make heads or tails of the instructions.• Technicians can identify only obvious problems, such as malformed sperm heads or tails.
13  laugh/shout/scream etc your head off  informal to laugh, shout etc very loudly 大笑/高喊/尖叫等
Fans were screaming their heads off.
球迷們高聲尖叫。
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laugh/shout/scream etc your head off• If Hancock himself had been around, he would have doubtless squirmed as the audience laughed their heads off.• Joey stood in the door laughing his head off and Noreen peered over his shoulder, her hands over her mouth.• Louise: Ursula would have laughed her head off.• Tony races past, laughing his head off.• Then he tips her down and she's screaming her head off.• By this time Irene was emitting a steady gurgle of contentment, when she wasn't laughing her head off.• You were screaming your head off.• Old Warleigh would laugh his head off if I put reasons like that to him.
14. have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair to have a lot of hair on your head 長着一頭濃密的頭發
15  get/put your head down informal
a) to start working in a quiet determined way 專心工作
It’s time you got your head down and did some revision.
該靜下心來溫習功課了。
b) British EnglishBrE to sleep 睡覺
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get/put your head down• He was as cranky as a bad-tempered goat, always putting his head down and charging into things that annoyed him.• When I saw him in court he was crying, and so was I.. He put his head down.• I put my head down and kept stroking.• I put my head down into my hands and absented myself mentally.• Instead of putting his head down and charging, Balshaw chipped and chased.• He simply puts his head down and keeps on scoring goals - lots of them.• You chuck down three of them, and then put your head down on your desk.
16  keep your head down to try to avoid being noticed or getting involved in something 避免引人注意；避免麻煩
Do what you’re told and keep your head down.
叫你做什麽你就做什麽，别惹麻煩。
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keep your head down• Even his most bitter opponents are keeping their heads down.• Carla kept her head down as she approached the front door, glancing up briefly when the two officers introduced them-selves.• He kept his head down under fire, avoided trouble, trusted in luck to keep him alive.• I have pain in my left shoulder when I keep my head down or in moving my left arm a lot.• I kept my head down and pretended to be consuming the scraps left on my dish.• I kept my head down and the heavy bag well to the fore as a protective shield.• It was good advice to keep my head down in the early months.• But real life, of course, teaches lesser men to keep their heads down and their mouths shut.
17. as soon as your head hits the pillow if you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow, you fall asleep as soon as you lie down 頭一碰到枕頭〔就睡着〕
18  be out of/off your head informal
to not know what you are doing because you have taken drugs or drunk too much alcohol 神志失常，精神錯亂〔因吸毒或醉酒〕
He was off his head on various drugs.
由於吸食了幾種毒品，他神志不清。
19  go to somebody’s head informalPROUD
a) if alcohol goes to your head, it quickly makes you feel drunk 〔酒〕上頭，使某人醉
b) if success goes to someone’s head, it makes them feel more important than they really are 〔成功〕使飄飄然，使沖昏頭腦
She never let fame go to her head.
她從不因自己的名氣而飄飄然。
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go to somebody’s head• A rush of blood went to Rosheen's head as the infection he had implanted did its work.• I think your Nobel Prize has gone to your head.• He went to the head in the middle of the night to study the fluid, a dreadful yellowish drip.• She was a looker, that one, and I guess it went to her head.• Production went to his head and thrilled his sleepless nerves like liquor or women on a Saturday night.• Dave really let his promotion go to his head.• They were floundering chest-deep, and Riven went to Madra's head, helping to hold it above the water.• At ten o'clock they went to the tunnel head.• The wine went straight to my head.
20. tool 工具 [countableC usually singular] the wide end of a long narrow tool or piece of equipment 〔長而窄的工具或設備〕較寬大的一端
21  put your heads together DISCUSSto discuss a difficult problem together 一起想辦法，共同商量
The next morning, we all put our heads together to decide what should be done.
第二天早晨，我們大家共同商量該怎麽辦。
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put your heads together• 150 government leaders are putting their heads together to discuss how to curb the production of greenhouse gases.• Anyway, we can put our heads together later and see if it means anything.• Emily and I put our heads together after office hours and came up with the answers we needed.• He will be less easy to understand if you literally put your heads together.• We'll put our heads together after work and see if we can come up with a solution.• They put their heads together, from thousands of miles away.• Stevie and I are going to put our heads together to try and reconstruct them for Midge.• The challenge is to put our heads together and think of a new way of working.• Fearing the ships might founder on coastal rocks, the admiral summoned all his navigators to put their heads together.• The next day Martha and I would put our heads together and decide what should be done.
22  go over somebody’s head UNDERSTAND
a) to be too difficult for someone to understand 使某人無法理解
The explanation went completely over my head.
解釋太深奧了，我根本聽不懂。
b) to do something without discussing it with a particular person or organization first, especially when you should have discussed it with them 越過某人〔行使過分的權力〕
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go over somebody’s head• His enormous arm went over Rory's head, the empty pint pot hanging in the smoke above the counter.• Could he go over the heads of Congress and get the country behind him?• He says that the bid is hostile because it goes over the heads of the directors.• Mrs Singh seemed to be listening intently but I guess that a lot of what was being said went over her head.• The more emotional scenes go right over the kids' heads.• Are we going to get Blagg or do we go over your head?• They worried that the experienced subordinate would go over their head and gain support from their superiors.
23. can’t make head or/nor tail of something UNDERSTAND informal to be completely unable to understand something 完全弄不清某事物，完全不能理解某事物
24. have your head in the clouds SPEND TIMEto think about something in a way that is not practical or sensible, especially when you think things are much better than they really are 想入非非；耽於空想
25. have a (good) head for figures/facts/business etc GOOD ATto be naturally good at doing calculations, remembering facts etc 擅長計算/記憶/做生意等
26. head for heights BALANCEthe ability to look down from high places without feeling ill or nervous 無恐高症，不懼高
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head for heights• They were seated by one of the windows, and Paige was glad she had a head for heights.• The stunt took eighteen months to set up, and was only for those with a strong head for heights.
27  a big head informalPROUD the opinion that you are much better, more important, more skilful etc than you really are 自負，驕傲，自命不凡
I suppose I did do OK, but I’d be silly to get a big head about it.
我認爲我的確做得不錯，不過我要是因此而自滿的話就太愚蠢了。
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a big head• He described the assailant as a tall man with a big head and bushy hair.
28  keep your head above water SUCCEED IN DOING somethingto manage to continue to live on your income or keep your business working when this is difficult because of financial problems 〔靠自己的收入〕勉強度日；〔因財務問題〕勉強維持經營
For years they struggled to keep their heads above water.
多年來他們一直勉強維持着生活。
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keep your head above water• If I get this raise, we'll just about keep our heads above water until next year.• Coun Bergg, we are happy to report, is alive and well and keeping his head above water.• I work full time, but we're still just keeping our heads above water.• We all do, really, and we're keeping our heads above water most beautifully.• It became increasingly difficult to keep his head above water.• Pensioners already fighting to keep their heads above water are being asked to pay extra council tax to fund the refugee crisis.• Although I've been out of a job for three months, I've managed to keep my head above water.• But that will provide small comfort to poor people struggling now to keep their heads above water.• The wind and waves pushed me along as I struggled to keep my head above water.• Schools throughout the county are struggling to keep their heads above water.• In reality, Diana was struggling to keep her head above water, let alone undertake a radical management restructuring programme.• I'm just a pensioner, trying to keep my head above water.
29  be/stand head and shoulders above somebody BETTERto be much better than other people 遠遠勝過某人
One contestant stood head and shoulders above the rest.
有一位參賽選手表現突出。
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be/stand head and shoulders above somebody• Though short, he stands head and shoulders above most.• Jackson stood head and shoulders above his confreres, and..• But the surgery has given him confidence to stand head and shoulders above the rest.• The fourth, who stood head and shoulders above them, was older.
30  hold up your head  (also hold your head high) to show pride or confidence, especially in a difficult situation 昂首挺胸；擡起頭來
If you do this, you’ll never be able to hold your head up again.
如果這樣做，你以後就再也擡不起頭了。
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hold up your head• He had held up his head in the most exalted company.• How does he hold up his head if he knows his wife is deceiving him?
31  be (like) banging/bashing etc your head against a brick wall CONTINUE/NOT STOP spoken used to say that you are making no progress at all in what you are trying hard to do 枉費心機，白費氣力
I’ve tried to talk some sense into them, but it’s like banging my head against a brick wall.
我拼命跟他們講道理，但結果是白費唇舌。
32. bang/knock somebody’s heads together spoken used to say that two people or groups should be forced to stop arguing and start to behave sensibly 強行制止某人爭吵並使其恢複理智
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bang/knock somebody’s heads together• He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together, kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders.• She'd just box a few ears, knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries, and chase them off.
33  bite/snap somebody’s head off to talk to someone very angrily with no good reason 〔毫無道理地〕呵斥某人
I offered to help her, but she just bit my head off.
我提出要幫助她，但她卻痛罵了我一頓。
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bite/snap somebody’s head off• You could trust him not to take the mickey, or to turn round and bite your head off.• I could have bitten her head off.• This Katherine bites the heads off rag-dolls and threatens her sister Bianca with a pair of pinking shears.• The gusts are becoming malevolent, snapping the heads off the waves like daisies.• Just to bite their heads off.• He had no right to bite the head off one of his staunchest friends.• Not two minutes in his company and she was biting his head off.• A geek is a carnival performer who bites the heads off live chickens and snakes.
34  turn/stand something on its head OPPOSITE/FACEto make people think about something in the opposite way to the way it was originally intended 倒過來想某事物；使人完全改變思考某事物的思路
The attorney quickly turned his main defense argument on its head.
那位律師很快扭轉了主要的辯護思路。
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turn/stand something on its head• Many of these taboos derive from patriarchal societies taking the power of women and turning it on its head.• Resist that temptation by turning it on its head.• Rather than ignore Philips's cherished necessity principle, the Government turned it on its head.• It turns time on its head.• Another basic political problem here is that the Dole message turns history on its head.• That, of course, is to stand reality on its head, since the industrialised nations are manifestly the real environmental villains.• The next step was to turn reality on its head.• In fact, it would turn Beveridge on its head and use the national insurance system as a tax system.• "You stand logic on its head when you use arms control as an argument for a larger defense budget, " Aspin said.
35. give somebody their head LET/ALLOWto give someone the freedom to do what they want to do 放任[聽任]某人自由行動
36  be/fall head over heels in love LOT/VERY MUCHto love or suddenly start to love someone very much 深深地愛着/突然愛上 〔某人〕
Sam was head over heels in love with his new bride.
薩姆深深地愛着他的新娘。
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be/fall head over heels in love• It wasn't just the usual liaison: the two of them fell head over heels in love.
37  heads will roll spokenPUNISH used to say that someone will be punished severely for something that has happened 有人將要受到嚴厲的懲罰
Heads will roll for this!
有人將爲此事受到嚴厲懲罰！
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heads will roll• Sir Paul sympathises with Mr Meeks ... but says it's inevitable that heads will roll.• I rather think heads will roll.
38. on your own head be it spokenBLAME used to tell someone that they will be blamed if the thing they are planning to do goes wrong 責任自負，一人做事一人當
39  do your head in British EnglishBrE spoken informalCONFUSED to make you feel confused and annoyed 使人煩惱，使人討厭
Turn that noise down – it’s doing my head in!
把聲音關小點，吵死人了！
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do your head in• He's so fussy about how he wants things done, it really does my head in.• I've got to do an essay on Kant and it's doing my head in.
40  be/get in over your head to be or get involved in something that is too difficult for you to deal with 卷入處理不了的事
In business, start small and don’t get in over your head.
在生意方面，從小的做起，不要貪大。
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be/get in over your head• How loan scams operate How homeowners get in over their heads with home equity loans: 1.• We had a feeling they might get in over their heads and they did.
41. be over your head in debt American EnglishAmEOWE to owe so much money that there is no possibility of paying it all back 負債累累
42  go head to head with somebody DEAL WITHto deal with or oppose someone in a very direct and determined way 與某人正面交鋒，與某人硬碰硬
Rather than go head to head with their main rivals, they decided to try a more subtle approach.
與其和主要對手硬碰硬，他們決定倒不如嘗試智取。
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go head to head with somebody• Jim finally went head to head with his boss.
43. heads up! American EnglishAmE spokenWARN used to warn people that something is falling from above 當心上面！〔警告别人上面有東西掉下〕
44. beer 啤酒 [countableC]DFD the layer of small white bubbles on the top of a glass of beer 啤酒泡沫
45. electronics 電子産品 [countableC]TCR a piece of equipment that changes information on something magnetic, such as a recording tape or computer hard disk, into electrical messages that electronic equipment can use 磁頭
46  head of cattle/sheep etc [plural] a particular number of cows, sheep etc 牛/羊等的頭數
a farm with 20 head of cattle
養着20頭牛的農場
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head of cattle/sheep etc• The tribe typically runs about 17,000 head of cattle on its ranges, but the numbers are dwindling.• Of the nearly 18,000 head of cattle imported through Colombo in 1901, over sixty percent were immediately sent to the slaughterhouse.• Three raids alone in 1736 led to the loss of 1,026 head of cattle.• During the 1880s the Scandinavian countries sent an average 106,244 head of cattle to Britain every year.• We met one nomad driving 40 head of cattle in the baking sun, hours from the nearest village.• He now clears just what he needs to support crops and a few head of cattle.
47. head of water/steam TPpressure that is made when water or steam is kept in an enclosed space 水壓/蒸汽壓力
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head of water/steam• But there is already a head of steam in parliament to make the proposed voluntary takeover code legally binding.• And he's just getting a head of steam.• By 1921 indeed frustration with coalition was building up such a head of steam as seriously to threaten its future.• The Siporax is only half submerged, so that a head of water never covers the biological media.• His friends viewed the affair with interest as it gathered a fair head of steam.• The bull market in bonds finally lost its head of steam.• Para Handy raises a new head of steam Nan Spowart reports on the re-creation of a West coast legend.• A big crowd started to gather as Greg got on a real head of steam.
48. get/build up a head of steam to become very active after starting something slowly 逐漸變得活躍
49  land 土地SG [singular] British EnglishBrE a high area of land that sticks out into the sea – used in names 岬（角）〔用於地名〕
Beachy Head
比奇角
50. infection 感染 [countableC]MI the centre of a swollen spot on your skin 膿頭
51. give (somebody) head informal to perform oral sex on someone （與某人）口交
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give (somebody) head• I thought I could trust her and gave her my heads so that she could use it for one minute.• These results are given in column headed R in Table 6,1.• He'd given me a head start in my inquiries.• Hood: a well-shaped hood gives maximum head cover when the hood is drawn in tightly.• He felt the best way to cure her was to keep giving her her head.• So give her a head start.• Parliamentary systems giving the head of government discretion on timing the election have traditionally been used for advantage by governing parties.• Do not try to give yourself a head start by dieting earlier than you should.
→ bury your head in the sand at bury(8), → knock something on the head at knock1(16), → off the top of your head at top1(18), → somebody can do something standing on their head at stand1(40), → turn somebody’s head at turn1(17), → two heads are better than one at two(8)
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
turn your head 轉頭
John turned his head to look at the boy.
約翰轉過頭去看那男孩。
shake your head (=move it from side to side, especially to show disagreement) 搖頭〔尤表示不贊同〕
‘It’s too much, ’ he said, shaking his head.
“這太過分了。”他搖着頭說道。
nod your head (=move it up and down, especially to show agreement) 點頭〔尤表示贊同〕
The audience nodded their heads enthusiastically.
觀衆熱情地點着頭。
somebody’s head hurts/aches/throbs 某人頭痛/某人的頭抽痛
Her head was throbbing and she needed to lie down.
她的頭陣陣作痛,得躺下來才行。
raise/lift your head (=look up) 擡起頭
nTom raised his head to listen, then went back to his book.
bow/bend/lower your head (=look down) 低下頭
nHe bowed his head and tried not not to look at her.
hang your head (=look down, especially because you are ashamed) 〔尤因羞愧而〕垂下頭
nShe hung her head, not sure how to reply.
scratch your head (=especially because you do not understand something) 〔尤因不明白某事而〕撓頭
nHe scratched his head and started looking through the drawers again.
ncock your head (=hold your head at an angle)
The big dog cocked his head to one side and raised his ears.
adjectives
bare 赤裸的,裸露的
The sun beat down on her bare head.
陽光火辣辣地照在她沒戴帽子的頭上。
bald 秃頂的；光頭的
His bald head shone with sweat.
他出了汗,光頭閃閃發亮。
somebody’s blonde/dark/grey etc head (=with blonde etc hair) 某人長着金發/深色頭發/灰白頭發等的腦袋
I saw my son’s blond head sticking out from the car window.
我看見兒子滿頭金發的腦袋從車窗裏探出來。
head + NOUN
head injury 頭部受傷
Wearing a helmet reduces the risk of head injuries.
戴頭盔可以減少頭部受傷的風險。
Examples from the Corpus
head• a head of lettuce• The copper head moved and Theda's hand dropped.• Professor Calder is the department head.• Every head had to turn simultaneously.• It is coarse and irregular, involves the face, head, and extremities, and is accentuated by movements.• the former head of MI5, the British intelligence service• Keep arms hanging, head down and neck and shoulders relaxed.• She's so quiet - you never quite know what's going on inside her head.• He turned his head to kiss her.• Hwang is head of the local Communist Party, and is also a farmer.• It turns time on its head.• I didn't struggle a lot, but one of them pushed my head right down, my arms were pulled right back.• Dan's head was full of big ideas.• Troy's head is just full of ideas.• Collins suffered severe head injuries in the accident.• a shower head• I picked up a hammer and hit the head of the nail as hard as I could.• In view of what you said, did you consider the use of night sticks on the heads of demonstrators hospitable?• According to Rice, the head of the planning committee, the project is 25% completed.• She's the head of research and development.• There was a hole in the pipe, no bigger than the head of a matchstick.
get your head round something• They can't get their head round the notion of patient-centred medicine, basically.
head waiter/chef/gardener etc• He was a head waiter during the war.• It was then left in the hands of head gardener Ken Vaughn, who ran it single-handedly for 30 years.• He was previously head chef at Turner's restaurant, London.• Led by the head waiter around a crowded bar we emerged into a restaurant with a breathtaking interior.• This was served buffet style from huge urns by the head chef.• The head waiter already has my name memorized.• The head waiter made a servile fuss when they arrived and begged permission for a photograph to be taken for publicity purposes.• Harry Dodson demonstrates the skills of a Victorian head gardener.
at something’s/somebody’s head• But he was already swinging the case at the Advocate's head.• She reached one arm back and grabbed the rope while Amy fairly clawed at the head.• Out on the court, her three assistants are directing the drills, each at the head of a line of players.• The marshal was right when he waved his yellow flag and pointed his finger at his head.• Two men sat at its head, their faces reflected in the gleaming surface.• Miss Male and Heather were still watching the little scene at the head of the table.• Hughes held the stick aloft, a coil of silver at its head.
not right in the head• Satirists are often not right in the head.
dead heads• There was no one about except Miss Lofthouse taking the dead heads off the daffodils in the churchyard by the War Memorial.
by a (short) head• Beaten by a short head possibly, but decimated, no.• The program could also be controlled by a head or eye movement.• The losers were disrupted by a head injury to prop Seamus Foley, who was forced off in the first half.• The issues that are negotiated by heads of government are essentially unresolvable or they would never have reached the highest level.• They walk and are passed by head to head contact.• Not until the final strides did Cherokee Run edge ahead, and he prevailed by a head. 1993.
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head2 ●●● S2 W2 verb
1  go towards 朝⋯行進 (also be headed) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]GO to go or travel towards a particular place, especially in a deliberate way 〔朝…〕前進，〔向…〕去
head for/towards/back etc
The ship was heading for Cuba.
船正駛向古巴。
It’s about time we were heading home.
我們該回家了。
head north/south etc
We headed south towards the capital.
我們朝南向首都進發。
Where are you guys headed?
你們要去哪兒？
2  FUTURE 未來be heading  (also be headed) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if you are heading for a particular situation, especially a bad one, it seems likely to happen 〔很可能〕遭受，碰到，面臨
be heading for
Forecasters predict the region’s economy is heading for disaster.
預測專家預言該地區經濟即將面臨災難。
Where is your life heading?
你的生活何去何從？
Examples from the Corpus
head for• I'm worried about Molly. She looks as if she's heading for a nervous breakdown.• There are fears that the company could be heading for closure, following a bad year.• Anyone who simply returns to the same repetitive activity is heading for further trouble - especially if their technique is at fault.• On top of that, you are heading for new destinations without ever having to pack or unpack.• He turned down a street leading to the coast road, and Ruth knew he was heading for Starr Hills.• They were heading for the bullseye to begin with, but then the target started to accelerate it speeded up.• These guys are heading for the Motorway.• Ironically, the Iron Arrow participants were heading for the offices of Professor Heckerling, whom they planned to induct that day.• The buzzard was heading for the updraft above the Edge, and nothing was going to deter it.• Podesta, according to sources, had seen earlier that the pardon process was heading for trouble.
3  be in charge 負責 (also head up) [transitiveT]IN CHARGE OF to be in charge of a team, government, organization etc 主管，領導
David was asked to head up the technical team.
戴維被要求領導技術小組。
an interim government headed by the former prime minister
由前首相領導的過渡政府
4  at top 居於首位 [transitiveT]
a) FIRSTFRONTto be at the top of a list or group of people or things 居於首位，名列第一
The movie heads the list of Oscar nominations.
這部影片在奧斯卡提名影片中名列首位。
b) be headedTOP if a page is headed with a particular name, title, image etc, it has it on the top 題目是…，標題爲…；頂端寫[印]有…
The page was headed ‘Expenses’.
這一頁的標題爲“開支”。
officially-headed writing paper
印有正式信頭的信紙
5  at front 在前列 [transitiveT]FRONT to be at the front of a line of people 在…前列；帶領
a procession headed by the Queen
女王領頭的一列隊伍
6. football 足球 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DSF to hit the ball with your head, especially in football 用頭頂（球） →5 see picture at 見圖 football
7 head off phrasal verbphr v 
a) LEAVE A PLACEto leave to go to another place 離開〔某地去别處〕
I’m heading off now.
我現在要走了。
b) head something ↔ offPREVENT to prevent something from happening, especially something bad 阻止某事，防止某事發生
The president intervened to head off the conflict.
總統出面調停以阻止沖突發生。
c) head somebody ↔ offSTOP MOVING to stop someone going somewhere by moving in front of them 〔在前面〕攔截某人，攔擋某人
Soldiers headed them off at the border.
士兵在邊境將他們攔截住。
Examples from the Corpus
head off• We managed to head off a financial crisis last year, but we may not be so lucky this year.• They agreed to meet government ministers in an attempt to head off a major conflict.
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head• They hear that there is a bull market to ride, and they do not care which direction the bull is headed.• At one stage she had suggested that he leave for a vacation and she stayed being, heading a Regency Council.• Levy headed an investigation into the fund mismanagement.• It is headed by a managing director.• The program is headed by an expert in teaching gifted and talented children.• The march was headed by the Reverend Martin Luther King.• Most single-parent families are headed by women.• His teammates were long gone, headed home to celebrate the biggest victory of their pro careers.• Jean and those guys, it seems like this organization is heading in the right direction.• This helped them to gain height and get power when heading the ball.• For Cranmer, who headed the party of Reform for the next twenty years, the task seemed hardly begun.• The commission was headed up by Barry Kerr.• Heading up the investigation into the crash is Officer Frank Foyle.
head north/south etc• The houses begin to thicken as the highway heads south.• The way moves cast, and then doubles back, labyrinth-like, to head north and up the stairs.• Others retire and head south for the sun.• Are the prices of homes in your area heading north or south in 1996?• It swung north, then headed south, then back north, then east-east!-then back south.• In it, a miner who has been made redundant heads south to Helsinki and falls in love.• Our alternative is to head north, to the coast.
-head /hed/ suffix [in nouns]
1  TOPthe top of something 頂端
the pithead (=the top of a coal mine)
煤礦井口
a letterhead (=a name and address printed at the top of a letter)
信頭
2  BEGINNINGthe place where something begins 起源
a fountainhead
泉源
From Longman Business Dictionary
headhead1 /hed/ noun [countableC]
1JOBthe leader or person in charge of a group, organization, or part of an organization
head of
The head of each division is responsible for its operating performance.
Stone was head of corporate finance at Coopers & Lybrand.
Work is divided into different areas and is supervised by section heads.
2JOB head receptionist/trader/cashier etc the most senior RECEPTIONIST etc
Any cash received must be double-checked by the head receptionist.
3COMMERCE have a (good) business head to be able to make sensible and PROFITABLE business decisions
4COMMERCE a head/per head for each person
A conference for 70 people will work out at around £30 a head per day.
Expenditure per head on training had been growing rapidly.
5head on if you deal with a problem head on, you deal with it in a very brave and direct way
The issue has to be tackled head on.
6COMMERCE head on if two companies compete head on, they each try to be successful selling the same product or service
Instead of trying to compete head on with stores like Our Price and HMV, he moved down-market, stocking cheaper CDs and tapes.
7have/be given a head start to have an advantage that helps you to be successful
have/be given a head start over
Banks will have a head start over their non-banking rivals in selling products in this new market.
8keep your head above water to only just manage to keep your company in business or live on the income you earn
These are savings that defence companies have to make to keep their heads above water.
9go over somebody’s head disapproving if you go over the head of your BOSS (=the person who you normally take orders from at work), you ask his or her boss something instead of asking him or her directly
My boss was angry because I went over his head to the department manager.
10heads will roll spoken used to say that someone will lose their job or be punished for a mistake they have made
headhead2 verb
1[transitiveT] (also head up) to be in charge of a group, an organization, or part of an organization
She heads a building company.
2be headed if a page is headed with a particular word or sentence, it has it at the top
The three columns are headed ‘budget’, ‘actual’ and ‘variance’.
3head north/south informalFINANCE if a share price, currency etc heads north, it rises in value. If it heads south, it falls in value
Right now, the rouble is heading south.
→ head down
→ head something → off
→ head up
Origin head1
Old English heafod

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