英汉词典

head 基本解释

• n. 头；头痛；上端；最前的部分；理解力
• vt. 前进；用头顶；作为…的首领；站在…的前头；给…加标题
• vi. 出发；成头状物；船驶往
• adj. 头的；主要的；在顶端的
• n. (Head)人名；(英)黑德

head 词态变化

head 中文词源

来自PIE*caput,头，词源同captain,capital.

head 英文词源

head

head: [OE] The word head can be traced back ultimately to Indo-European *kauput-, *kaupet-, which probably had connotations of ‘bowl’ (as in ‘skull’) as well as ‘head’, although which came first is not clear. From it was descended prehistoric Germanic *khaubutham, *khaubitham, which produced German haupt, Dutch hoofd, Swedish huvud, and English head.

A variant of the Indo-European ancestor, *kaput-, seems to have been responsible for the Latin word for ‘head’, caput (source of a wide range of English words, including capillary, capital, captain, and chief), and also for Sanskrit kapucchala- ‘hair at the back of the head’ and Danish hoved ‘head’. And a further related form, *keup-, produced English hive, Latin cūpa ‘barrel’, and medieval Latin cuppa (source of English cup and German kopf ‘head’).
=> capital, captain, chief, cup

head (n.)

Old English heafod "top of the body," also "upper end of a slope," also "chief person, leader, ruler; capital city," from Proto-Germanic *haubudam (cognates: Old Saxon hobid, Old Norse hofuð, Old Frisian haved, Middle Dutch hovet, Dutch hoofd, Old High German houbit, German Haupt, Gothic haubiþ "head"), from PIE *kaput- "head" (cognates: Sanskrit kaput-, Latin caput "head").

Modern spelling is early 15c., representing what was then a long vowel (as in heat) and remained after pronunciation shifted. Of rounded tops of plants from late 14c. Meaning "origin of a river" is mid-14c. Meaning "obverse of a coin" (the side with the portrait) is from 1680s; meaning "foam on a mug of beer" is first attested 1540s; meaning "toilet" is from 1748, based on location of crew toilet in the bow (or head) of a ship.

Synechdochic use for "person" (as in head count) is first attested late 13c.; of cattle, etc., in this sense from 1510s. As a height measure of persons, from c. 1300. Meaning "drug addict" (usually in a compound with the preferred drug as the first element) is from 1911.

To be over (one's) head "beyond one's comprehension" is by 1620s. To give head "perform fellatio" is from 1950s. Phrase heads will roll "people will be punished" (1930) translates Adolf Hitler. Head case "eccentric or insane person" is from 1979. Head game "mental manipulation" attested by 1972.

head (v.)

"to be at the head or in the lead," c. 1200, from head (n.). Meaning "to direct the head (toward)" is from c. 1600. Related: headed, heading. The earliest use of the word as a verb meant "behead" (Old English heafdian). Verbal phrase head up "supervise, direct" is attested by 1930.

head (adj.)

"most important, principal, leading," c. 1200, from head (n.). Old English heafod was used in this sense in compounds.

head 词组搭配

head 英文释义

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"

head 同义词解析

chief, head, leader, boss

这些名词都指"拥有权力或统治权的人"。

chief： 最广泛用词，上可指最高统治者，下可指顶头上司，即可指任何一级的头头。

head： 多指一个机构或团体等的负责人或最高首长。

leader： 指国家、民族、政党、组织等的领导或领袖。强调领导能力、含有能够引导、指导、控制被领导者并获得其支持的意味。

boss： 非正式用词，多作口语用，可指任何负责人，也可指经理、老板或工头。

head 双语例句

1. He won a head-to-head battle with NF leader Jean-Marie Le Pen.

他在和国民阵线领袖让-马里·勒庞的正面交锋中获得了胜利。

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2. I let the horse drop his head to crop the spring grass.

我让马低下头啃吃春天的青草。

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3. His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet.

他的头上缠满了一层层用床单撕成的绷带。

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4. That song has stuck in my head for years.

那首歌多年来一直铭记在我心中。

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5. Any head teacher who made errors like this would be chucked out.

哪个校长只要犯了这样的错误都会被开除。

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head 实用场景例句

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。

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Living with my parents is doing my head in.

和父母住在一起让我很沮丧。

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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。

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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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He headed the ball across the face of the goal.

他一个头球，球从球门前横飞而过。

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One chapter is headed, 'Beating the Test'.

有一章的标题为“战胜考试”。

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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。

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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。

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

开往巴士拉港的一艘伊拉克船

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He headed for the bus stop...

他朝着公共汽车站走去。

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Heads or tails?

你猜是正面还是反面？

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'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。”

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I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk.

我头很痛，已经酩酊大醉。

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...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

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...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

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...the head waiter.

侍者领班

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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。

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She is full of admiration for the head and teachers.

她对校长和教师们满心钦佩。

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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。

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There should be no exposed screw heads...

螺钉顶端不应该外露。

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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。

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...the head of the stairs...

楼梯的顶部

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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。

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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。

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We took our place at the head of the convoy.

我们排在护送队伍的最前面。

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...the head of the queue...

队首

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...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

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

那首歌在我脑海中挥之不去。

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

他抽了口烟斗，摇了摇头。

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She turned her head away from him...

她把头别过去，不再看他。

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