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| 1 | C the top part of your body that has your brain , eyes, mouth etc in it 头；头部 |
| a bruise on the side of her head 她头侧的淤伤 |
| shake your head (=move it from side to side) She shook her head sadly. 摇头 |
| nod your head (=move it up and down) Ron nodded his head but said nothing. 点头 |
| hang/bow your head (=hold it downwards) Mike hung his head in shame. 垂下头 |
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| 2 | C your mind and thoughts 头脑；脑子 |
| A thought suddenly came into my head. 突然我有了一个主意。 |
| I don’ t want to put any ideas into your head. 我不想给你灌输任何想法。 |
| in/inside your head He did the sums quickly in his head. 他很快地心算了一下。 |
| She did not speak the words, but instead whispered them inside her head. 她没有把这些话出来，只是在心里悄悄地说。 |
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| 3 | C the leader or most important person in a group 首领；领导人；头儿 |
| The ceremony was attended by heads of government from eleven countries. 11个国家的政府首脑出席了这一典礼。 |
| | 3a | the teacher in charge of a school . AMERICANprincipal 校长 | |
| | 3b | used for describing the most important person in a particular organization , group etc 领头的 | | the head waiter 领班 | |
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| 4 | C the top or front part of something 上端；前头 |
| +of We walked straight to the head of the queue. 我们径直走到了队首。 |
| | 4a | the end of a bed where you put your head 床头 | |
| | 4b | the end of a table where the most important person sits (桌子的)上首 | |
| | 4c | the top part of a long thin object such as a nail , that is a different shape from or wider than the rest of it (钉子等细长物体的)头部(其形状不同于或大于其他部分) | |
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| 5 | U the white bubbles on the top of a glass of beer (浮在一杯啤酒表面的)白色泡沫 |
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| 6 | C the beginning of a river , where the water comes from 河源 |
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| 7 | C the top of a drum 鼓面 |
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| 8 | plural used as a way of counting farm animals (农场饲养动物的)头数，数量 |
| 300 head of cattle 300头牛 |
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| 9 | C the white centre of a spot on your skin 脓头 |
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| 10 | heads plural the side of a coin that has a picture of a head on it . The other side is tails (铸有头像的)硬币正面 |
| I’ ll toss a coin, you choose heads or tails. 我掷硬币，你选正反。 |
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| - | a/per head
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| for each person |
| 每人 |
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| The meal cost £20 per head. 这顿饭每人花了20英镑。 |
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| - | bang/knock/hit (sb’ s) heads together informal
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| to speak angrily to people so that they will stop arguing |
| 用生气的话语制止（某人的）争吵 |
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| - | be/get in over your head
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| to be or become involved in a situation in which you do not have the necessary skills, knowledge , or money to succeed |
| 陷入困境 |
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| - | be off your head BRITISH informal
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| to be crazy |
| 发疯；精神错乱 |
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| - | be out of your head informal
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| to be unable to think clearly , especially because of having taken drugs |
| (尤指因吸毒而)神志不清 |
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| - | cannot make head nor/or tail of sth informal
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| used for saying that you cannot understand something at all |
| 对某事物感到莫名其妙；丈二和尚摸不着头脑 |
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| - | a clear/cool head
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| the ability to think quickly and calmly in a difficult situation |
| 清醒/冷静的头脑 |
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| If you want to get out of here, you’ ve got to keep a cool head. 如果你想从这儿出去，你得保持冷静的头脑。 |
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| - | come/bring sth to a head informal
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| if a situation comes to a head or you bring it to a head , it suddenly becomes worse |
| （使）(情形)突然恶化，到达极点 |
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| Everything came to a head last week when two of the teachers resigned. 上星期两名老师辞职时，情形突然恶化。 |
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| - | do sb’ s head in BRITISH informal
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| to be more annoying , difficult , boring etc than you can deal with |
| 使某人心烦（或无聊等） |
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| - | from head to toe
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| used for emphasizing that you mean all of someone’ s body |
| 全身上下；从头到脚 |
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| They were covered in mud from head to toe. 他们浑身上下都是泥。 |
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| - | get/build/work up a head of steam
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| to start to become active and successful |
| 有进展；初见成效 |
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| This week the campaign finally started building up a head of steam. 本星期竞选运动终于有了进展。 |
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| - | get it into/through your head (that) informal
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| to understand and accept something |
| 理解并接受(某事物) |
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| Why can’ t you get it into your head that we’ re just friends? 你为什么就是不能明白我们仅仅是朋友呢？ |
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| - | get sb/sth out of your head informal
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| to stop thinking about someone or something |
| 忘记某人/某物 |
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| I can’ t get the pictures of those starving children out of my head. 我忘不了那些挨饿的孩子们的照片。 |
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| - | get/take it into your head to do sth informal
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| to decide to do something , and be determined to do it even if other people do not like it |
| 下决心做某事(即使别人不喜欢) |
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| - | get your head round sth BRITISH informal
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| to understand and accept something that seems strange |
| 理解并接受，想通（某奇怪的事物） |
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| - | give sb head very informal
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| to use your mouth and tongue on someone’ s sex organs to give them pleasure |
| 为某人口交（或口淫） |
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| - | give sb their head BRITISH
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| to allow someone the freedom to make their own decisions |
| 让某人随意而为；听任某人自作决定 |
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| - | go over sb’ s head
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| to go to a more important or powerful person in order to get what you want |
| 越过某人 |
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| I was furious that he went over my head and complained to my manager. 他越级告到我的经理那儿去，让我怒不可遏。 |
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| - | go over your head
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| if something goes over your head , you cannot understand it |
| 不懂；不理解 |
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| A lot of what was said in the meeting went right over my head. 会上说的很多东西我都不懂。 |
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| - | go to your head informal
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| 1 | if success goes to your head , it makes you think that you are better or more important than you really are (成功)冲昏某人的头脑，使某人骄傲自满 |
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| 2 | if an alcoholic drink goes to your head , it makes you drunk (酒)上头，使人醉 |
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| - | have a big/swollen head informal
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| to believe that you are very intelligent , important etc |
| 自负；骄傲自大 |
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| - | have a (good) head for heights BRITISH
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| to not feel afraid when you stand on a high place and look down |
| 不怕高；没有恐高症 |
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| - | have a (good) head for numbers/figures/business etc
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| to be good at doing calculations with numbers/at doing things relating to business etc |
| （极）有数学/商业等头脑 |
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| - | have a good head on your shoulders informal
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| to be intelligent and able to make good decisions |
| 有见识；有头脑 |
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| - | have your head in the clouds informal
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| to be thinking your own thoughts and not concentrating on what is happening around you |
| 想入非非；耽于空想；心不在焉 |
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| - | have your head (screwed) on right informal
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| to be able to make sensible decisions |
| 头脑清醒；有判断力 |
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| - | head and shoulders above the rest/others informal
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| much better than all the others |
| 远比其他的出色；出类拔萃；鹤立鸡群 |
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| - | head of hair
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| all the hair on your head , especially when it is thick |
| 头发；（尤指）一头浓发 |
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| He still has a good head of hair. 他仍有一头浓发。 |
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| - | head over heels
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| 1 | if you fall head over heels, you fall so that your head goes down and your feet go up in the air 头朝下地；倒栽葱地 |
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| 2 | if you are or fall head over heels in love with someone , you love or start to love them very much 非常（爱）；深深地（爱上） | We met in 1998, and fell head over heels in love. 我们在1998年相遇，然后就开始热恋。 | |
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| - | heads up AMERICAN
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| used for telling someone to pay attention |
| 注意；小心 |
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| - | heads will roll informal
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| used for saying that people will be severely punished for something , often by losing their jobs |
| 有人将受到严惩(常指被解雇) |
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| - | keep your head above water informal
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| to manage to live or keep a business working even though you are not earning much money |
| 勉强糊口；惨淡经营 |
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| - | keep your head down BRITISH informal
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| to continue doing something quietly , especially when there is trouble happening around you |
| (尤指有麻烦时)不抛头露面 |
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| - | laugh/shout/scream your head off informal
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| to laugh , shout etc very loudly |
| 大笑/大叫/大声尖叫 |
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| - | like banging/hitting your head against a brickwall
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| used for describing an annoying situation in which nothing you do seems to produce any results |
| 如同以头碰壁；枉费心机；徒劳无功 |
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| - | need your head examined informal
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| to seem to be crazy or to be doing stupid things |
| 需要检查一下头脑是否正常；冒傻气 |
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| He needs his head examined, paying that much money for an old wreck of a car. 他真是冒傻气，花那么多钱买一辆破汽车。 |
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| - | on your (own) head be it spoken
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| used for warning someone that if they do something , they will have to take responsibility for it and suffer the results of it |
| 后果自负 |
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| - | put sth out of your head informal
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| to stop worrying about something |
| 不再担心某事物 |
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| - | put your heads together
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| to think about a problem , or plan something , together with other people |
| 共同商量(或计划) |
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| - | stand/turn sth on its head informal
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| to make someone think in a completely new way about something |
| 使（某人）以全新的方式考虑问题 |
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| Einstein’ s theories stood the mathematical world on its head. 爱因斯坦的理论使数学界以全新的观点看问题。 |
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| Words frequently used with head | | head 的常见搭配词 | | verbs | bend, bow, cock, duck, incline, lift, lower, nod, shake, tilt, toss, turn, | 1 | | | |
| See also | | - bite 1 | | - bury | | - hang 1 | | - hold 1 | | - knock 1 | | - lose | | - top 1 | | - turn 1 | | - turn 1 | | - use 1 | |
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