loggerhead
/ˈlɒgəhed/noun
1
- （亦作loggerhead turtle）a reddish-brown turtle with a very large head, occurring chiefly in warm seas龟。
1.1
- Caretta caretta, family Cheloniidae.拉丁名Caretta caretta,海龟科。
2
- （亦作loggerhead shrike）a widespread North American shrike, having mainly grey plumage with a black eyestripe, wings, and tail呆头伯劳。
2.1
- Lanius ludovicianus, family Laniidae.拉丁名Lanius ludovicianus,伯劳科。
3
- archaic a foolish person〈古〉傻瓜。
短语
at loggerheads
- in violent dispute or disagreement激烈争论, 不和：
councillors were at loggerheads with the government over the grant allocation.
在专用拨款的分配问题上, 议员们和政府争论激烈。
ORIGIN: possibly a use of loggerhead in the late 17th-cent. sense long-handled iron instrument for heating liquids and tar, perhaps wielded as a weapon.
词源
late 16th cent. (in sense 3)： from dialect logger 'block of wood for hobbling a horse' +HEAD.