释义 |
Examples:turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc—Archbishop of Canterbury, head of Church of England—report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state—mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail—head of a (government etc) department—Kim Yong-nam (1928-), North Korean politician, foreign minister 1983-1998 and president of Supreme people's assembly from 1998 (nominal head of state and described as deputy leader)—tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk)—head of a flight of stairs—Khalīfah or Caliph (Arabic: successor), head of state in Caliphate—head of an institute etc—aura (around the head of Buddha)—go over the head of one's boss—Mullah Mohammad Omar (1959-), Taliban leader, Afghan head of state 1996-2001—magnetic head (of a tape recorder etc)—raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)—founder or head of a religion (possibly legendary)—the head of the house (used by servants)—Generalissimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975), Spanish dictator and head of state 1939-1975—head of provincial PRC government department—lit. assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance—afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous—(TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)—Turtwig, Japanese comic character, turtle with seedling growing out of its head—a knot of hair on top of head— |