Who's to say what is proper?What if it was agreed that "proper" was wearing a codfish on your head?

——Alice in Wonderland

誰(shuí)來(lái)決定什么是得體?如果大家說(shuō)在上戴鱈魚(yú)才算得體呢?

——《愛(ài)麗絲夢(mèng)游仙境》

一、你知道head有幾種含義嗎?

adj.

1.頭的;在前頭的;在頂端的?of, relating to, or intended for the head

This is an iron helmet to guard against head injury.

這是防止頭部受傷的鐵頭盔。

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2.主要的;首要的?principal, chief

Our head office is in Hangzhou.

我們的總部在杭州。

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n.

1.頭,頭部 [C]?the part of the body on top of the neck containing the eyes, nose, mouth and brain

he adjusted her hat on her head.

她調(diào)整了一下頭上的帽子。

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2.頭痛 [C]?headache

I've got a bad head.

我頭痛得厲害。

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3.理解力;頭腦 [C]the mind or brain

I knew your head is better than mine, Judith, for mine is very weak, to be sure.

我知道你腦筋比我好,尤蒂絲。是的,我的智力很低。

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4.首腦,首長(zhǎng) [C]?the person in charge of a group of people or an organization

My head is a man who always acts up.

我的首長(zhǎng)是一個(gè)總愛(ài)出風(fēng)頭的人。

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v.

1.作為…的首領(lǐng);站在…的前頭 [T]?to form the head or top of

The university is headed by a rector, its chief executive officer.

該大學(xué)由一個(gè)校長(zhǎng)擔(dān)任領(lǐng)導(dǎo),他是學(xué)校的主要執(zhí)行官員。

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2.給…加標(biāo)題 [T]?to put a word or words at the top of a page or section of a book as a title

The chapter was headed My Early Life.

這一章的標(biāo)題是我早年的生活。

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3.出發(fā);前進(jìn);駛往 [I,T]?to move in a particular direction

I headed off for town.

我出發(fā)去城里。

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4.用頭頂 [T]?to hit a football with your head

The centre forward headed the ball into goal.

中鋒用頭將球頂入球門(mén)。

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二、詞義辨析:還有哪些詞能表示“有權(quán)力或者統(tǒng)治權(quán)的人”呢

chief, head, leader, boss

這些名詞都指“擁有權(quán)力或統(tǒng)治權(quán)的人”。

chief最廣泛用詞,上可指最高統(tǒng)治者,下可指頂頭上司,即可指任何一級(jí)的頭頭。

head多指一個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)或團(tuán)體等的負(fù)責(zé)人或最高首長(zhǎng)。

leader指國(guó)家、民族、政黨、組織等的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)或領(lǐng)袖。強(qiáng)調(diào)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力、含有能夠引導(dǎo)、指導(dǎo)、控制被領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者并獲得其支持的意味。

boss非正式用詞,多作口語(yǔ)用,可指任何負(fù)責(zé)人,也可指經(jīng)理、老板或工頭。

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三、含有head的常見(jiàn)短語(yǔ)

acid head

服迷幻藥的人

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death's head

骷髏,刻骷髏的指環(huán)

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head and shoulders above

ad. 遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出

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head for the hills

跑開(kāi),躲得遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的

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head nurse

護(hù)士長(zhǎng)

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四、最后,來(lái)做個(gè)填詞游戲吧

She banged her _____ on the low ceiling.

她的頭砰地撞在低矮的天花板上。