| 释义 |
ˈfiddle-ˌheaded, a.
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
a. Naut. Having a fiddle-head.
b. Of a fork, spoon: Having the handle made after the pattern of a fiddle.
c. Empty-headed.
d. (see quot. 1883).
1840Hood Kilmansegg, First Step iii, In short a kind Of fork—that is fiddle-headed. 1851H. Melville Whale viii. 43 A projecting piece of scroll work fashioned after a ship's fiddle-headed beak. 1854G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce v. (1855) 104 ‘You've broke it, you fiddle-headed brute!’ 1883G. Stables Our Friend the Dog vii. 60 Fiddle-headed, a long, gaunt, wolfish head, like what one sees in some Mastiffs. |