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单词 double-head
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double-headn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adj.1, head n.1
Etymology: < double adj.1 + head n.1 Compare double-headed adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdouble-head.
Obsolete.
a. The double-headed snake.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical types of serpent (miscellaneous) > amphisbaena
amphisbaenaa1398
double-head1608
double-ganger1831
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 151 The Græcians call this Serpent Amphisbaina... I haue called it Double-head.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi ix. §1. 489 The Amphisbena or Double-head.
b. Double-headed shot.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns
fricasseec1575
murdering shot1583
chain-shota1586
crossbar1589
cross-bar shot1591
case shot1599
langrel1627
trundle-shot1627
partridge1635
chain-bullet1636
pelican1639
case1642
spike-shota1661
double-head1678
double-headed shot1678
partridge-shot1683
grape1687
burrel-shot1706
double1707
angel-shot1730
grapeshot1747
star shot1753
bar-shot1756
langrage1769
canister1801
stang-ball1802
chain1804
canister-shot1809
tier-shot1828
pot-leg1852
six-pounder1855
shunt shot1864
sand-shot1867
mitraille1868
1678 London Gaz. No. 1361/1 He..loaded his Guns with double head and round Partridge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

double-headv.

Etymology: Compare double-header n. 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdouble-head.
Originally U.S.
intransitive. Of a train: to run with two engines. Also passive, to be drawn by two engines.
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1904 Delineator Sept. 374 A heavy freight train had double-headed up the mountain, and at the summit the leading engine had been cut off to run down ahead of the train.
1970 Railway Mag. Oct. 541/1 The flying passage of a northbound express double-headed by ‘Black Staniers’.

Derivatives

double-heading n.
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1959 Times 5 Oct. p. iii/6 The latest electric locomotives [in Switzerland] can haul 600 tons..over the steep gradients..without any double-heading.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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