| 单词 | headload |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheadload headload n. [compare earlier backload n.] a load carried on the head. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > a load back-burden?c1225 load?c1225 carriagea1398 birth1497 freight1618 porterage1666 headload1795 backload1823 1795 D. Lysons Environs London III. 81 Fruit for the table is carried in head-loads by women. 1831 O. Moore Staff Officer (1833) I. 110 His wife,..in addition to a heavy head-load, will often be seen carrying an infant in her arms, and another on her back. 1927 W. H. Todd Tiger, Tiger! 20 Carrying headloads of sand. 1998 A. Sealy Everest Hotel (1999) 9 The women..file down the track balancing headloads of firewood on pads wound from cloth. head-load head-load v. transitive to carry (a load) on one's head; = head-carry vb. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > transport or convey by carrying [verb (transitive)] > convey by carrying (of person) > on the head head-load1945 head-carry1948 1945 Chicago Defender 7 Apr. 10/4 For centuries all trade goods brought to the coast [of Liberia] from the interior..had to be head-loaded in. 1959 Times 9 Nov. (Ghana Suppl.) p. iv/1 Much of the cocoa starts its journey to the coast by being head-loaded along the bush tracks. 2011 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 10 Jan. Head-loading agricultural produce over long distances is a very well documented phenomenon. < as lemmas |
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