英语词汇“to bury one's head in the sand”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand (and allusive variants): to ignore unpleasant realities.In some quots. with direct reference to the legendary belief that an ostrich buries its head in sand when threatened.

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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore [verb (intransitive)]

overhipa1325

to hide one's facea1382

to look aside1530

to look beside ——1533

not to hear on that side1548

to look through the fingers1549

to pull away the shoulder1560

connive1602

to turn a (also the) blind eye1698

to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand1844

Nelson eye1893

not to want to know1948

1844 E. B. Barrett Let. 11 Jan. (1954) 212 But the squeamishness of this Age,..this Ostrich age..which exposes its own eggs, and then hides its head in the sand,..is really to me quite monstrous.

1899 W. H. D. Rouse in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives VI. 345 Like the ostrich that hides his head in the sand.

1916 W. Wilson in N.Y. Times 2 Feb. 1/1 America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.

1929 L. MacNeice in Oxf. Poetry 24 Asking..Whether it would not be better To hide one's head in the warm sand of sleep.

1937 F. P. Crozier Men I Killed vii. 137 Our new system of rearmament is at least..encouraging our Colonel Blimps to hide their heads, stupidly like the ostrich, in the sand!

1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh iii. 201 He thrusts his head down on his arms like an ostrich hiding its head in the sand.

1976 Star (Sheffield) 29 Oct. 10/4 The people of England should not bury their heads in the sand and say it can't happen here.

单词	to bury one's head in the sand
释义	> as lemmas to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand d. to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand (and allusive variants): to ignore unpleasant realities.In some quots. with direct reference to the legendary belief that an ostrich buries its head in sand when threatened. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore [verb (intransitive)] overhipa1325 to hide one's facea1382 to look aside1530 to look beside ——1533 not to hear on that side1548 to look through the fingers1549 to pull away the shoulder1560 connive1602 to turn a (also the) blind eye1698 to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand1844 Nelson eye1893 not to want to know1948 1844 E. B. Barrett Let. 11 Jan. (1954) 212 But the squeamishness of this Age,..this Ostrich age..which exposes its own eggs, and then hides its head in the sand,..is really to me quite monstrous. 1899 W. H. D. Rouse in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives VI. 345 Like the ostrich that hides his head in the sand. 1916 W. Wilson in N.Y. Times 2 Feb. 1/1 America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand. 1929 L. MacNeice in Oxf. Poetry 24 Asking..Whether it would not be better To hide one's head in the warm sand of sleep. 1937 F. P. Crozier Men I Killed vii. 137 Our new system of rearmament is at least..encouraging our Colonel Blimps to hide their heads, stupidly like the ostrich, in the sand! 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh iii. 201 He thrusts his head down on his arms like an ostrich hiding its head in the sand. 1976 Star (Sheffield) 29 Oct. 10/4 The people of England should not bury their heads in the sand and say it can't happen here. extracted from sandn.² < as lemmas
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