| 单词 | to take a header |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take a header a. Chiefly colloquial. A dive or plunge head first. Frequently in to take a header. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > plunging > a plunge head first header1835 nosedive1919 1835 New Sporting Mag. Apr. 386 After getting a header into a brook, he shrugged up his shoulders, exclaiming,—‘Is it vone disgrace to get a tomble?’ 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xxvii. 437 Till we..take our final header out of this riddle of a world. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xiv. 113 The delights of a header off a rock ten feet high, and an unknown depth of clear, cold water below. 1909 Chatterbox 262/1 The Vice-Consul..sprang upon the taffrail and took a header after him into the water. 1977 A. Cooke Six Men i. 31 Neither in love nor in friendship did he ever tread water. He regularly took a header into deep water. 2011 Vanity Fair Feb. 91/1 You're a father teaching his daughter to ride a bike, watching as she takes a header on her first solo try. < as lemmas |
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