| 单词 | widow's peak |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswidow's peak widow's peak n. a downward point of hair towards the middle of the forehead, sometimes believed to be an omen of early widowhood; cf. widow's lock n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > hairline > [noun] > types of widow's peak1681 peak1795 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iv. iii. 374 An apron for the Pudenda of a Woman. A ¼ of a yard deep, and shaped like a Widows Peak. 1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh viii. 38 She had on her forehead what is sometimes denominated a ‘widow's peak’,—that is to say, her hair grew down to a point in the middle. 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions xxiii. 339 A small muslin turban..covered her hair and showed only the deep widow's peak in the angle where its folds crossed. 2015 New Yorker (Nexis) 31 Aug. 60 He shaves his head close, the black stubble of his hairline descending to a widow's peak. < as lemmas |
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