单词 | loggerheads |
释义 | loggerheads From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishloggerheadslog‧ger‧heads /ˈlɒɡəhedz $ ˈlɒːɡər-, ˈlɑː-/ noun → be at loggerheads (with somebody)Examples from the Corpusloggerheads• Second, the idea that two groups are at absolute loggerheads ignores the community of interest in the political class.• Pundits are also at loggerheads about the crisis.• The pair have been at loggerheads over which of them was more worthy of the player of the century accolade.• The president has been at such loggerheads with the GOP-controlled Congress that not a lot has been accomplished.Origin loggerheads (1800-1900) loggerhead “stupid person, large head, type of heavy tool” ((16-20 centuries)), from logger “block of wood” ((16-18 centuries)) (probably from → LOG1) + head |
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