| 单词 | airhead |
| 释义 | airhead (once / 196989 pages) 1n 2n An airhead is a silly, foolish person. If your friend spends fifteen minutes searching for her lost sunglasses, only to find them on top of her head, you can call her an airhead. While the most popular meaning of airhead is "scatterbrain" or "dingbat," the formal definition of this noun is quite different. Airhead is a military term for a base inside hostile territory where supplies and troops can be kept, and from where soldiers can more safely fly in and out of the area. This 1950s-era meaning comes from the form of the military term beachhead — the slang term is from the 1970s. WORD FAMILYairhead: airheads USAGE EXAMPLESJM: A lot of kids coming to see us know our music from the film “Airheads.” Washington Times(Sep 26, 2016) He fired a bunch of people that surrounded him and replaced them with really nutty airheads. Slate(Jul 06, 2016) “Some thought we were airheads, but we’re all so very intelligent and humble. Being a Golden Girl was a most wonderful, thrilling experience.” Washington Times(Jun 06, 2016) 1 n a flighty scatterbrained simpleton 2she's a total airhead every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one Hyper simple, simpleton a person lacking intelligence or common sense n a bridgehead seized by airborne troops Hyper bridgehead, foothold an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies |
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