| 单词 | pigheaded |
| 释义 | pigheaded (once / 57938 pages) adj Someone who's extremely stubborn, refusing to change their mind even when it's in their best interest, is pigheaded. It's almost impossible to get a pigheaded person to listen to your advice. If your brother refuses to wear a winter coat on a freezing winter day, obstinately sticking to this decision even after he steps outside and starts shivering, he's pigheaded. While the original meaning of this adjective was, briefly, "having a head resembling a pig's," it's long been used to mean "stupidly stubborn." This figurative meaning comes from the reputation of pigs as being stubbornly willful. WORD FAMILYpigheaded: pigheadedest, pigheadedly, pigheadedness USAGE EXAMPLESThat is, unless the Republican Party stops that pigheaded selfishness. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) “I was pigheaded in my behavior,” he said. The New Yorker(Oct 31, 2016) Ms. Miller said that being “stubborn” and “pigheaded” has helped her thrive in workplaces where foul language is standard. New York Times(Oct 06, 2016) adj obstinate and stupid Syn bullet-headed, bullheaded obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield |
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