单词 | off one's head |
释义 | head /hed/noun
ORIGIN: OE hēafod; cf Du hoofd, Ger Haupt headˈage noun A subsidy payable to farmers, based on the number of animals kept headˈed adjective
headˈer noun
headˈily adverb headˈiness noun headˈing noun
headˈless adjective headˈlong adverb
headˈmost adjective Most advanced or furthest forward headˈship noun The position or office of head or chief headˈy adjective
headˈache noun
headˈachy adjective headˈband noun
headˈbang intransitive verb To shake one's head vigorously in time with loud rock music headˈbanger noun (informal)
headˈbanging noun The act of shaking the head vigorously in time with loud rock music headˈboard noun An often ornamental board or panel at the head of a bed headˈ-boom noun A jib boom or a flying jib boom headˈborough noun (historical)
head boy noun The senior boy in a school head-bummer see under bum3 headˈ-butt transitive verb To strike (a person) violently with the head (also noun) headˈcase noun (informal) A person who is mad or crazy head-centre see centre headˈchair noun A high-backed chair with a headrest headˈcheese noun (US) Brawn headˈcloth noun A kerchief worn instead of a hat head cold noun A cold that affects parts of the sufferer's head, such as the eyes or nasal passages head count noun (informal) A count of people, bodies, etc headˈ-crash noun (computing) The accidental contact of a computer head with the surface of a hard disk, damaging the data stored on it head-down display noun (aeronautics) A display, usu visual, mounted inside the cockpit to supplement the head-up display headˈdress noun
headˈfast noun A mooring rope at the bows of a ship headˈframe noun The structure over a mine-shaft supporting the winding machinery headˈgear noun
head girl noun The senior girl in a school headˈ-hugger noun A woman's close-fitting headgear of kerchief type headˈhunt intransitive verb (informal)
headˈhunter noun headˈhunting noun
headlamp see headlight below. headˈland noun
headˈlease noun A main or original lease, which can be divided into subleases headˈlight or headˈlamp noun A strong light on the front of a vehicle headˈline noun
adjective (likely to be) published or broadcast as a headline transitive verb
intransitive verb To be a headliner headˈliner noun The person whose name is made most prominent in a playbill or programme headˈlock noun A wrestling hold made by putting one's arm round one's opponent's head and tightening the grip by interlocking the fingers of both hands headˈ-lugged adjective (Shakespeare) Dragged by the head headˈman noun A chief, a leader (in primitive societies) headˈmark noun A peculiar characteristic headmasˈter noun The principal teacher of a school headmasˈtership noun headmisˈtress noun headmisˈtress-ship noun head money noun
headˈnote noun
head of state noun The chief representative of a country, not necessarily the head of government head-onˈ adjective and adverb
headˈphone noun (usu in pl) an audio receiver worn in pairs over the ears, esp for listening to a radio, MP3 player, etc headˈpiece noun
headquarˈtered adjective Having one's headquarters (in a specified place) headquarˈters plural noun and singular noun
headˈrace noun The channel leading to a water wheel or other hydraulically-operated machine headˈrail noun One of the rails at a ship's head headˈreach noun The distance made to windward in tacking intransitive verb To shoot ahead, in tacking head register noun (music)
head rent noun Rent payable to the freeholder headˈrest noun
headˈ-rhyme noun Alliteration headˈrig noun (Scot) A headland in a ploughed field headˈring noun A palm-leaf hair ornament worn by some black S African men as a symbol of manhood headˈroom noun
headˈrope noun
headˈsail noun A sail on a foremast or bowsprit headˈscarf noun (pl headˈscarves) A scarf worn over the head, a headsquare head sea noun (nautical) A sea running directly against a ship's course headˈset noun A set of headphones, often with a microphone attached headˈshake noun A significant shake of the head headˈsheets plural noun The forepart of a small vessel or craft headˈshot noun A photograph or television picture of someone's head (and shoulders) only headˈshrinker noun
headsˈman noun An executioner who cuts off heads headˈsquare noun A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head headˈstall noun
head start noun A boost or advantage intended to overcome a disadvantage or give a better chance of success headˈ-station noun The dwelling-house, etc, on an Australian sheep or cattle station headˈstick noun (printing) Formerly a straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a forme, between the chase and the type headˈstock noun (machinery) A device for supporting the end or head of a member or part headˈstone noun
headˈ-stream noun
headˈstrong adjective Obstinately self-willed headsˈ-upˈ (N American) noun A warning that something is going to happen adjective Displaying alertness head teacher noun A headmaster or headmistress headˈ-tire noun (obsolete) A headdress head-to-headˈ adjective Directly competing noun A direct meeting or confrontation between two opponents head-up display noun The presentation of data on the windscreen of an aircraft or car, etc enabling the pilot or driver to see the information without looking down at the instrument panel (abbrev HUD) head voice noun Tones in the head register head waiter noun The most senior waiter of a restaurant or hotel head'wall noun (mountaineering) A steep rockface at the end of a cirque headˈwater noun The highest part of a stream or river before receiving tributaries headˈway noun
headˈwind noun A wind blowing directly against one's course head-woˈman noun A female leader or chief headˈword noun
headˈwork noun Mental work headˈworker noun above one's head Beyond one's capacity for understanding against the head (of the ball in a rugby scrum, or the scrum itself) won by the team not putting the ball in bring or come to a head To (cause to) reach a climax or crisis do one's head in (informal) To cause one to become confused, frustrated or angry eat one's head off see under eat get it into one's head To conceive the (esp wrong or foolish) notion, to believe (with that) get one's head together (informal) To achieve a state of self-possession give a horse its head To let it go as it chooses give head (vulgar slang) To perform oral sex (on) give someone his or her head To increase someone's scope for initiative go by the head (nautical) To sink head foremost go over someone's head To take a problem, complaint, etc directly to a person more senior than someone go to someone's head
have a (good, etc) head on one's shoulders To have ability and balance have one's head screwed on (the right way) To be sensible, bright, etc head and shoulders
head first or head foremost With the head in front head off
head over heels
heads or tails An invitation to guess how a coin will fall head to head In direct competition (see also head-to-headˈ above) hit the headlines To get prominent attention in the press or other media hold up one's head see under hold1 keep (or lose) one's head To keep (or lose) one's self-possession, calmness, control keep one's head above water see under water lay heads together To confer and co-operate off or out of one's head (informal)
off the top of one's head see under top1 on one's (own) head be it One must, or will, accept responsibility for any unpleasant or undesirable consequences of one's actions out of one's (own) head
over head and ears Deeply submerged or engrossed over one's head
put heads together same as lay heads together (see above). put one's head on the block (informal) To stick one's neck out, run the risk of censure, etc show one's head To allow oneself to be seen take it into one's head
turn someone's head see under turn off /of/adverb
Used to signify a knockout competitive event, esp one held to decide a draw, as in jump-off, play-off, swim-off adjective
Away! depart! ORIGIN: Orig variant of of, distinguished from it by the 17c offˈing noun
offˈish adjective Aloof in manner offˈishly adverb offˈishness noun offˈ-ward or offˈ-wards adverb Off or away from, esp the shore off-airˈ adjective
off-and-onˈ adjective
offˈ-beam adjective Mistaken, wrong-headed, misguided offˈbeat noun Any of the usu unaccented beats in a musical bar adjective
offˈ-board adjective (commerce) Of or relating to over-the-counter securities transactions off break noun (cricket) A ball that breaks from the offside towards the legside on pitching off-Broadˈway adjective
off-cenˈtre adjective Not quite central offˈ-chance or off chance noun A remote chance (on the offchance or on the off-chance (with that or of) just in case, in the hope of (something happening)) off-colˈour or off-colˈoured adjective
offˈ-come noun
offˈ-comer noun (informal) A person living in a place, esp a rural area, in which he or she was not born, an incomer offˈcut noun A small piece cut off or left over from a larger piece of some material (eg wood) offˈ-cutter noun (cricket) A fast bowler's delivery that moves from off to leg after pitching offˈ-day noun
off drive noun (cricket) A drive to the offside (also intransitive verb and transitive verb) offˈ-duty adjective Not on duty offˈ-fore adjective and noun (relating to) the right foreleg of a horse, opp to near-fore offˈ-grid adjective and adverb Not using one or more public utilities offhandˈ adverb
adjective /ofˈhand/
offˈhandˈed adjective offhandˈedly adverb offhandˈedness noun offhand grinding noun (engineering) Grinding in which the tool, eg a grinding wheel, is held in the hand and worked freely offˈ-job adjective Outside normal work duties and conditions offˈ-job training or offˈ-the-job training noun The part of a training course that a trainee follows away from the workplace at a college, etc, eg one day a week off-keyˈ adjective and adverb
offˈ-label adjective (US) (of a prescription drug) used to treat a condition for which the Food and Drug Administration has not approved it (also adverb) offˈ-licence noun
offˈ-limˈits adjective Prohibited, out of bounds offˈline or offˈ-line adjective and adverb (computing)
offˈload transitive verb and intransitive verb (orig S Afr)
off-messˈage adverb and adjective (politics) Not following the approved party line off-off-Broadway see off-Broadway above. offˈpeak adjective
offˈ-piste adjective Of or relating to skiing on new snow-surfaces, not on established tracks or runs offˈ-plan adjective Relating to a home, etc bought before (completion of) building on the basis of plans seen, or to the buyer of such a property offˈprint noun A reprint of a single article from a periodical offˈput noun (Scot) The act of putting off (in any sense) offˈ-putter noun offˈ-putting noun An act of putting off adjective
offˈ-puttingly adverb offˈ-ramp noun (chiefly N American) An exit road from a main thoroughfare off-reckˈoning noun
offˈ-road adjective
off-roadˈer noun An off-road vehicle off-roadˈing noun The practice of driving over rough terrain in specially designed vehicles, esp as a sport offˈsaddle transitive verb and intransitive verb To unsaddle off-salesˈ noun (S Afr) A shop where alcoholic drinks can be bought for consumption elsewhere offˈscouring noun
offˈscum noun Scum, refuse offˈseason noun, adjective and adverb (of or at) a time (for eg a holiday) other than the most popular and busy offˈset noun
adjective Set at an angle to the main alignment transitive verb /of-setˈ or ofˈset/
intransitive verb
offsetˈable (or /ofˈ/) adjective offset printing, offset lithography or offset-litho printing noun A method of printing lithographs, etc, by first taking an impression from a plate on a rubber cylinder and then transferring the impression to paper or metal, etc, using oil-based ink off-shakeˈ transitive verb (pap (Spenser) off-shaktˈ) To shake off offˈshoot noun A branch or derivative of anything offshoreˈ adverb
adjective /ofˈshōr or -shör/
transitive verb and intransitive verb /ofˈshōr or -shör/ (of a business enterprise) to transfer (work, jobs, etc) to another country, usu one where workers can be paid a lower wage offshore purchase noun A purchase by one country in another offˈside noun
adjective and adverb /of-sīdˈ/
offsīdˈer noun (Aust informal) A subordinate or sidekick offˈ-site adjective and adverb (working, happening, etc) away from a working site, etc offˈ-sorts plural noun Wool set aside in sorting, or unsuitable for a given purpose off spin noun (cricket) Spin imparted to a ball to cause an off break offˈ-spin adjective off spinner noun (cricket) Someone who bowls off breaks offˈspring noun
offˈ-stage adjective and adverb Not on the stage as visible to the spectators offˈ-stream adjective and adverb (of an industrial plant, etc) not in operation or production offˈ-street adjective (of parking) in a car park offˈtake noun
off-the-peg see under peg off-the-shelf see under shelf offˈ-white adjective Not quite white, rather, yellowish or greyish white noun A colour, paint, etc, that is off-white a bit off (informal) (of behaviour, etc) unfair or unacceptable badly off Not well-off, poor be off To go away quickly (as a command, also be off with you) break off and come off see under break1 and come from off From a position on go off and go off with see under go1 go off on one (slang) To lose one’s temper ill off Poor or ill provided in the offing
make off and make off with see under make1 off and on Occasionally, intermittently off beam or off the beam see under beam or see off-beam above. off duty see under duty off line same as offline above. off one's oats, feed, head, rocker or trolley see under oat, feed1, head, rock2 and trolley1 off the charts see under chart off the cuff see under cuff1 off the face or shoulder (of a woman's hat, dress, etc) so as to reveal the face or shoulder off the peg see under peg off the wall (orig US) See under wall off with Take off at once put off, show off or take off see under put1, show and take tell off see under tell1 walk off and walk off with see under walk1 well-off
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