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单词 loggerhead
释义 loggerhead
 —loggerheaded,  adj.  
 /law"geuhr hed', log"euhr-/,  n.  
  1. a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
  2. See loggerhead turtle.
  3. See loggerhead shrike.
  4. a ball or bulb of iron with a long handle, used, after being heated, to melt tar, heat liquids, etc.
  5. a rounded post, in the stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is passed.
  6. a circular inkwell having a broad, flat base.
  7. at loggerheads, engaged in a disagreement or dispute; quarreling: They were at loggerheads over the distribution of funds.
 [1580-90; logger block of wood (first attested alone in 18th century) + HEAD]
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