| 单词 | deadhead |
| 释义 | deadhead /ded"hed'/, Informal. n. 1. a person who attends a performance, sports event, etc., or travels on a train, airplane, etc., without having paid for a ticket, esp. a person using a complimentary ticket or free pass. 2. a train, railroad car, airplane, truck, or other commercial vehicle while operating empty, as when returning to a terminal. 3. a stupid or boring person; dullard. 4. Metall. excess metal in the riser of a mold. 5. a sunken or partially sunken log. v.t. 6. to transport (someone) as a deadhead. 7. to move (an empty commercial vehicle) along a route. 8. Hort. to remove faded blooms from (ornamental plants), esp. in flower gardens, often to help continued blooming. v.i. 9. to act or serve as a deadhead. 10. (of a commercial vehicle) to travel without cargo or paying passengers: The train carried coal to Pittsburgh and then deadheaded back to Virginia to pick up another load. [1570-80; DEAD + HEAD] |
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