酒会头痛。◊ J have a spZitting headache (= a very bad one).我头痛欲裂。2 a person or thing that causes worry or trouble令人头痛私人（或事物 > ;麻烦：77ie real headache will be getting the bank to lend you the money.真正的麻烦将是设法让银行贷款给你。 head-band /'hedbaend/ noun a strip of cloth worn around the head, especially to keep hair or sweat out of your eyes when playing sports 头带，束发带（尤指运 动时用以固定头发或吸汗）

head-bang-er /'hedbaerja{r)/ noun (informal) 1 a person who likes to shake their head violently up and down while listening to rock music (听摇滚乐时 > 拼命摇头者 2 a stupid or crazy person 愚蠢的人；疯狂的人► head- banging noun [U]

head-board /'hedboid; NAmE -bo:rd/ noun the vertical board at the end of a bed where you put your head 床头板 一 picture o bed

,head 'boy noun (in some British schools) the boy who is chosen each year to represent his school (某些英国

学校每年挑选的）男生代表

head-butt /'hedbAt/ verb [VN] [especially BrB) to deliber- ately hit sb hard with your head 故备用头撞（'人■)

► head-butt noun

head-case /'hedkeis/ noun {BrE, informal) a person who behaves in a strange way and who seems to be mentally ill怪人；神经兮兮的人 head-cheese /'hedtji:z/ noun [u] {NAm£) = brawn(2) head-count /'hedkaunt/ noun an act of counting the number of people who are at an event, employed by an organization, etc.; the number of people that have been counted in this way人数统计;统计的人数：to do a headcount 统计人政◊ What’s the 〖atest headcount?最新 统计的人数是多少？

head-dress /'heddres/ noun a covering worn on the head on special occasions (特殊场合戴的 >’头巾.:，头饰 head-ed /'hedid/ adj. 1 (of writing paper fa having the name and address of a person, an organization, etc. printed at the top顶端印有名称和地址的；有信头的： headed notepaper 有信:头胃的便笑纸 2 -headed (in adjectives 长I 成形容词）having the type of head or number of heads mentioned有…头的；有…个头的： a bald-headed man            〇 a three-headed, monster

三头'陸兽—see also big-headed, clear-headed, cool- headed, EMPTY-HEADED, HARD-HEADED, LEVEL-HEADED, LIGHT-HEADED, PIG-HEADED, WRONG-HEADED

head-er /.hedaOr)/ now/? 1 (in football (soccer)足球）an act of hitting the ball with your head 用失顶球；4 球 2 a line or block of text that is automatically added to the top of every page that is printed from a computer

(计算机打印时自动加在各页顶端的）标头，首标 —compare footer

head-gear /'hedgia(r); NAmE -gir/ noun [U] anything worn on the head, for example a liat 头戴乏物；_子： protective headgear 安全帽

,head 'girl noun (in some British schools) the girl who is chosen each year to represent her school (某些英国学

校每年挑选的）女生代表

head>hunt /'hedhAnt/ verb [VN] to find sb who is suit­able for a senior job and persuade them to leave their present job猎头《物色、延揽高层人员j : I was headhunted by a marfcerin^ agency.我被一家销售代理公 司物色上了b ► head.hunt.ing flown. [U] head-hunt-er /'hedhAnta(r)/ noun 1 a person whose job is to find people with the necessary skills to work for a particular company and to persuade them to join this company猎头者（4门负责延揽人才）2 a member of a people that collects the heads of the people they killg头部落成员（收集所杀者的人头> head-ing /'hedir)/ noun 1 a title printed at the top of a page or at the beginning of a section of a book ('■页首 或章节开头的）标题：chapter headings篇章标题2 the subject of each section of a speech or piece of writing (岳话或作品各章节的）主题：TTie company，s aims can be grouped under, three main headings.公司的目’标可分 成三大类。

head-lamp /'hedlaemp/ noun [especially BrE) = head­light

head-land /'hedland; -laend/ noun a narrow piece of high land that sticks out from the coast into the sea 岬，岬角（突入海中的狭长高地）：BBC] promontory headless /'hedlas/ adj. [usually before noun] without a head 无头的：a headZess body/corpse 无头尸体 run around like a .headless chicken to be very busy and active trying to do sth，but not very organ­ized, with the result that you do not succeed 免 头绪地 瞎忙一通

head-light /'hedlait/ noun (also head-lamp especially in Br£) a large light, usually one of two, at the front of a vehicle; the beam from this light (_辆的）前灯，头 灯，前灯的光束：He dipped his headZights (= directed the light downwards)/or the oncoming traj^iic•考虑到迎 面而来的车辆，他把自己的前灯调为近光。一picture o PAGE Rl

head-line /'hedlain/ noun, verb

mnoun 1 [C] the title of a newspaper article printed in large letters，especially at the top of the front page (报 纸的）大字舍题：77iey ran the story under the ZieadZine ‘Home at  报纸刊登这个报道的大标题为“终于回家

了！ ”。◊ TTie scandaZ was fn the headZines /or severaZ dap.这一丑闻连续几天都刊登在头版头条。◊ headline news 头条，新闻一see also banner headline 2 the headlines [pi ] a short summary of the most important items of news, read at the beginning of a news programme on the radio or television (电视或无线电 广播的）_闻摘要 grab/hit/make the 'headlines to be an important item of news in newspapers or on the radio or television 成为重要新闻 ■ verb 1 [VN-N] [usually passive] to give a story or article a particular headline 给（报道、文章）加标题：77ie sto/y was headiined ‘Bacfc to the._/iuture’v 报道的兵题是“回到 未来”。2 to be the main performer in a concert or show是（音乐会或演出的）圭角：[VN] The concert to be headh’ned by Mton'Jo/m•章琢会的±角将是埃尔顿• 约翰。[also V]

head-lock /'hedlok; NAmE -la:k/ noun (in wrestling 摔政运动）a way of holding an opponent’s head so that they cannot move 夹头：He had him in a headlock. #

夹，住了他的头。

head-long /'hedlDrj; NAmE -loir)/ adv. 1 with the head first and the rest of the body following 头朝前 H771 head first ： She fell headlong into the icy pool. 栽葱掉进了冰冷的水池中。2 without thinking carefully before doing sth 轻率地：77ie government is tafci’ng care not to rush headlong into another co'ntrovefsy.

在很谨慎，以防不慎陷入另一场争端。3 quickly and without looking where you are going 莽撞地；慌虎张张 地：Jfe ran headZong into a poh’ce car•他一头撞上了一 辆警车head.long (3办[oniy before noun]: a headZong dfve/msh头先入水的跳水；莽撞的向前冲 head-man /'hedmaen; -man/ noun {pi. -men /-man; -men/) the leader of a community (群体的）头人，首领，酋 HT71 chief: the viiiage headman 村长 head-mas-ter /.hed'maista^); NAmE -'maes-/, head- mis-tress /.hed'mistras/ noun (becoming old-fashioned) (NAmE usually prin-ci-pal) a teacher who is in charge of a school, especially a private school (尤指私■立学校 的）校长一see also head teacher .head 'office noun [C, U+sing./pl. v.] the main office of a company; the managers who work there 总公司；总 部：TTieir head oj5ftce is in Afew Vorfc.他们的总部在 纽约。◊ I don’t fc/iow what /lead oj5Rce wi’H thi'nfc about this proposal我不知道总公司对此提案会有何想法。

,head of 'state noun {pi. heads of state) the official leader of a country who is sometimes also the leader of the government 国家元首

.head-'on adj. [only before noun] 1 in which the front part of one vehicle hits the front part of another vehicle 迎头相撞的；正面相撞的：a head-on crash/coHisfon 迎面碰撞 /相撞 2 in which people express strong views and deal with sth m a direct way 正面反对的；迎头的： There was a head-on confrontation between manage- ment and imions.资方与工会之间发生了正面冲突。

► .head-'on adv. ： The cars crashed head-on.