Aff
o 0 I have a
splitting headache (=
a very bad one). A
§1 o 2 a person or thing
that causes worry or trouble ^AA^S^JA ( The
real headache will be
getting the bank to lend you the money.
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 ( Xfati
head-bang er /'hedbaer)a(r)/ noun {informal) 1 a person who likes to
shake their head violently up and down while listening to rock music ( ) jjf-op ]§A#
2 a stupid or crazy
person MS(HJ A; A
►
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 A A^ — picture o bed
,head 'boy noun (in some British
schools) the boy who is chosen each year to represent his school (
head-butt /'hedbAt/ verb [VN] (especially BrE) to deliberately hit
sb hard with your head Sfc M A tt ( A )
► head-butt noun
head-case /'hedkeis/ noun {BrE, informal) a person who behaves
in a strange way and who seems to be mentally ill f£A;
head-cheese /'hedtjiiz/ noun [u] (NAmE) = 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 AffcHit; H it Hi E$ A Wi: to do a headcount Hit A ffc 0 What’s the latest
headcount? jftfr
head-dress /'heddres/ noun a covering worn on the
head on special occasions ( ) Aft, Atft
head ed /'hedid/ adj. 1 (of writing paper fa
£ft) having the name and address of a person, an organization, etc. printed at
the top tflUbikW; WftAW:
headed notepaper ^ fg A 1$ fli H 2 -headed (in adjectives f£j fk
% I? is]) having the type of head or number of heads mentioned W • • • A
(HJ; W • • • A A : a bald-headed man % M 0 a three-headed monster
HAS#
— see also big-headed, clear-headed,
cool- headed, EMPTY-HEADED, HARD-HEADED, LEVEL-HEADED, LIGHT-HEADED,
PIG-HEADED, WRONG-HEADED
head-er /'heda(r)/ noun 1 (in football (soccer) ,[§.$<) an act of hitting
the ball with your head 1AI3$; Af# 2 a line or block of
text that is automatically added to the top of every page that is printed from
a computer
( ) «A, tm
— compare footer
head-gear /'hedgia(r); NAmE -gir/ noun [u] anything
worn on the head, for example a hat Ai^i; ijfT': protective headgear
head 'girl noun (in some British
schools) the girl who is chosen each year to represent her school (
head-hunt /'hedhAnt/ verb [VN] to find sb who is suitable for a senior
job and persuade them to leave their present job A ( tl fe , SI^IAM
) : I
was headhunted by a marketing agency.
► head-hunt-ing noun [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 ftA# ( )
2 a
member
of a people that
collects the heads of the people they
kill *£Ai«$M
(i[fcfc0?&#MAA.)
head ing /‘hedip/ noun 1 a title printed at the top of a page or at the
beginning of a section of a book ( A it AW ) chapter headings f|g:$frti?ggi 2 the
subject of each section of a
speech or piece of writing
( i# ^ A #J ) ±
@: The company’s aims can
be grouped under three
main headings. & (KJ @ ^ nf ft
$HA£o
head-lamp /‘hedlaemp/ noun {especially BrE) = headlight
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head-land /‘hedland; -laend/ noun a narrow piece of
high land that sticks out from the coast into the sea iWP, A#J$H£i^iife ) EEEJ promontory
head-less
/'hedlas/
adj. [usually before noun] without a head JAW: a headless body/corpse A A P W ITO71 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 A AH fife
mit-M
head-light /‘hedlait/ noun (also head-lamp especially in BrE) a large light, usually
one of two, at the front of a vehicle; the beam
from this light ( A (ft ) fl ltt\ A ff, hu jlT AA: He dipped his
headlights (= directed the light
downwards) for the oncoming traffic. AftllJjffl
—picture o
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head-line /‘hedlain/ noun, verb
• noun 1 [C] the title of a
newspaper article printed in large letters, especially at the top of the front
page ( Jg.
They ran the story under the headline ‘Home at last!’. A ‘W0^
T ! ” o 0 The scandal was in the
headlines for several days. Ai&o 0 headline
news A
A fr Kl — 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 ( E&fllScAH r'jSlft ) firHlfiflc iTTm grab/hit/make the 'headlines to be an important
item of news in newspapers or on the radio or television J&A1I1c§tSI ■ verb 1 [VN-N] [usually passive] to give a story or
article a particular headline H ( jf if, The story
was headlined ‘Back to
the future’. “ 0 3\
A A ” o 2 to be the main
performer in a concert or show Jk ( ±
&: [VN] The concert is to
be headlined by Elton
John. •
m* [also V]
head-lock /'hedlnk; NAmE -la:k/ noun (in wrestling a way of holding an
opponent’s head so that they cannot move A A: He had him in a
headlock. fife
AftTftfe.WAo
head-long
/'hedlDri;
NAmE -loir)/ adv.
1 with the head first
and the rest of the body following AII HU FflTCl head first: She fell headlong into the icy
pool.
T W A ftfe 41
o 2 without thinking carefully
before doing sth |£$ftfe: The government is
taking care not to rush headlong into another controversy. ifcjffM Mill'll, P8A£-^#^0 3 quickly and
without looking where you are
going Pffiitfe; fife:
He
ran headlong into a police car. ftfe —Att-hT-* ► head-long adj. [only before noun]: a headlong dive/rush AftXzJtittitt; PHI ft ft head-man /'hedmaen; -man/ noun {pi. -men /-man; -men/) the leader
of a community ( ) AA, irfe
HI71 chief: the village headman head-mas ter /,hed'ma:sta(r);
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 ( ft fa % A ^
— see also head
teacher
.head
'office noun [C, u+sing./pl.
v.] the main office of a company; the managers who work there f& £ ; &
: Their head office is
in
0 I don’t know what head office will think about this
proposal.
.head
of 'state noun {pi. heads of
state) the
official leader of a country who is sometimes also the leader of the government
.head-'on adj. [only before noun] 1 in which the front
part of one vehicle hits the front part of another vehicle iffl A +0 fll ; IE ffi +0 H fifj: a head-on
crash/collision ifflffifiiJS 2 in which people express strong views
and deal with sth in a direct way ffiAf^J:
There was
a head-on confrontation between management and unions. &
fj ^ ~E
^ £ |b] A ^
7 IE ffi A „
► ,head-'on adv.: The cars crashed
head-on. AifEA