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*head¹ /hɛd; hed/
n
1 [C] the top part of your body that has your eyes, mouth, brain etc in it 头，头部:
He turned his head to look at her. 他转过头看着她。
2 [C] your mind 头脑，脑子:
Terry's head is filled with strange ideas. 泰利脑子里满是奇思怪想。
do sth in your head (=calculate something in your mind) 心算出某事: You have to work out the answer in your head. 你必须心算出答案来。
3 [C] the leader or most important person in a group or organization 〔一群人或一个组织的〕领导人，主管:
the head waiter 侍应生领班
+ of the former head of the FBI 联邦调查局前任局长
the head (teacher) BrE (=the teacher who is in charge of a school) 【英】 校长: Any student caught smoking will have to see the head. 学生抽烟一被发现就必须去见校长。
4 [singular 单数] the top or front of something, or the most important part of it 上端，顶端; 前端; 主要部分:
Write your name at the head of the page. 把你的姓名写在纸上端。
5 go over sb's head
a) to be too difficult for someone to understand 超出某人的理解能力:
I could see that the discussion was going over their heads. 我看得出，这次讨论超出了他们的理解能力。
b) to ask a more important person to deal with something than the person you would normally ask 越级; 超过某人〔的地位、权力等〕:
I annoyed her by going over her head to the director. 我越级去找局长把她给惹火了。
6 get sth into your head informal to understand and realize something 【非正式】 理解某事; 意识到某事:
I wish he'd get it into his head that school is important. 我希望他能意识到上学的重要性。
7 keep/lose your head to behave sensibly or stupidly in a difficult situation 〔在困难时候〕保持/失去冷静
8 keep your head above water to succeed in continuing, even though you have a lot of problems with money 〔在经济拮据的时候〕维持下去
9 go to sb's head to have a strong effect on someone, so that they do silly things 冲昏某人的头脑，使某人骄傲自大:
She promised that she wouldn't let success go to her head. 她保证说，她是不会让成功冲昏头脑的。
10 I can't make head nor tail of used when you are completely unable to understand something 我根本没法理解:
I can't make head nor tail of these instructions. 这些说明我根本看不懂。
11 come to a head if a problem comes to a head, it becomes worse and you have to do something about it immediately 〔问题〕到了危急关头:
The situation came to a head when the workers went on strike. 工人起来罢工，形势到了危急关头。
12 a head/per head for each person 每个人/每个人头:
The meal worked out at ￡15 a head. 这餐饭算下来是每人 15 英镑。
13 laugh/shout/scream your head off informal to laugh, shout etc a lot 【非正式】 大笑/喊叫/尖叫个不停
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