forehead

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɔːhɛd/|/ˈfɔːɹɛd/|/ˈfɒɹɪd/|/ˈfɒɹɛd/    美 /ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/|/ˈfoːhed/|/ˈfɔɹəd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline. countable
    — 'This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, ‘everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’'
  2. confidence; audacity; impudence. uncountable
    — Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility
  3. The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen. countable,uncountable

词形变化

foreheads plural for'ead alternative forrad alternative forread alternative forred alternative forrid alternative

词汇关系

近义词
brow
衍生词
fivehead foreheaded forehead thermometer midforehead

词源

From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + head. Cognate with Scots foreheid (“forehead”), Dutch voorhoofd (“forehead”), German Vorhaupt (“forehead”), Danish forhoved (“brow; forehead; face”). Compare also West Frisian foarholle (“forehead”), German Low German Vörkopp (“forehead”).
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