| 单词 | head |
| 释义 | head head // noun, verb
■ noun [C,U]
HEAD-TO-HEAD
the person in charge of a group of people or an organization: I am the head of a small company. a meeting of department heads She resigned as head of marketing. the head buyer of women's wear See note at RESPONSIBILITY
IDIOMS
a/per head for each person: The meal worked out at $50 a head.
get your head around/round sth to be able to understand sth: Once we've got our heads around this problem, we can start to suggest solutions.
have/get/keep your head down to start/continue to work very hard: Let's just get our heads down and finish the project.
have a head for sth to be good at sth: a hardworking manager with a good head for business
have/get/give sb a head start (in sth/on sb/over sb) to have or give sb an advantage at the beginning of sth: This course will give you a head start in your career. The competition had a one-year head start on us (= they produced the product one year before we did).
heads will roll ( used to say that some people will be punished because of sth that has happened (be) in over your head (be) involved in sth that is too difficult for you to deal with: After a week in the new job, I soon realized that I was in over my head. keep your head above water to deal with a difficult situation, especially one in which you have financial problems, and just manage to survive: The French company is struggling to keep its head above water. over sb's head 1 too difficult or complicated for sb to understand: Much of the technical information was over my head. 2 to a higher position of authority than sb: I'm not happy that you went over my head to ask for this time off. put our/your/their heads together to think about or discuss sth as a group two heads are better than one used to say that two people can achieve more than one person working alone BLOCK noun, TOP noun, TURN ■ verb [+ obj] 1 to lead or be in charge of sth: She has been appointed to head a team of 50 sales staff. a committee headed by an outside lawyer SYN HEAD UP STH 2 (also be headed, especially in AmE) (used with an adverb or a preposition) to move in a particular direction: Can you forecast where the economy is heading? The manufacturing sector may be heading back towards recession. Prices are already headed higher. 100 000 copies of the new game are headed for the US. 3 (usually be headed) to put a word or words at the top of a page or section of a book or an article as a title: a section of the report headed ‘Strengths and weaknesses of the company' Print the letter on headed paper (= paper with the company's name and address on it). IDIOMS head north/south (about share prices, currencies, etc.) to rise/fall in value: The country's currency headed south for the second day, weakening 1.4%. PHRASAL VERBS head sth off to take action in order to prevent sth from happening: trying to head off job losses head up sth to lead or be in charge of a department, part of an organization, etc: They are searching for someone to head up the new department. The project will be headed up by Mary Maine. HELP NOTE A noun must always follow up, but a pronoun comes between the verb and up SYN HEAD verb (1) See note at RESPONSIBILITY |
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