head-shrinker

短语

n. 精神病医师

发音

AU

词形变化

head-shrinkers 复数 head-shrinkers

别名

headshrinker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.

    俚语
  2. 2.

    One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.

词汇关系

名词

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词源

Originally US, probably by reference to slang terms like “swelled head” for someone with delusions of grandeur; a psychiatrist would remove such delusions, thus figuratively shrinking the patient's swelled head.

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