airhead

FREQ #36489

n. 空降物

发音

UK /ˈɛːhɛd/
US /ˈɛɹˌ(h)ɛd/

词形变化

airheads 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.

    政治 军事
  2. 2.

    A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”).

    古体 商务 采矿
  4. 1.

    A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

    呆头呆脑

    贬义 非正式

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

simple simpleton foothold bridgehead

词源

From air + head (“foremost, topmost, or leading part”), sense 1 (“area of hostile territory seized for use as an airbase”) by analogy with beachhead and bridgehead.

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