forelock

n. 额发, 额毛, 销 vt. 用销销住

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词形变化

forelocks 复数 forelocked forelocking forelocks 三单 forelocks forelocking 现在分词 forelocked 过去式 forelocked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.

    Doth he not know that GOD seeth? / Assuredly. Verily, if he forbear not, we will drag him by the forelock, / the lying, sinful forelock. / And let him call his council to assistance: / we also will call the infernal guards to cast him into hell.

  2. 2.

    The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead.

  3. 1.

    A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

foretop

上位词 2

hair lock

下位词 1

quiff

整体词 1

encolure

相关短语

tug one's forelock touch one's forelock pull one's forelock take time by the forelock 抓紧时机; 乘机（按英国传说, 时间老人秃头无发, 只前额上有撮额发, 抓住他的额发, 就抓住了时间）; 处事机敏 touches one's forelock touching one's forelock touched one's forelock tugs one's forelock tugging one's forelock tugged one's forelock takes time by the forelock taking time by the forelock took time by the forelock taken time by the forelock

词源

From Middle English *forelock, *forelok, from Old English forelocc, equivalent to fore- + lock.

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