| 释义 |
numbhead U.S. colloq.|ˈnʌmhɛd|
Also numhead.
[f. numb a. + head n.1, after numskull.]
= numskull. So ˈnumbheaded a.
a1852F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) x. 98 The old coot was so awful numbheaded I couldent beat anythin' into him. 1876Rep. Vermont Board Agric. III. 624 The opinion too generally prevails that almost any numhead will do for a farm laborer. 1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 359/2 Numb-head, a stupid or dull person. |