| 单词 | drake's tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrake's tail drake's tail n. (used of) unruly hair at the back of the head. Cf. duck-tail n. at duck n.1 Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > lock or locks > [noun] lockeOE forelockc1000 hair-lockc1000 earlockOE foretopc1290 tressc1290 lachterc1375 fuke1483 sidelock1530 proudfallc1540 widow's locka1543 folding1552 fore-bush1591 flake1592 witch knot1598 tuft1603 French lock1614 head-lock1642 witch-lock1682 rat's tail1706 side-curl1749 scalp knot1805 rat-tail1823 straggler1825 scalping-tuft1826 scalp-lock1827 aggravator1835 soap-lock1840 payess1845 stringleta1852 list1859 tresslet1882 drake's tail1938 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iii. 24 The hair grieved him..it grew in tufts at the back. ‘Drake's tails’, his mother called them. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day iv. 80 It horrified me..when I first caught sight of the back of my neck..to find that I had a drake's-tail of hair. < as lemmas |
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