单词 | head-splitting |
释义 | > as lemmashead-splitting head-splitting adj. (a) (of a sound) painfully loud; = ear-splitting adj. at ear n.1 Compounds 2; (b) perplexing, bewildering. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > deafening deafeninga1616 deafinga1625 obtunding1645 stunning1667 ear-splitting1761 splitting1821 head-splitting1824 shattering1842 ear-sore1859 1824 W. Cobbett French Gram. xxiii. sig. Q11v Neither [phrase] is so good as that from which the French language flees as from head-splitting dissonance. 1903 W. J. Locke Where Love Is (1904) i. 3 Discussing the functions of art and other such head-splitting matters. 1990 N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Aug. 23 A studio sports anchor's job is potentially head-splitting. 1998 M. Harrison High Society 20 My ears were still ringing from the head-splitting sounds that had swept me away. < as lemmas |
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