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单词 spring-headed
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spring-headedadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spring v.1, headed adj.
Etymology: < spring v.1 + headed adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of a Hydra: that has heads which grow again after being cut off.In quot. 1817 with allusion to Spenser, in similative use.
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the world > plants > part of plant > head or heart > [adjective] > having a head or top > of particular type
spring-headed1590
long-headed1600
round-headed1600
woolly-headed1650
smooth-headed1752
open-headed1887
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aav Spring-headed Hydres, and sea-shouldring Whales.
1817 J. Keats Let. 16 May (2002) 26 I..shall immediately proceed to destroy some of the Minor Heads of that spring-headed Hydra the Dun.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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