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单词 to turn head
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to turn head
(a) to turn head: to turn and face an enemy; to present a bold opposing front. Cf. to turn tail at Phrases 1o. Obsolete. [Compare French tourner tête (1640 or earlier in this sense).]
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society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > hold out or make stand [verb (intransitive)] > resist
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to turn head1575
to turn to bay1700
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 240 When they haue eyther earthed a vermine, or brought a Deare, Bore, or suche lyke, to turne head agaynst them, then we say They Baye.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 102 He..Turnes head against the lions armed iawes. View more context for this quotation
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 125 'Twas to no Purpose to turn Head, no Man would stand by us.
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXX. at Rut At this time they will turn head, and furiously make at any living creature.
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