| 单词 | tow-head |
| 释义 | > as lemmastow-head tow-head n. a light-coloured head of hair; (also) an unkempt or tousled head; a person having such hair; spec. a local name in southern U.S. for Mergus cucullatus, the Hooded Merganser of North America, the male of which has a semicircular crest with a white patch; (also) (U.S.) a sandbar or other obstruction causing ripples in a river or stream. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > sandbank > [noun] sand-ridgec1000 hurst1398 shelp1430 sand1495 ayre1539 bar1587 knock1587 sandbank1589 middle ground1653 middle1702 overslaugh1755 sandbar1767 sea-bank1828 tow-head1829 wharf1867 whale1905 horse1926 the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > person having light blonde1822 tow-head1829 blondie1882 strawberry blond1884 bottle blonde1898 ash-blond1903 peroxide1903 peroxide blonde1909 platinum blonde1931 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser) > mergus cucullatus (hooded merganser) tow-head1829 hooded merganser1840 tadpole1891 1829 S. Cumings Western Pilot 7 There are..a great number of tow-heads and sand-bars. 1830 A. Royall Southern Tour I. 92 One insolent little tow-head. 1847 Indiana Mag. Hist. 8 273 [We] cut loose and run all islands and towheads to the right. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxiii. 262 A large town which lay shut in behind a tow-head (i.e., new island). 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 75 The name Tow-Head..was heard in one of our Southern States. 1901 A. H. Rice Mrs. Wiggs of Cabbage Patch vii. 95 Little Europena, with baby wisdom, put her tow head under the cloth. 1960 Guardian 5 Nov. 1/6 The abominable tow-head from Massachusetts. 1977 Verbatim Dec. 6/2 Even the most casual student of American literature should have no trouble with..tow-head (‘sand bar with cottonwoods’). < as lemmas |
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