| 单词 | forehead |
| 释义 | forehead (once / 179 pages) n Your forehead is the top part of your face, just below your hairline and above your eyebrows. If you have long bangs, they cover up most of your forehead. You can also call your forehead your "brow." It's important for communication, since the forehead helps people express basic emotions — muscles in your forehead control the movement of your eyebrows, which help you express concern and anger, among other feelings. Forehead has the Old English roots fore, "the front part," and heafod, "top of the body," or "head." WORD FAMILYforehead: foreheads+/head: forehead, headed, header, headful, heading, headless, headlike, heads, headship, heady, overhead, subhead/headed: headeder, headedest, headedly, unheaded/header: headers/heading: headings, subheading/headship: headships/heady: headier, headiest, headily/overhead: overheads/subhead: subheads/subheading: subheadings USAGE EXAMPLESFor Ms. Brooks, he created a small crown on her forehead in a nod to royalty, and the idea of beauty and knowing one’s worth. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) At 61, Fisher is short and wiry, with thinning gray hair swept back over a high and gently tanned forehead. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) But after long, silent minutes, I opened my eyes and pressed my forehead against the window louvers to look outside. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1n the part of the face above the eyes Syn|Hyper brow feature, lineament the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin 2n the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits Syn|Hyper frontal bone, os frontale membrane bone any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull |
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