| 单词 | beard |
| 释义 | beard (once / 183 pages) 1n 2v 3n A beard is the facial hair on a person's chin and cheeks. Santa Claus is famous in part for his long, white beard. You're most likely to see a beard on an adult man, although some women grow enough facial hair to sport a beard too. Some animals, like goats, have beards as well. Someone whose presence helps another person disguise his identity — maybe because he's a spy — is often informally called a beard as well. WORD FAMILYbeard: bearded, bearding, beardless, beards USAGE EXAMPLES“I’ve got a lot of confidence and belief in our players. We’ve got a good team,” Beard said after the loss to the Cyclones. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He is a cheerful, demonstrative man, seventy-six years old, with a short gray beard and a mobile face. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) “Finally to be able to wear the turban and keep the beard is a proud moment for me,” he said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face Syn|Hypo|Hyper face fungus, whiskers fuzz the first beard of an adolescent boy imperial, imperial bearda small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III beavera full beard goateea small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard stubbleshort stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days vandyke, vandyke bearda short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke) Attilio, soul patcha small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin facial hair hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) 2n hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals Hyper hair a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss 3n tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface Syn|Hyper byssus fiber, fibre a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn 4n a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses 2Hypo|Hyper awn slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses fuzz, hair, tomentum filamentous hairlike growth on a plant v go along the rim, like a beard around the chin 3Houses bearded the top of the heights Hyper rim run around the rim of n a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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