| 单词 | bullheaded |
| 释义 | bullheaded (once / 127090 pages) adj If someone complains that you're bullheaded, they mean you're impossibly stubborn. Your bullheaded dog may refuse to jump in your car, not budging an inch no matter how hard you pull on her leash. When you call someone bullheaded, you're commenting on their obstinate nature, and maybe implying that they're not very smart. Your bullheaded friend probably tends to act without thinking. The word dates from the early 19th century, from the idea that a bull charges forward with strength and determination, but without any thought or contemplation. WORD FAMILYbullheaded: bullheadedly, bullheadedness USAGE EXAMPLESShe’s strong, she is tough, she is bullheaded, and that’s what makes her so great. Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016) A few months later, in a September 2015 email, a Clinton confidante fretted that Mrs. Clinton was too bullheaded to acknowledge she’d done wrong. Wall Street Journal(Oct 13, 2016) And it seems the famously bullheaded real estate developer met his match in Pun-Yin. The Guardian(Sep 13, 2016) adj obstinate and stupid Syn bullet-headed, pigheaded obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield |
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