| 单词 | heed |
| 释义 | heed (once / 202 pages) nv Heed is an old word, meaning to listen to and follow. It can also be used as a noun: "Take heed of my instructions, little boy," said the old bearded man. "My potion will only work for the one who wears the ring." The most common use of heed is with warnings. The word derives from Old English hēdan and is related to the Dutch hoeden and German hüten––from Germanic cultures where fairy tales with mysterious warnings and magical consequences abound. WORD FAMILYheed: heeded, heedful, heeding, heedless, heeds+/heeded: unheeded/heedful: heedfully, heedfulness/heeding: unheeding/heedless: heedlessest, heedlessly, heedlessness/heedlessness: heedlessnesses/unheeded: unheededly/unheeding: unheedingly USAGE EXAMPLESBut why should Trump now heed a political movement that was unable to stop him? The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Amazingly, people move in an orderly fashion as they heed arrows that guide them up and down stairs and along sidewalks. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Experts, nevertheless, say the figures tell a story about people’s movement across state and city lines — what demographers call “domestic migration” — that is worth heeding. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1n paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) he spends without heed to the consequences Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper attentiveness, paying attention, regard heedlessness, inattentiveness a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) advertence, advertency the process of being heedful attending, attention the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others 2v pay close attention to; give heed to Heed the advice of the old men Syn|Hyper listen, mind obey be obedient to |
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