forelock

英 ['fɔːlɒk]
  • n. 额发,额毛;栓
  • vt. 以开口栓栓住

英英释义


1. a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
2. a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears

词组搭配


take time by the forelock

(poetic/literary)seize an opportunity

(诗/文)抓紧时机

实用场景例句


He touched his forelock in mock deference.
他手触额发假装尊敬。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Take time by the forelock.
要抓住时机.

期刊摘选

He touched his forelock in mock deference.
他手触额发假装尊敬。

柯林斯例句

中文词源


forelock 额发

fore-,在前。lock, 额发,发绺。

双语例句


1. He touched his forelock in mock deference.
他手触额发假装尊敬。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Take time by the forelock.
要抓住时机.

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3. Lower - class character are included either as comic butts or faithful forelock - touching adjuncts of the main characters.
下层社会的角色也包括在内,他们要么是充当有喜剧色彩的笑柄,要么是充当对主要角色点头哈腰的从属.

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英文词源


forelock (n.)
"lock of hair growing above the forehead," Old English forelocca "forelock;" see fore- + lock (n.2).
"Opportunity has hair in front, behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her; but, if she once escapes, not Jupiter himself can catch her again." ["Dictionary of Latin Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims and Mottos," H.T. Riley, London, 1866]

词态变化


复数: forelocks;