head-on

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A collision from the front.
    — He was injured in a head-on with a larger vehicle.
形容词 adj.
  1. Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating; uncompromising idiomatic,not-comparable
    — a head-on approach to a problem
    Le Détour et l'accès: Stratégies du sens en Chine, en Grèce
  2. Of a collision, from the front or in the direction of motion. not-comparable
    — Getting into a head-on collision is dangerous.
副词 adv.
  1. With the front of a vehicle. not-comparable
    — Wave direction and frequency (period) are two factors that influence the effect of waves on a moored ship. Whether the ship responds by surging, swaying or yawing will depend on whether the waves are striking the moored vessel head-on, beam-on or quartering, the frequency of the waves and the manner in which the tanker is moored.
  2. With direct confrontation. not-comparable
    — During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.

词形变化

head on alternative head on alternative head-ons plural head on alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
head-on collision
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