nut-head

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The outer portion of a nut (as opposed to the threads inside).
    — The boards we use are attached to the permanent stone copings by bolts and nuts 4 feet apart ; iron bands, which are used to strengthen the boards, afford firm hold for the nut-heads.
  2. A head (for a doll, puppet, etc.) made out of a nut.
    — Speaking of nut-heads reminds me of the shrunken head trophies which head-hunters sell as souvenirs in the interior of Ecuador and of a specimen I later saw in La Paz.
  3. Various species of weed found in New South Wales, Australia, including Epaltes australis and Epaltes cunninghamii
    — Although dense stands of tall nut-heads are sometimes present after flooding, the plant more commonly occurs as scattered individuals.
  4. Alternative form of nuthead.; Kook.
    — They were tactful toward me, considerate of my feelings, and usually greeted me with encouraging remarks like, "Ain't you folks gone bankropt yit?" or "They's been some real nut-heads drift through here in my time but you birds take the cake."
  5. Alternative form of nuthead.; Idiot.
    — Addressing this cavalier Western attitude, Dr. Muniini K. Mulera warned "self-righteous moralists informed by hindsight" not to ask how anyone could be so gullible. "Labelling these people stupid nut-heads will not do," he wrote in the Monitor.

词形变化

nut-heads plural nuthead alternative nut head alternative

词源

From nut + head.
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