table head

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the short ends of a rectangular table, considered to be the most prominent place and often reserved for the host(s). dated
    — He that eates without labour (set him at the table head) he hes no honestie.
  2. At a school, the senior pupil in charge of those assigned to a particular meal table; a similar position in other institutions.
    — A second bell interrupted the meal, and a prefect summoned the table-head to the prefects' table.
  3. The end of an examining, operating or imaging table on which the patient’s head rests.
    — Check that the operating table is locked in position […] and that the handle for tipping the table head down (in case the patient vomits) is there and you know how it works.

词形变化

table heads plural
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